Anu Valia
Anu Valia is a writer, director, and actor who has produced videos for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, MTV, IFC, CollegeHumor, Vox Media, Refinery29, NYLON Magazine, Above Average, and more. Her work at CollegeHumor has won a Bronze Telly Award and was nominated for a Webby Award.
Petr Makaj
Half Czech, half Croatian, he was born in Prague. From 2010 - 2012 studied directing in Prague's Film Academy (FAMU), afterwards in Béla Tarr's film school in Sarajevo, Bosnia, called film.factory.
Josephine Decker
Recently named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film, Josephine Decker premiered her first two narrative features at the Berlinale Forum 2014 and theatrically in NYC. Her film “Thou Wast Mild and Lovely,” starring Joe Swanberg, Robert Longstreet, Sophie Traub and Kristin Slaysman and inspired by a character from John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, balances horror, beauty, and intimacy as an erotic thriller set in the wilds of Kentucky and was said by The New Yorker to be ushering in a "new grammar" of narrative.
Frances Bodomo
Frances Bodomo is a Ghanaian filmmaker & one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Her first short film, Boneshaker (starring Oscar-nominee Quvenzhané Wallis) premiered at Sundance 2013. Her second short, Afronauts, premiered at the 2014 Sundance, Berlinale, and New Directors/New Films Festivals. Frances is currently developing the feature version of Afronauts (supported by the Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, IFP, the Alfred P Sloan Foundation, and Spike Lee).
Lily Baldwin
Lily Baldwin is a multi-faceted creative working in New York City and Los Angeles who combines her penchant for film and dance to craft intricate narratives.As a filmmaker, her films are featured on The Criterion Collection on FilmStruck, iTunes, ShortsHD, Filmmaker Magazine, NOWNESS, Vimeo Staff Pick, Short of the Week and Fandor. They have also screened internationally at film festivals, art fairs, galleries and museums.
Lauren Wolkstein
Lauren Wolkstein is a NYC-based filmmaker originally from Baltimore, Maryland. She was named one of the top twenty-five emerging filmmakers through The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Independent Filmmaker Project’s inaugural Emerging Visions program at the 2011 New York Film Festival. Filmmaker Magazine listed her as one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2013.
Michael Fodera
Michael Fodera is an award-winning screenwriter and director based in new york city. He launched Lunarcy Pictures a year after graduating from the school of visual arts in order to showcase his personal work and to be a vehicle for other creatives to facilitate their artistic endeavors.
Matthew Underwood
Matthew Underwood is a Nashville-native director, currently based in Los Angeles. He honed his craft in the eclectic Nashville music scene, curating work with a strong narrative focus. Matthew believes deeply in the power of stories and their ability to enlighten, to inspire, and to create empathy