Jalena Keane-Lee is a filmmaker who explores intergenerational trauma and healing. She was named a 2023 Adobe x Sundance Woman to Watch and co-founded Breaktide, an all-women-of-color video production company that has won two Cannes Lion awards for branded content. Jalena’s first feature-length documentary Standing Above the Clouds premiered at Hot Docs in 2024 and […]
Netsanet is an award-winning documentary film producer. Her work covers a diversity of topics from extremism and the criminal justice system to pop culture and sports. Her work is featured on Netflix, HBO, PBS, MAX, Hulu, Disney+, ABC, and Mother Jones. She is a 2024 Rockwood Documentary Leaders Fellow and was a Fulbright Scholar in […]
Jane M. Wagner is a documentary filmmaker whose work explores technology’s effects on our emotional lives. Her debut feature Break the Game (POV) premiered at Tribeca 2023 (Special Jury Mention for Best New Documentary Director). Jane’s work has been supported by Sundance Institute, Film Independent, and IDA. She’s currently developing her second feature *Holds You […]
Sarah Garrahan is a documentary editor from San Antonio, Texas. Recent credits: The Infiltrators (Sundance 2019), Building the American Dream (SXSW 2019), Silent Beauty (Hot Docs 2022), La Isla (The New Yorker). She is a former Flaherty Fellow, Felsman Fellow, and Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellow. In 2023, she was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s […]
Dominic Davis returned to the Sundance Institute in 2022 as Manager of the Documentary Fund. In 2011, Dominic worked in the Artist Relations Office of the Sundance Film Festival. He went on to program for the American Museum of Natural History, Tribeca Film Festival and Rooftop Films. He has reviewed applications for Catapult Film Fund […]
Paola’s career in the documentary field has been driven by her passion for the creative process coupled with a commitment to positive change. For over a decade, Paola has worked across key areas of the documentary industry from production, festivals, and markets to funding and artist support. As the director of the Sundance Documentary Fund, […]
As the Senior Program Manager at Chicken & Egg Pictures, Elaisha oversees the Chicken & Egg Award and the Research & Development grants for mid-career filmmakers. She believes that the documentary craft is a means to increase gender diversity and inclusion, both in the arts and in the zeitgeist. Prior to this position, Elaisha served […]
Megan Gelstein is the Co-Director / Chief Program Officer of Catapult Film Fund. Catapult is dedicated to supporting nonfiction filmmakers with critical early stage funding and mentorship to launch distinctive, story-driven, and cinematic films. In her role, she supports and cultivates independent cinematic non-fiction filmmakers globally, and provides creative, strategic, and editorial advice to supported […]
A veteran of unscripted filmmaking, Geeta Sondhi‘s recent directing credits include docs The Art of Downsizing on aging (CBC, POV, Doc Channel, NHK-Japan, SBC-Sweden); Stand Up Toronto! on the politics of race and comedy (TVO, DOC Channel), and her acclaimed viral hit with 27 million social media views 100 & Counting: Secrets to a Long […]
Nisha Pahuja is Academy Award and Emmy-nominated filmmaker based in Toronto. Her latest film, To Kill a Tiger, had its world premiere at TIFF where it won the Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film. Since then, it’s won 27 awards including Best Documentary Feature, Palm Springs International Film Festival and three Canadian Screen […]