Josh Penn is a producer with the Department of Motion Pictures. He has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture and Outstanding Producer at the Producers Guild Awards. He also won a Peabody Award and the Sundance Producers Award. Since 2012, he has premiered a dozen films at Sundance, earning six awards from the festival. His productions include BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Cannes Caméra d’Or, and four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture), 32 SOUNDS (Oscar Shortlist), MONSTERS AND MEN (Sundance Special Jury Prize), OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD (Sundance 2026), the series PHILLY D.A. (Gotham and Peabody Award winner), among others. Josh has mentored at institutions such as The Sundance Institute, Film Independent, NYU, and AFI. Josh is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Outside of film, Josh has worked in politics including leading roles on the digital teams for both Obama presidential campaigns.

Shane has years of production management experience across film and television, and was part of the series and development teams at MTV, VH1 and VICELAND/VICE TV, and was the Head of Production at Story Syndicate, where he oversaw documentary features and series for Netflix, HBO, Apple, Hulu, FX, and NatGeo. He is currently the Head of Production at Candle True Stories, and is currently producing two independent documentary features.

Pete Ireland is an award-winning producer and writer, originally from Australia. His feature and short films have been selected for Oscar, Australian Academy (AACTA), and FIAPF-accredited film festivals; and streamed/broadcast in Australia and Europe.

I am Japanese documentary director!

I provide consultancy services for your film and TV projects, covering: development, production, storytelling, licensing, financing, post-production management, marketing and press for your film, impact campaigns, and festivals and distribution strategy.

I am a Troubleshooting Film Producer, Production Consultant, Executive Producer, Development Executive and one of the Founders of Whipped Sea, the indie production company behind films like the award-winning Savage Waters, a beautiful documentary film by Mikey Corker.

Clementine Briand is a creative/field producer and founder of Farrago Collective, with a background in commercial, television, and independent nonfiction storytelling.