Mike Ambs 12/16/21 Mike Ambs 12/16/21

Amelia Spitler

Amelia Spitler is a writer, director, and producer. In addition to film production, she frequents the film festival circuit, coordinating festivals such as the Sundance Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, and DOC NYC.

Mike Ambs 12/15/21 Mike Ambs 12/15/21

Daniel Bloom

Daniel Bloom is a filmmaker currently based in Tel Aviv. His debut short “Inside the Storm” premiered in Slamdance 2021. He is interested in finding things to film that he can’t quite describe in words, and things to write that he isn’t yet sure how to shoot.

Firewatch 12/15/21 Firewatch 12/15/21

Frank Donnangelo

A recent graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory and newly inducted member of the Actors Studio Playwrights Directors Unit, Frank Donnangelo is an award-winning writer-director whose past works have been supported by grants from Kodak and Fotokem, as well as the Panavision New Filmmaker Program.

Mike Ambs 12/8/21 Mike Ambs 12/8/21

Kennedy Kao

Kennedy Kao is a filmmaker based in Toronto, who creates narrative films focusing on Asian-Canadian identity. His short film DANICA’S MOM won the Best Student Prize at Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema 2020 and will be screening at the Canadian Film Fest in 2021.

Mike Ambs 12/6/21 Mike Ambs 12/6/21

Grace Kim

Grace Kim is a Brooklyn-based, Bay Area native filmmaker and writer who uses absurdist and surrealist elements as tools to explore characters' emotions and psychology in storytelling. As an artist, she is searching for unique expressions of common human experiences— exploring the ways that filmmakers can create an emotional, spiritual, or philosophical resonance between the audience and films through unusual symbols, composition, and visual association/dissociation.

Mike Ambs 12/4/21 Mike Ambs 12/4/21

Guy Soulsby

Guy Soulsby began directing from an early age and after winning praise from the National Science and Media Museum in Yorkshire for a short film project he moved to London aged 22. The next five years saw him direct work for various TV broadcasters before making the leap to become a freelance director.

Mike Ambs 12/3/21 Mike Ambs 12/3/21

Angeline Gragasin

Angeline Gragasin is a writer, filmmaker, and artist who tells stories about ecology, memory, and power. Her background is interdisciplinary, her work equal parts poetic expression and critical inquiry. She sees each project as an opportunity to ask questions, take risks, and experiment. Before she became a filmmaker, Gragasin trained extensively in mask, mime, and improvisational performance. This early emphasis on image and action-based storytelling continues to inform her work today.

Mike Ambs 12/2/21 Mike Ambs 12/2/21

Peter Dolshun

Peter Dolshun grew up in a single-note New Jersey suburb which caused him to yearn for more authentic and spiritually expansive experiences. Using his camera to capture the sentiments and diversity that his early life lacked, his narrative work serves as a meditation on the profound nature of real-life moments. Peter favors intimate, humanist portraits over extravagant plot points.