Shmuel Hoffman, a film director and founder of the creative firm Hoffman Productions, has garnered recognition for his award-winning work at numerous Oscar®️-qualifying film festivals. His documentaries and campaigns delve into the human condition, social impact, and interfaith understanding. Hoffman collaborates with global brands like Lexus, MTV, Netflix, the Museum of Tolerance, and Harvard University. Additionally, he serves as a council member of the Israel’s President “Voice of the People” initiative, which aims to foster global dialogue.

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Paris born, now New York based, Julie is an award-winning producer who started her career in France working for the Walt Disney Company before moving to New York to pursue a MFA in Creative Producing at Columbia University. Since then, Julie has established herself as an independent documentary film producer and has worked on a variety of documentary features and docu-series for Amazon (I Am: Celine Dion), Apple (Best Documentary Emmy nominee The Line), CNN (Death Row Stories), HBO (Academy Award winning short Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press One), and Showtime (Enemies: The President, Justice and the FBI) among others.

Leslie Norville is an Emmy Award-winning producer and accomplished showrunner with a passion for bringing nuanced, character-driven stories to life that amplify the voices and experiences of people of color. Her work has been showcased at prestigious festivals worldwide, including TIFF, SXSW, Tribeca, Hot Docs, Doc NYC, and IDFA, and aired on major networks such as Disney+, PBS, CBC, Sundance Channel, and VH1.

Mark is an industry catalyst with a track record in post-production, finance, and business affairs, steering many projects from production through the long tail of sales, distribution, and delivery; including "It's A Hard Truth Ain't it” (HBO), “O.G.” (HBO), “Cutie and the Boxer” (Radius/TWC) and “SEMBENE!” (Sundance, Cannes, Telluride); most recently he is a producer of "RICKY" (Sundance '25 Directing Award winner), and was a co-founder of Post Hub, an industry leading post-production management company. An early-stage executive and organizational leader at Werc Werk Works, Mark co-produced Lawrence Kasdan's "Darling Companion", Jill Sprecher's "Thin Ice", Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Freidman's "HOWL”, and Todd Solondz's "Life During Wartime". He is a member of the Producers Guild of America and a Trans-Atlantic Partners producing fellow.