September 28, 2022

Tania Ximena

Tania Ximena was born in 1985 in Cd. Sahagun, Mexico. She is a visual artist and filmmaker who graduated in Visual Arts from ENPEG La Esmeralda. Her video work has been presented in museums around the world and received multiple awards. Since 2011, her works have been oriented towards the sensory study of volcanic landscapes. […]

September 28, 2022

Alex Pritz

Alex Pritz is a documentary filmmaker focused on human’s relationship with the natural world. Recently, Alex directed The Territory, which premiered in the World Cinema competition at Sundance 2022 where it won both the Audience Award and a Special Jury Award for Documentary Craft. IndieWire described the film as, “Gorgeously and sometimes ingeniously conceived, painting […]

September 28, 2022

Aurelia Belfield

Aurelia Belfield is a music supervisor with over a decade of experience in film and television. She’s worked on award-winning projects for Netflix, Hulu, HBO, NatGeo, ESPN, and more, as well as festival picks for Sundance, DOC NYC, and Tribeca. She believes music is an interesting and integral aspect of great storytelling and loves working […]

September 28, 2022

Zak Kilberg

Founded by producer Zak Kilberg, Social Construct is a bold production company dedicated to curating a range of socially relevant and impactful media projects. Kilberg’s projects, which include 2021 Golden Globe-winner The Mauritanian and 2019 International Emmy-winner Bellingcat, have been acquired by top distributors worldwide, including Universal, Lionsgate, Netflix, HBO, Showtime, IFC, Amazon Studios, STX, […]

September 28, 2022

Brian Newman

Brian Newman, founder of Sub-Genre, consults on content strategy, distribution and marketing for some of the top brands in the world. Current and former clients include: The Climate Pledge (Amazon), GoDaddy, IBM, New York Times, Oatly, Patagonia, Purina, REI, Stripe, Sundance, Unilever, and Yeti Coolers. Brian has served as CEO of the Tribeca Film Institute, and […]

September 28, 2022

James Carson

Pianist and filmmaker James Carson has developed a new form of music and for the last eleven years has been producing and directing Cabin Music, a documentary feature film having its world premiere at DOC NYC 2022. While attending the New England Conservatory in Boston, studies with Joe Maneri, Cecil Taylor, and the poet Robert Creeley led James to […]

September 28, 2022

Barry Poltermann

Barry Poltermann is known for editing the Sundance Grand Prize winning documentary American Movie (1999) and Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017), which debuted at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for an Emmy in 2018. He also edited the Sundance Special Jury Prize winning feature, The Pool (2008) and the limited documentary […]

September 20, 2022

Ondi Timoner

Ondi Timoner has the rare distinction of winning the U.S. Grand Jury Prize at Sundance twice — for Dig! (2004), about the collision of art and commerce through the eyes of two rival rock bands, and We Live in Public (2009), about the loss of privacy online through a NY social experiment. Her other films […]

July 14, 2022

Jannette Napoli

Jannette Angelle Napoli is the Manager, Content and Initiatives at ITVS where she oversees a development portfolio while working across the funding initiatives, including Open Call and the Diversity Development Fund. Prior to joining ITVS she was the Executive Assistant at the Telluride Film Festival where she managed programming for features and shorts. Notable projects […]

June 21, 2022

Chezik Tsunoda

Chezik is a director and producer whose work has spanned television, film and advertising. She was able to learn the ropes of production at MTV News and Docs and carried her knowledge into developing docuseries at VH1. She addresses everyday themes such as race, grief, marriage, and death with a unique lens that gives viewers […]