Julia D’Angelo is a Brooklyn based actor, filmmaker, dancer and singer/songwriter, originally from Toronto. Attaining her BFA in dramatic arts at The New School, Julia has performed on stage at The Tank, Shetler Studios, The Acorn Theatre, Bowery Electric and The Supermarket, among others. Recent on screen credits include; Caresses (dir. Minh Tran), Gowanus (dir. Reggie Chelsom), Fused (dir. Al Pattanashetty & Adrian Mikulauk), How to Disappear (dir. Ruthie Lee), Sketches of Love (co-prod by the NYPL), Mae (dir. Em Messana) and more. She was recently commissioned by ItalyTime Cultural Centre to choreograph “Reminiscence”, a new play by Federica Borlenghi. Along with film and theatre, Julia has also released a handful of music projects, including her debut EP, Night Before, and her most recent single and music video, Point of View, which she directed. She is currently working on more music videos, along with a short film in development that is set to be released in early 2023.

Yuki Soga is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker that specializes in writing, directing, shooting, editing, and animating his own films. His first feature, WE ARE NOT CONTENT! was the winner of the 2021 NYNL summit. He has been updating the same YouTube channel, nFnBjR, with short films since 2008, and is in the process of making his next feature film.

Ria Tobaccowala is an award-winning writer and director. Raised on Chicago’s South Side as a first-generation American, she explores womanhood, immigration, and multiculturalism in her work. Her short film, Shadows, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and is now streaming on HBO Max. Recently, she was selected as a finalist for the Shondaland Women Directing Mentorship program. Her first short film, Life After, was selected for several prestigious film festivals, including New York No Limits, and won best narrative short at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival. She received her MFA from the Graduate Film Program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. In addition to her own filmmaking, Ria leads the Thousand Miles Project, an Asian and Pacific Islander screenwriting incubator in partnership with Universal Content Productions and Pachinko showrunner Soo Hugh.