Writer / Director NATALIA IYUDIN had her start in the industry as a TV editor for MTV, BET and PBS. She lead development on docu-series “Girly” with Rashida Jones, Refinery29 and the UN Foundation, and “Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip Hop” for Netflix. She directed for mental health campaigns around teen suicide and opioid crises, and on several projects for Toyota. She co-created and directed “We Got You,” an award-winning series featuring “Black Thought” of The Roots. Iyudin made her directorial TV debut with two episodes of the elevated horror anthology for the Warner Brothers’ Stage 13, “Two Sentence Horror Stories” currently on Netflix. Her newest documentary is “One Story at a Time: Celeste Licesne” about the iconic LGBQT+ activist.

Producer KASHKA GLOWACKA is a film producer and Northguild co-founder based in New York. Over the past 20 years, she has led diverse projects, including documentaries, fiction films, and commercials. Key projects include the 2017 documentary “Vicarious Resilience,” the 2019 fantasy feature “It’s A Fairytale After All,” and the 2023 “One Story at a Time – Celeste Lecesne.” As a Producer for NEA’s Creative Forces, Glowacka brings years of management experience to highlight stories of veterans using the fine and performing arts to heal trauma. Glowacka’s career showcases a deep commitment to telling stories focusing on social impact, civil rights, and personal empowerment. 

Creative Advisor SAM POLLARD is an Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated director and producer. His films for HBO, PBS, and the Discovery Channel include the documentaries “Four Little Girls,” “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts” (both with long-time collaborator Spike Lee), “Slavery by Another Name,” “Sammy Davis, Jr.: I Gotta Be Me,” “ACORN and the Firestorm,” “Why We Hate,” and “Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children.” Pollard also directed two episodes of the groundbreaking series “Eyes on the Prize.” Since 1994 Pollard has served on the faculty of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. 

Creative Consultant ROSS KAUFFMAN is the Academy Award®-winning filmmaker of the documentary “Born Into Brothels.” The film was shown the world over and received a multitude of awards, including the 2005 Emmy Award for Best Documentary, National Board of Review Best Documentary and the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award. In 2014, Ross (with Katy Chevigny) directed “E-Team,” a Netflix Original documentary about four intrepid human rights investigators. The film debuted at The Sundance Film Festival and garnered Kauffman the Best Cinematography Award for a Documentary Feature. His recent films include “Tigerland” (Sundance 2019) and “Of Medicine and Miracles” (Tribeca 2022).

Consulting Producer NICHOLAS WEISSMAN is an EP and director at Vacationland, a documentary studio that makes uncommon films on common ground. With over 15 years of experience in production, Weissman has led projects for major print and network news outlets. He is passionate about telling stories that help make the world make sense, collaborating with a community of award-winning filmmakers across the globe. He has worked with commercial clients such as Amex, Land Rover, Cadillac, Volvo, British Airways, Ray Ban, Visit California, Nike, Levi’s, Microsoft, and Intel; and traveled to more than 20 countries to capture and share diverse perspectives and experiences. His feature, “For Ahkeem, “premiered at Berlinale Film Festival and won a 2018 Cinema Eye Honors Award. Recent films include “We the Power” for Patagonia, “Havana Libre,” “A Wonderful Kingdom,” and “Row of Life”. 

Writer / Cinematographer BONGANI MLAMBO is Zimbabwean South African cinematographer based in Los Angeles, whose recent projects include features “We’re All Gonna Die” by Rocketjump duo Freddie Wong and Matt Arnold; “All Creatures” directed by Collin Schiffli, starring David Dastmalchian and Karen Gillan; “The Virgin of Highland Park” by Sonia Sebastian, starring Penelope Ann Miller and Dermot Mulroney; “Three Days In August” by Johnathan Brownlee; and “Upstream Color” by Shane Carruth. His TV/streaming work includes “The Hair Tales” TV series by Tracee Ellis Ross and Michaela Angela Davis for OWN, Onyx Collective, and Hulu; and “Waffles and Mochi Holiday Feast” special for Netflix and the Obamas’ Higher Ground production company.

Writer DAVID A. GOLDFARB is a scholar of Polish and Russian literature and literary theory who has worked in academia, in public and cultural diplomacy, and as a literary translator. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the CUNY Graduate Center, M.A. in Slavic from the University of Toronto, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Cornell and Deep Springs College. He has published articles in scholarly journals and anthologies as well as introductions to a variety of Polish and Russian authors including Bruno Schulz, Witold Gombrowicz, Zbigniew Herbert, Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, and others. 

Executive Producer / Head of Research ANIA PERZANOWSKA is co-founder of Momentum Artists Management. Since 2007, she has served as the Music Curator for the Polish Cultural Institute New York and worked on presenting events and concerts in partnership with such diverse institutions as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, BAM, World Music Festival Chicago, Symphony Space, The Morgan Library, Juilliard, Yale University and many more. Ania has programmed and promoted works of Krzysztof Penderecki, Witold Lutosławski, Henryk Górecki and other titans of Polish music.