Celia Beasley is a French-American filmmaker based in Seattle, Washington. After studying photography in NYC and working in television in Paris, she moved to Seattle where she has spent the last two decades editing independent films including OUTSIDE IN (directed by Lynn Shelton), LANE 1974 (directed by SJ Chiro), and I'LL SHOW YOU MINE (directed by Megan Griffiths). She edited the episodic series PENELOPE (created by Mel Eslyn and Mark Duplass) which premiered at the Sundance 2024 Film Festival.

Daniel Garber, ACE, is a filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He primarily works as an editor and subsists on a steady diet of his homemade ice cream. He won Best Editing at the Film Independent Spirit Awards for How to Blow Up a Pipeline. He has also been included in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, DOC NYC’s 40 Under 40 list, and Berlinale Talents and has been nominated for Cinema Eye Honors award for his nonfiction editing.

JoeBill Muñoz is a documentary filmmaker and director and producer of The Strike (PBS). He has directed short films for Independent Lens (Maletero and Evidence Lost) and NBC (Follow the Sun), and produced feature films and television series, including The Grab (Hulu), The Circus (Showtime), The New York Times Presents (Hulu) and Celtics City (HBO). His work has been supported through fellowships from the Sundance Institute, New America, Firelight Media, and Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. JoeBill was recently named to DOC NYC’s 40 under 40 list of emerging filmmakers. Originally from Texas, he resides in New York City.

An LA-based director, Leo Pfeifer is obsessed with pushing the boundaries of character-driven nonfiction storytelling. His films have played festivals around the world and received millions of views in publications like The New Yorker, Mother Jones, Directors Notes, GLAAD, Billboard, and Grammys.com

Katelyn Rebelo is a documentary and experimental filmmaker whose work uses intentionally slow processes such as handcrafted animation, analogue manipulation, and rhythms found in nature to explore personal stories that question systems of power. Her work has been supported by The National Endowment for the Arts, Tribeca Film Institute, and Jacob Burns Film Center, among others, and has been awarded at festivals worldwide. Her first film “Mizuko” was nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 2020 IDA Documentary Awards and is now streaming on The Criterion Channel.

Originally from Kansas, Sav Rodgers is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and pop culture documentarian whose feature directorial debut CHASING CHASING AMY (Tribeca ‘23) explores the complicated legacy of Chasing Amy (1997) and its profound impression on his life. The TED Talk he gave in 2018 kickstarted this filmmaking journey, and spurred the writing of scripts that center on highly specific, surprising stories about queer people. His screenplays have been recognized by GLAAD, Outfest, ScreenCraft, among others. Named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Media List in 2024, Sav is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Transgender Film Center, a nonprofit aiming to help trans creators bring finished films to audiences around the world.