PRODUCER / CAMERA

For over 15 years, Ben Kolak has worked as a documentary cinematographer, editor, producer, and director. He is also a FAA-licensed UAV/Drone pilot. Ben enjoys collaborating with small teams on projects designed to encourage social good. He graduated from The University of Chicago in 2006, serves on the board of the Media Burn Video Archive and is a member of The Arts Club of Chicago. benkolak.com

CO-PRODUCER

Ellen Bruno is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a background in international relief work. Ellen's films have focused on issues at the forefront of human rights, including sex trafficking in Burma, political prisoners in Tibet, the social alienation of people with leprosy, and genocide in Cambodia.

EDITOR

Based in Chile, Agustin runs Iontra.tv and Anima Producciones. He teaches film in Santiago. He holds an MFA from Northwestern andis completing his doctoral degree.

Editor and Co-Producer

Lucia Fox-Shapiro is a documentary Editor and Researcher in the Washington DC area. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from The University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts in 2021, where she focused on editing and documentary storytelling. She worked as an Assistant Editor on the documentary Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting, directed by Aviva Kempner and Ben West, which was a finalist for the Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. She was the lead editor and researcher for the documentary A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings, about director Aviva Kempner’s mother and uncle’s survival of the Holocaust and miraculous reunion after the war. The film won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the JxJ: Washington Jewish Film Festival and was rated three out of four stars by the Washington Post.

EDITOR

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Co-founder and Director of Photography at Winter Beach Productions. At Winter Beach Productions we are dedicated to the beauty and excitement of great filmmaking. As a team of filmmakers with roots in both the documentary and commercial worlds, we strive to engage audiences with compelling and powerful stories. Through unique cinematography and thoughtful editing, we cut through a crowded media landscape to give the audience space to engage with our work on a personal level.

CINEMATOGRAPHER, PHILIPPINES

Jarell runs Man Overboard Productions, a Davao City based company specializing in socially relevant regional stories. manoverboardph.com

CINEMATOGRAPHER, BANGKOK + NYC

Artima is a Bangkok-based filmmaker and recent graduate of Lindenwood University. www.artimasakulkoo.com

CO-PRODUCER, COMPOSER, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

Yenobis is a professional musician, music director, composer and music producer. He comes from a musical family in the city of Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba. From a very young age, he was involved in projects related to music and began his professional career scouting various musical groups. His passion for composition and performance led him to become a musical director, creating several musical groups. He was part of a well-known duo and now as a solo artist. He was nominated for an American Grammy in 2018. He created his own company and record label in 2020.

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Lives in Santa Clara and is an independent filmmaker. He has worked on numerous documentaries, and promotional pieces.

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Burke is a film and television director, photographer, and storyteller who loves bold, artistic, narrative storycraft.

CINEMATOGRAPHER, MOZAMBIQUE

CO-PRODUCER

Emilia is a Georgetown University graduate. Passionate about film as a tool for social impact and community building, documentary is her focus, and is also driven by experimentalism in film. She has directed, and edited two student films: a short documentary called Perdiendo El Sabor Latino and a short experimental dance film called Shut Eye. She has lived and has family ties to several latin american countries including Colombia, Argentina, and Chile.

CINEMATOGRAPHER & SOUND

Raul Ernesto is a self-taught photographer from Santa Clara, Cuba. Inspired by nature, he took his first photographs as a member of the naturalism photo club in his city. Motivated later by the musicians and bands, he traveled for more than three years through all the Cuban provinces where festivals of this musical genre were held, taking photographs of everything related to the subject.

FIELD PRODUCER & RESEARCHER

From Santa Clara, Cuba , Edson Guillermo studied audiovisual communication and has experience as an artistic director, producer and music researcher. He has worked on Cuban TV programs as a producer and has experience with documentaries, promotional videos, spots and interviews for music archives. He worked as a music producer and manager for Vocal Esencia, Convergencia, Clase Primera and Awó Aché.

CONSULTING PRODUCER

Catherine Murphy is a

DC-based filmmaker who has spent much of her life living & working in Latin America. She is founder & director of The Literacy Project, a multi-media documentary project on literacy in the Americas. Her films explore the intersection of education and justice movements in the Americas.

FIXER

Has experience working with journalists and filmmakers and is also a photographer and videographer. He studied photojournalism at the Instituto International de Periodismo.

FIXER, MOZAMBIQUE

ASSISTANT EDITOR

CAMERA, PHILIPPINES

CAMERA, PHILIPPINES