Emma D. Miller is a Gotham Award–nominated producer and director whose films have been supported by Sundance Institute, Anonymous Content, Ford Foundation, and Impact Partners, among others. She produced Elizabeth Lo’s MISTRESS DISPELLER (Venice/Toronto 2024) and directed the short documentary THE SCHOOL OF CANINE MASSAGE (SXSW 2024). She previously produced Iliana Sosa's SXSW award-winning WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND (ARRAY Releasing/Netflix), a New York Times "Critic's Pick.” Named one of DOC NYC's "40 Under 40" and one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film," Emma is a 2023 Sundance Producing Lab Fellow and 2024 JFI Filmmaker in Residence.

Amina Bayou produced Austrian director, Friedrich Moser’s, How to Build a Truth Engine, which premiered at SXSW in 2024 and is executive produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov. Amina is currently producing Academy Award© nominated filmmaker, Judith Ehrlich’s, The Mouse That Roared. As a producer of non-fiction films, now based in France and California, Amina produces films covering topics such as whistleblowing in a digital era, war resistance, information warfare, press freedom, and democratic backsliding.

Meg Griffiths is a Los Angeles–based documentary producer and director. She founded Universe Creative, a documentary production company, in 2017. She began her career as a journalist at the Houston Chronicle and later held a leadership role at Teach For America. Her work has been supported by the IDA, the Redford Center, the Gates Foundation and has earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Her debut feature, Impossible Town, premiered on PBS, and she serves on the Documentary Producers Alliance board.

Laura Reich is a narrative, documentary, and commercial producer. She’s a frequent collaborator with emerging filmmakers with unique perspectives. Her documentary work includes the PBS American Masters film RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT and the award-winning short STATUS PENDING. She’s produced two independent narrative features, KEPT BOY and ALL SORTS, as well as many shorts. Her projects have notably screened at Sundance, Raindance, AFI, Tribeca, Big Sky, and the Smithsonian African American Film Festival. Commercially she’s produced projects for Riot Games, Silent Hill, Twitch, LEGO, Red Bull, Facebook, G2 Esports, USC, and many more. In 2023 and 2024, she spoke at SXSW on panels about micro-budget filmmaking and micro-scale virtual production respectively.