Cam McHarg is an actor and director and film graduate from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where he was a shortlisted winner of the Cannes Young Director Award. His short films have seen success around the international film festival circuit and have garnered several best actor and best of fest awards.

He can currently be seen playing Dave Greenfield in the feature film Spaghetti Junction, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. His latest project (ZERO) was shot in Dakar, Senegal and is due to premiere early in 2024.

Nil is an American educator originally from Brazil with a PhD in the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, and an MS in Digital Media from Abilene Christian University.

Professor Maite Zubiaurre initiated her career as literary translator from novels in German into Spanish for the publisher Alfaguara. She holds a degree in Comparative Literature from Columbia University, and taught at USC (University of Southern California), ITAM (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México), UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), and the University of Texas, Austin, before joining the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies (ELTS) at UCLA.

She is core faculty and co-PI of the Urban Humanities Initiative (UHI), and a member of the Faculty Advisory Committee of the Program in Digital Humanities. Her areas of expertise are comparative literature; gender and sexuality studies; urban studies; cultural studies; and migration studies.

Julien was born in England to Belgian parents and he studied at the INSAS film school (Brussels). He met director Tony Gatlif and started working as an assistant director on his films and then on other major French features. After LE SAC, his first short film, he started working with his brother Simon.

In 2016, Simon and Julien co-directed THE ORDINARY, their first short film and collaboration. Self-produced, this film impressed with its originality and radicality. Refusing to take the path of classic narration, the two directors offered pure emotions with sound and picture.

In 2020, Simon and Julien co-directed LA COULEUR DES ROIS / THE COLOR OF KINGS. The film was supported by the Belgian FWB, the RTBF and the foundation Thalie. They are currently writing their first feature for Boucan Film.

Dawn Luebbe started her career acting on the stage in off-Broadway productions in New York. Her book of comedic essays and preteen diary entries, My 1992 Diary was published in 2015. She Co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred with Jocelyn DeBoer in the indie feature, GREENER GRASS, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Dawne is a veteran performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

Filmmaker Amir Motlagh (“the digi school of auteur”) has written and directed over 20 titles, including the feature films YOUNG ALI; THOSE WHERE THE DAYS (post-prod), THREE WORLDS, MAN, WHALE & RAINBOW SEASON (also a full-length LP). He is the recipient of multiple awards and is a cross-media artist who makes music under the moniker “Mirs” as singer, songwriter, and record producer. He frequently collaborates with other recognized international artists. He is the founder of ANIMALS. He creates both physical & digital fine art.

Jason Park has written, produced, and directed several short films that have played at international film festivals including BJ’s Mobile Gift Shop, which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was part of the 2021 Sundance Short Film Tour. It’s currently available on Short of the Week.

Park is in post-production for his feature directorial debut, Transplant, a project he co-wrote, and produced with Nina Yang Bongiovi & Forest Whitaker of Significant Productions.

Park is a 2020 Sundance Feature Film Fellow. He is one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” of 2021.

Muhammed Seyyid Yildiz was born in Urfa, Turkey in 1994. He studied film at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul. His short films have been selected for national and international film festivals.

After working in the industry as a producer, director, and editor, he graduated from MA Film at the University of the Arts London with his short film AJOTIN. He is currently working on his first feature film.

Robert isa front-end developer and artist. He currently designs, develops, and implements web applications and websites used throughout The University of Texas at Dallas.

Is an American actor, producer and administrator who grew up in West Texas. He studied film at UCLA and AFI and became the the Warner Bros. Administrator of TV in 1994.

Gadi in an American entertainment blogger and film critic originally born in Shefat, Israel. He is a member of Selig Film News, one of the most comprehensive film websites in Texas.

Barry is an American writer and lighting, projection, digital and video designer. He is an Artistic Associate of the landmark Paramount Theatre as well as the 24fps Festival Director. (Photo by John Dykstra).