Véronique Bernard’s experience as a documentary film and television producer, director and development executive includes WNET Culture & Arts Documentaries, Sundance Channel Original Programming, New York Times Television, National Geographic Television, ABC News Productions and SBS Television Australia where she was Head of Production. Her award-winning documentary films include The People vs. Agent Orange for ITVS/Independent Lens and ARTE, winner of the 2021 Erik Barnouw Award. Her work has screened at festivals including Tribeca, DOC NYC, Margaret Mead, Movies That Matter, Sheffield DocFest, FIFA and Sydney, and on PBS, ARTE, Al Jazeera, NHK, SBS, CBC, Sundance, Discovery and National Geographic.

With an eye for beauty & a lust for meaning, Samantha Grant is an award-winning filmmaker, artist, journalist, and educator who harnesses the power of potent storytelling to inspire change on a broad scale by moving people, emotionally and intellectually, into new ways of thinking. By presenting beautifully crafted stories in collaboration with an international network of students Sam herself trained in 15 years of teaching at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism & Stanford’s Knight Fellowship, Sam’s work reaches millions worldwide, addressing topics like media ethics, global public health, religious cults, politics, education, and human rights, all from a female perspective. Sam’s work has been featured on PBS, ABC, CNN, NPR, MTV, Variety, A&E, History Channel, FRONTLINE, and more. Most recently, Sam co-founded Moving People Media, a storytelling nonprofit committed to inspiring people to see the humanity in one another through bold, beautiful storytelling, and to behave accordingly.

Jen Rainin founded Frankly Speaking Films with Rivkah Beth Medow to tell mesmerizing stories about strong queer women. Together, they created the feature documentary AHEAD OF THE CURVE (Netflix), the Oscar® shortlisted short documentary HOLDING MOSES (The New Yorker), Berlinale Grand Prix winner HUMMINGBIRDS (2023, POV), QUEER FUTURES (2024, The Criterion Collection), and OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage (2024, festivals). Jen is a Film Independent fellow whose other credits include HOMEROOM (EP: Hulu), TWO SPIRITS (EP: Independent Lens), SHIT & CHAMPAGNE (EP: Hulu). With her wife, Jen co-founded The Curve Foundation to champion LGBTQ+ women’s stories and culture through intergenerational programming and community building.

Tiffany Fisher-Love (she/her) straddles the line between narrative and documentary projects. She is currently working as the Producer for the feature documentary “Storming,” “The Experiencer Project,” and the feature-narrative “Hawaiian Vacation.” Previous work includes Co-Producer on “Boycott” and the Emmy-nominated and California Humanities-supported film “United Skates.” Tiffany was a 2021 Film Independent Documentary Fellow, a 2022 Sundance Producer Intensive Fellow, and a 2023 SF Film Creative Advising Mentor.

Nathaniel Hansen is an Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker and educator. His work has screened at Tribeca, SXSW, and Hot Docs, and has been featured by The New York Times, PBS, and National Geographic. He resides in Boston with his family.