The festival's director is Mary Ann Quinn Ponce, who founded the festival in 2010 in honor of her son,
filmmaker David Ponce. The festival is operated by Fevered Dreams Productions. Fevered Dreams Productions was founded by
Chagrin Falls High School Alumnus and filmmaker David Ponce as his film production company. David was inspired to tell the story of Sparrow Village, an aids orphanage in
Johannesburg, South Africa in a documentary entitled
The Lost Sparrows of Roodepoort. However David contracted
leukemia, and died in 2006 before his film could be completed. With the help of his friend Brock Carter and
Chapman University/
Dodge College of Film Assistant Dean Michael Kowalski,
The Lost Sparrows of Roodepoort was completed. Fevered Dreams Productions has become a
nonprofit organization dedicated to allowing talented filmmakers to tell their unique stories. == References ==