David Lombroso
David is a New York City based filmmaker. In addition to his award-winning work as a writer and director of short films, music videos, and commercials, David co-produced the narrative feature Like Lambs and distributed the feature doc Oriented through his impact distribution label PICTURED, ultimately selling the film to Netflix at TIFF.
Nat Gee
Nat Gee is a Brooklyn-based director and film festival programmer. She creates visceral stories, with stylized terrains, bold scores and soundscapes. She's deeply meticulous with cinematography, design and color palettes. Nat is interested in physical performances and audacious feminine worlds. Waves also premiered on Filmmaker Magazine and Directors Notes and she's in post on Buried, which won a Jerome Foundation Artist Grant.
Devon Diffenderfer
A graduate of the prestigious University Of North Carolina School Of The Arts for Drama. LOVE YOU TYLER is his first short film he's written, co-directed, and produced. When he's not on set or on stage, he enjoys bowling,cooking, and breathing.
Fatma Belkis
Fatma Belkıs was born in Antalya in 1985. She now lives in İstanbul. She studied Visual Arts and Communication Design in İstanbul some time ago. Her works were shown in İstanbul and Sharjah Biennials and in institutions such as İstanbul Modern, DEPO, nGbK, Tensta Konsthall. The films she has directed were shown at international film festivals in Turkey and Europe.
Kemp Baldwin
Kemp Baldwin is a freelance writer, director and producer living in Brooklyn. Kemp’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Indiewire, New York Mag’s Vulture, Vice, the Huffington Post and awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick. He created the Snagfilms Original DON'T WALK starring Max Silvestri and featuring Jermaine Fowler, Kate Berlant, and John Early.
Chelsea Slayter
Chelsea Slayter is a Jersey Shore/NYC based writer and director. After graduating NYU with degrees in Cinema Studies and Broadcast Journalism, her filmmaking journey began in the world of documentary.
Lucky Marvel
Lucky Marvel is an independent filmmaker, troublemaker, and screenwriter based in Philadelphia. Frenetic editing, fragmented characters, and dark comedy are all prominent features in the visceral world he reveals on screen.
Alex Mallis
Alex is a Cuban-American, Jewish filmmaker raised in New Hampshire now living in Brooklyn, NY. His films have been selected for multiple festivals internationally. His work has been distributed by PBS, Criterion, Roku, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Pitchfork, The Huffington Post, and Vimeo Staff Picks. His short documentary SHUT UP AND PAINT (2022) was awarded Grand Jury Prize at IFF Boston and Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards, and broadcast nationally on POV.