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.
Eliza Jiménez Cossio
Eliza Jiménez Cossio (she/her) is a chicana writer and actor, currently writing for Fred Armisen’s This Fool (Hulu) and Taika Waititi’s Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max), previously One Day at a Time (Netflix) and Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas (HBO).
Jivensley Alexis
Jivensley Alexis is a Haitian filmmaker, based in NYC. His work has been featured on Directors Notes, Beyond the Short, & Retrospective of Jupiter.
Samantha Severin
Samantha Severin is a writer and director living in New York City. Her first short film "Blue" premiered on NOWNESS in 2019.
Matthew Wade
Matthew Wade is a director, writer, editor, composer, illustrator, and animator born in Idaho. Heavily informed by his childhood years in the Pacific Northwest, his work has been described as “moody,” “unnerving,” and “absorbing.”