Mahnoor Euceph is a writer and director from Los Angeles.

She graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA, with a major in Design | Media Arts and a minor in Film, TV, and Digital Media, and received her Master’s of Fine Arts from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts in Film and Television Production, where she was a George Lucas Scholar.

Her debut, a short film called Eid Mubarak, was predicted by Variety to be nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the 96th Academy Awards, and went on to be longlisted for the honor as one of 187 films. The film won 17 awards, and played at over 40 festivals worldwide. It is currently streaming on Kanopy, American Airlines, and YouTube.

In 2024, Mahnoor was selected for Proof of Concept, an accelerator program by Cate Blanchett, Coco Francini, and Dr. Stacy L. Smith, by a committee that included Greta Gerwig, Lilly Wachowski, Chloé Zhao, Emma Corrin, Eva Longoria, Jane Campion, Janicza Bravo, and Lily Gladstone. She was also selected for the prestigious Pillars Artist Fellowship by Pillars Fund, Riz Ahmed, and Left Handed Films.

Mahnoor is interested in exploring entertaining stories about the South Asian diaspora through the female gaze, stories that seek to decolonize minds, encourage radical self-love, and make you laugh.

She is currently in development on her feature 11:11.

Gregory JM Kasunich is an award-winning filmmaker known for his visually striking and emotionally resonant storytelling. His most recent film, The Heart of Texas, was longlisted for the Academy Awards. His work spans short films, music videos, and commercial projects for major brands and artists, including Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros.,Taylor Swift, and Fall Out Boy. Gregory’s films have screened, and have been awarded, at renowned festivals worldwide. With a deep appreciation for innovative visuals and authentic storytelling, he brings his perspective to the selection process, championing bold, original voices in cinema.

Kevin Haefelin is a Swiss writer-director working between New York and Tokyo. A Columbia University MFA graduate, his work explores contemporary issues through grounded, human stories that occasionally blur the line between reality and the poetic. He is particularly drawn to cross-cultural narratives that examine social inequities and identity.

His latest short, The Fuse, won the Short Film Showcase at the 33rd Gotham Awards and qualified for the 96th Academy Awards. Distributed by Focus Features, the film continues to reach audiences worldwide.

Haefelin’s films have screened in over 30 countries, receiving more than 60 awards, and have been presented at major cultural institutions in Japan and the United States. An alum of Torino Film Lab and the Kyoto Filmmakers Lab, and finalist of the Kyoto Film Pitching Program organized by Toei, Shochiku, and VIPO, he has been nominated for the Locarno Film Festival’s Pardi di Domani, the BAFTA Awards, and the Swiss Film Prize.

Parker Croft is an American director and screenwriter known for his portrayal of flawed, conflicted characters and his exploration of themes like mortality and love through a bold, voyeuristic visual style. His most recent short film, As Easy As Closing Your Eyes (2024), has earned 144 awards across more than 200 film festivals, including 16 for Best Director. His debut short, Suncatcher (2019), was similarly acclaimed, screening at 62 festivals and earning 13 awards.

Croft first made his mark as a screenwriter with the feature Falling Overnight (2011), which won the Special Jury Prize at Cinequest and later streamed on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. In 2017, he co-founded Paper Horse Pictures, an award-winning film production company based in West Hollywood, California. In addition to his narrative work, he has directed music videos for artists such as The All-American Rejects.

Kristi Hoi is an award winning writer-director, filmmaker, and artist from Los Angeles, California. Their film, No Law, No Heaven, won the 2021 Student Academy Award, JetBlue Focus Features Student Filmmaker Award at the 2020 IFP Gotham awards, and was nominated for the 2021 GSA BAFTA Student Award. She is a graduate of the UCLA MFA directing program and holds a BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Sequential Art and Sound Design. As an artist by trade and a storyteller by nature, her work is a deep dive into vivid worlds featuring themes of duality, family and identity, featuring ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.

Aidan Tanner is a Canadian director, cinematographer, and photographer based out of Los Angeles. His work consists of both short-format and feature-length narrative films, music videos, and other branded content. He has also worked extensively on producing social media content for brands/talents like Will Smith, Tom Cruise, Jessica Chastain, and Star Wars, to name a few. Aidan’s most recent short film, THE SANDS BETWEEN, starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy, earned a Vimeo Staff Pick among many other film festival awards and selections.

Yoo Lee is a Korean-American writer/ director/animator. She has written and directed 5 stop motion animated shorts in 4 years before obtaining her MFA at USC in animation and digital design.She is a Film Independent Laika Animation Fellow, and Fox Fellow, and her work is currently distributed through the New Yorker Screening room and Max.

Multimedia creator and producer, cofounder of OUI, creative studio based in Miami. His photographic work has been featured at the Bass Museum (Miami) and at Format Festival (Derby, UK). He directed a documentary film recently featured at the Perez Art Museum (Miami Screendance Festival 2020). Before creating and producing content on his own, he worked for Publicis Worldwide, where he was appointed Regional Director for Latin America, thus gathering a broad understanding of multicultural and corporate contexts. He studied at Sorbonne University, where he obtained a bachelor degree in philosophy and a master degree in marketing and communication. French born, currently living in between Paris and Miami.