Carol Bash is the Founder and President of Paradox Films, a media production company based in Peekskill, New York. Her most recent projects: BLUEPRINT FOR MY PEOPLE, a visual poem that explores the African American experience by featuring rare, archival cyanotypes (aka "blue prints"), premiered at the 2024 Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF); and WINDOWS, a music video of the Future One song from their latest album "Do We Need Another Psycho", premiered at the 2024 Transparent Film Festival. Her feature documentary, MARY LOU WILLIAMS: THE LADY WHO SWINGS THE BAND, which focuses on this unsung pianist, composer and arranger is currently available on Kanopy. Carol is also an Organizer/Programmer of the annual Peekskill Film Festival.

Danielle Ash is a New York based experimental filmmaker and stop-motion animation director. Her animations have screened at film festivals, symposiums, museums and libraries, including Slamdance Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, The Orphans Film Symposium, Thomas Edison Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and on Sesame Street. Scratching imagery onto repurposed 70mm film, drawing on paper, wood branches, and huge piles of recycled cardboard are the makings of her films.
Winner of the Helen Hill Animation Award  and an Emmy for her work in educational entertainment "Dash", has collaborated with many artists, musicians and puppeteers, taught and shared her passion for animation at Pratt Institute, Dartmouth College and City Tech. She has a BFA in Film from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the Experimental Animation Program at CalArts. Danielle enjoys playing along to old records on her musical saw, and is now working in the forest on her next film about the fate of the Ash trees.

Rachel Handler is a writer and actor known for her stint as Peg Leg Doris on AMC’s “Interview With the Vampire” and her award-winning Slamdance films “Committed” and “HOW MUCH AM I WORTH?” Other acting credits include, “New Amsterdam,” “Goliath,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” “Best Foot Forward,” “Bull,” and “The Upside.” 
Handler became an amputee after a tragic car accident in 2012. As an artist and activist, she strives to find humor and hope in even the most awful circumstances. Her awards as a writer/producer include the AT&T Underrepresented Filmmaker Award, Best Writer and Best Actor in the Disability Film Challenge, Best International Film in Focus on Ability, and she won the Sundance Co//ab Monthly Challenge for her script, “Derailed.”
 
After performing in the Off-Broadway play, “The Lucky Star,” Rachel recently played Ani in “Cost of Living” at Philadelphia Theatre Company. When she isn’t performing or writing, Handler works to expand disability equity within arts organizations, corporations and schools. 

Victoria Suyas (she/her) is a Puerto Rican filmmaker who was born and raised in Bushwick Brooklyn. She attended SUNY Purchase College where she earned her BFA in filmmaking. Victoria primarily focuses on the stories of working-class families and adolescents. Presently, Victoria works at Sesame Workshop as an Assistant Editor. She helps with content supporting mental health and emotional well-being initiatives by spreading awareness and coping strategies for preschool-aged children. She has also worked as an Assistant Editor for seasons 53-55 of Sesame Street.

Danicah Waldo is an award-winning director, writer, and producer based out of New York City. She got her 10,000 hours directing and producing narrative short films starring kids for the Applause New York, whose YouTube channel now sits at 1.5 million subscribers and 1 billion views. She now holds the title of Director of Production at LIT Videobooks, where she directs all live-action content and built the production system from scratch. Her debut narrative short film, Sally, Get the Potatoes, has gone on to win awards at numerous festivals around the world. She is represented by Sandstone Artists and is a member of Alliance of Women Directors and NYWIFT.

Jamey Jacobs is a Brooklyn-based actor, screenwriter, and producer. Her first screenplay, BABY BUMPS—developed with co-creators Tova Hopemark, Amanda Lee Hawkins and Rosie McDonald—recently won the "Best Comedic Short Film" audience award at the Yonkers Film Festival. She's currently editing the team's sequel film, CLARAVOYANCE (penned by Hawkins) and working on her first feature.

Kendra Augustin is a Brooklyn based playwright. She's a former sketch comedy writer, and budding filmmaker currently editing her short story collection.

Writer and director Sarah Carlot Jaber grew up in the Middle East and today works in Brussels. With a diploma in movie direction from the IAD and a specialized master’s degree in gender studies, her interest lies in themes at the intersection of these two disciplines. Her third short film, She’s the Protagonist, a “meta” comedy questioning representation in the movies, has been presented at around 100 international festivals and won numerous awards. Sarah is currently presenting her fourth short, Olga’s Eyes, while developing her first fiction feature, A hill of thyme.