Academy Award, BAFTA, WGA and Emmy nominee Ramin Bahrani is the writer, director, and producer of such films as MAN PUSH CART, CHOP SHOP, GOODBYE SOLO, 99 HOMES, and THE WHITE TIGER. His films have all premiered at Venice or Cannes Film Festivals and additionally screened at Telluride and Toronto. His debut feature documentary 2ND CHANCE, premiered at Sundance and was released by Showtime. Bahrani has also directed TV pilots for Universal Studios and Apple. Roger Ebert proclaimed Bahrani as “the director of the decade” in 2010.

Rodney Evans is a fiction and documentary filmmaker. His feature length documentary, VISION PORTRAITS had its World Premiere at the SXSW Film Festival. It played theatrically in major U.S cities to universal acclaim.

His debut fiction feature BROTHER TO BROTHER won the Sundance Special Jury Prize. The film garnered four Independent Spirit Award Nominations including Best Debut Performance for Anthony Mackie.

His latest short PORTAL is currently streaming as part of Black Public Media’s AfroPop Digital Shorts series. Evans was a 2020 Sundance Momentum Fellow, a 2021 Ford/Mellon Disabilities Futures Fellow and an NEH/Firelight Media Spark Fund Awardee for 2022-23.

Rachel Grady (Director, Executive Producer) is the co-owner of Brooklyn, NY based Loki Films. She co-directed JESUS CAMP (Academy Award nominee), THE BOYS OF BARAKA (Emmy nominee), 12TH & DELAWARE (Peabody Award winner), DETROPIA (Emmy winner), NORMAN LEAR: JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU, ONE OF US, LOVE FRAUD and ENDANGERED. She was the Executive Producer on QUAD GODS and BABY GOD, both for HBO, as well as CARMAN FAMILY MYSTERY for Netflix.

Debra Granik is director and co-writer of WINTER'S BONE, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2010 + nominated for four Oscars. Other films: DOWN TO THE BONE won Granik Best Director prize at Sundance. STRAY DOG, a feature documentary, aired on PBS. LEAVE NO TRACE, was included in the 2018 Director’s Fortnight at Cannes. She has just finished editing a five part documentary CONBODY VS EVERYBODY, shot over the past eight years about the experiences of people reentering New York City after incarceration, the pilot premiered at Sundance 2024. Next project is an adaptation of the non-fiction book, NICKEL AND DIMED.

Diana Peralta is a Dominican-American writer, director, and creative producer from New York City. She was a 2024 Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Lab fellow, and was featured in Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film.” Diana’s debut feature film, DE LO MIO (Criterion / Janus Films, HBO), had its world premiere as the closing night film of BAMcinemaFest in 2019. Diana is currently in development on her second feature film, NO LOVE LOST. She currently teaches directing at Columbia University's Film MFA program. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Film & Media Studies in 2011.

Project Synopsis:
NO LOVE LOST: In the thick of summer on a secluded flower farm in rural New York, the Betancourt sisters—Leticia, Jules, and Simone—see their idyllic lives unravel when their long-lost sister, Daisy, arrives late one night with her new husband, Hector. As troubling misfortunes begin to plague the farm, suspicion and paranoia rise, sparking a violent struggle for control as the sisters reveal how far they will go to protect one another—and their secrets.

Monica Sorelle is a Haitian-American filmmaker and artist born and based in Miami. Her work centers on cultural preservation, displacement, and the lived experiences of diasporic communities. Her feature directorial debut, Mountains (2023), had its world premiere at Tribeca Festival, where it was awarded a Special Jury Mention in the U.S. Narrative Feature competition. Mountains later had its international premiere at TIFF and received numerous awards from festivals around the world, including Miami Film Festival, BlackStar, and Indie Memphis. Mountains was nominated for two Film Independent Spirit Awards, with Monica receiving the Someone to Watch Award.

Project Synopsis:
FOR LEASE: After a Miami artist suffers a head injury due to a neglectful landlord, the reality and absurdity of a city in the midst of climate crisis and a real estate gold rush blurs as she tries to fulfill a grant in order to afford rent. How do you survive a city trying to kill you?

Artistic Director

Alex is a filmmaker & educator. He hails from Montana. He and his twin brother, Andrew, have written and directed three award-winning feature films: WALKING OUT; WINTER IN THE BLOOD, based on the landmark First Nations novel, the film that first introduced Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone; and THE SLAUGHTER RULE, starring Ryan Gosling, which, along with WALKING OUT, was a Sundance Grand Jury nominee.

The Brothers have written scripts and created television shows for, among other HBO, Disney, Columbia Pictures, Amazon, Focus, FX and Fox Searchlight. Alex is an Assistant Professor of Fiction Film at the University of Utah. He is also the Artistic Director of the Woodstock Filmmaker Residency. He has taught at many universities including UT Austin, where he was the Creative Director of the University of Texas Film Institute. He is a Sundance, Rauschenberg & Michener Fellow.

Artistic Consultant at Large

Sabine Hoffman, ACE, has edited award-winning feature films for over 20 years. Her credits include Rebecca Miller’s films PERSONAL VELOCITY, THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE, THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE, MAGGIE'S PLAN and SHE CAME TO ME, Julie Taymor's THE GLORIAS, Rebecca Hall's PASSING, Roger Ross Williams CASSANDRO, Richard LaGravenese's musical THE LAST FIVE YEARS, A.V. Rockwell's A THOUSAND AND ONE and Tony Godlwyn's upcoming EZRA.

Sabine has also edited two episodes of PACHINKO and numerous documentary films including Academy Award-nominated FERRY TALES, Thomas Allan Harris' THE TWELVE DISCIPLES OF NELSON MANDELA, Laura Poitras' TERROR CONTAGION and is the co-producer of Shalini Kantayya's films CATCHING THE SUN and Emmy-nominated CODED BIAS.