Sabrina Avilés is an award-winning independent filmmaker, educator, and the Founder/Executive Director of CineFest Latino Boston.

Born in NYC, and as a first-generation daughter of Puerto Rican and Dominican immigrants, she sees her life reflected in the stories she documents about Latinx communities. A graduate of Boston University’s film program, her goal as a documentary filmmaker is to tell in-depth stories, documented over a period of time, that require longer substantive conversations with the community, and that move beyond the headlines. By drawing attention to the issues Latinx communities face, she hopes her films will shift perspectives and foster a deeper understanding of the human experience.

She is currently producing several projects: a documentary about Chelsea, Massachusetts, which delves into the city's challenges and resilience through the stories of three local leaders; an episode of American Experience that examines Puerto Rico’s complex history as a U.S. colony; and The Pneumafractalist, a powerful narrative about an autistic artist who, after surviving deep childhood trauma, returns to rural Kansas to direct an autobiographical film shaped by a profound new understanding of self.

Eli Yetter-Bowman is a genderqueer documentary filmmaker, science communicator, and founder of Ethereal Films. While a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eli uncovered the story of GenX contamination in their hometown of Wilmington. That discovery led them to begin a years-long investigation into PFAS chemicals and to build a production company from scratch to tell the story. Since then, their films have reached international audiences, including BURNED: Protecting the Protectors, produced with actor Mark Ruffalo, and The Bowl, which opened the 2025 BEYOND Film Festival.

Eli’s work bridges medicine, science, and advocacy, and they now serve as an affiliate researcher at UNC Chapel Hill. Some of their awards include the National Academies’ Excellence in Science Communication Award, a Southern Circuit Fellowship, the title of Honorable Colonel, and nearly one million dollars in grants supporting documentary projects. Their films have been shown at festivals, in classrooms, and in fire departments across the country, sparking conversations about health, ethics, and accountability.

Alongside filmmaking, Eli’s creative practice extends into theatre, music, and public speaking, where they bring the same energy and presence that inform their documentaries. They are also a dedicated rock climber and once won a computer competition in Chapel Hill in 2025. Inspired by the love and creativity of their parents, Eli continues to merge art and advocacy, showing students and audiences that storytelling can be both a tool for change and an expression of joy.

Emma Fidel is a director, producer and DP based in New York City.

In her 30-plus years in the industry, Kerry has moved across the country twice: first west from Chicago where she began her career in commercial production with Ebel Productions; to the front range of Colorado where she discovered her love for documentary filmmaking and gained valuable non-profit, agency and comms experience with world class organizations such as The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, BAE Systems, The National MS Society, T-Mobile, and Texas Instruments before forming Exhibit A Pictures and moving east to Philadelphia where she is currently based. As a founding partner, Kerry has produced nine feature-length pop-culture deep dives with Exhibit A Pictures and developed an expert understanding of best practices in Fair Use. For AMC Shudder and director, Stephen Scarlata (Jodorowsky's Dune) Kerry produced Sharksploitation (‘23) and is currently executive producing the upcoming Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story with Causeway Pictures. For longtime partner, Milkhaus, she produced Artificial Gamer (‘22) and is currently producing a new documentary about midlife sexuality, HOT. Kerry has been a working mother of two for the past two decades and recently served on the Board of the Documentary Producers Alliance and Executive Committee as Treasurer.

For the past forty years, Storyline Entertainment CEO Ed Barreveld has been bringing together top Canadian and international creatives, investors, and partners on award-winning, auteur-driven documentary films that explore underexposed stories, events, and perspectives in society and culture.

Born in Rotterdam, Barreveld moved to Canada in his early twenties and began his film career as the unit administrator of the NFB’s Ontario studio in Toronto. After four years traveling the world as a documentary line producer, he cofounded Storyline Entertainment in 2000 for its inaugural release, “Aftermath.”

Since becoming Storyline’s sole principal in 2004, Barreveld has remained a hands-on creative producer with an eye for emerging talent, a commitment to filmmaker development, and a penchant for iconoclastic subjects. His films have won Emmy, Gemini and Canadian Screen Awards, garnered numerous festival accolades, and been sold and broadcast around the world.

In 2016, Hot Docs opened with Storyline's “League of Exotique Dancers” and recognized Barreveld’s creative vision, entrepreneurship, and mentorship with the Don Haig Award. In 2024, Barreveld’s contribution to and advancement of the Canadian documentary community was acknowledged with DOC Institute’s Rogers - DOC Luminary Award. He continues to broaden his experience in both financing and partnerships, working with co-producers and investors in numerous countries and participating in international doc market events.

Storyline’s twenty-fifth anniversary year finds Barreveld working on feature projects with filmmakers Aisha Jamal, Angad Bhalla, Gary Lang and Maria Markina. A lifelong jazz fan, he is also developing a handful of music docs with Canadian and international partners.

Barreveld is a member of the Documentary Organization of Canada, the International Documentary Association, the Documentary Producers Alliance and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television’s Documentary Film Committee.