Amy DePaola is a director, writer, producer, host and actress, whose credits include work that can be seen on Comedy Central, The CW, Netflix, Amazon, Bloomberg, BRIC TV and more. Amy holds an MFA in Film and Media Art from Emerson College and is the founder of the production company and creative label, Pink Among Men; a production company and creative label that produces films, podcasts and content that celebrate "different among many," and is committed to gender and racial parity. She also hosts a weekly podcast of the same name and currently works with SoulPancake, a division of Participant Media overseeing episodic digital and TV productions. For more visit www.amydepaola.com and www.pinkamongmen.com or follow Amy at @amydepaolafilms on Instagram.

Alex Kavutskiy is a writer/director born in freezing Kiev, Ukraine and raised in sunny Los Angeles, California. His latest short film (excluding the cool one you're going to see at this fest) Squirrel was an official selection at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and also won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short at Fantastic Fest. He wrote and directed the Adult Swim special Cool Dad, starring Jerry O'Connell and Andrea Rosen. He's written and directed one feature film, On the Rocks (not the one that Sofia Coppola is making with Bill Murray), and many webseries and shorts, notably Kill the Baby, Judy, Sound Speeds, and Late Tonight with Nick Burton. You can see all his stuff at his full name dot com.

Stacey Larkins is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and musician residing in the New York City metropolitan area. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Spelman College and a Masters in Music from New York University. She has shot, written, directed, composed music and edited several short films that have played in numerous film festivals as well as Shorts TV International. Her award-winning film Jabari Keating is currently airing on Aspire TV’s Urban Indie Film Block. She most recently won best director for short film at Newark International Film Festival, and the Vanguard award at the Downtown Urban Arts Festival for her film Zoe in Review.

She has also written work for theater, that has been produced by theatrical production companies in New York City and London.