DIRECTOR PRODUCER EDITOR

Irina Vodar is an award-winning filmmaker and graphic designer with over twenty years of experience in film and Broadcast Design with ABC News. As an Indie Filmmaker, Irina wrote, produced and directed two full-length documentary films. Her debut doc feature Miss Gulag, produced in association with Neihausen-Yatskova Films on a beauty pageant in a Russian prison for women, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2007 (available on Amazon Prime).

Her second documentary Anything You Lose, an insightful portrayal of infertility journey, won funding from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and went viral on the Indie Film Festival circuit with a 3X WIN at IndieFest Film Awards in 2023.

CO-WRITER

Fernanda Rossi is an internationally renowned speaker, writer and film theorist, who has collaborated on over 500 documentaries and screenplays, including two nominated for the Academy Award® and one nominated for Best Screenplay for the Panda Awards®. Her book Trailer Mechanics: How to Make your Documentary Fund raising Demo, 2nd Edition is "the bible on demos" according to industry professionals.

ILLUSTRATOR

Nino Cao is an illustrator and art educator with over 15 years painting experience. She is good at painting with watercolor, gouache, and Procreate. In addition to drawing materials, she has experimented with different ways of creating art, such as printmaking, sequential art, and pattern design. She is best known for her portraits of women, showing the vitality of women through line and color.

COMPOSER

Greg Lostracco is a composer, producer and music teacher based in western Canada. Drawing from a wide range of influences and experiences, Greg brings a vast musical vocabulary to any situation. Whether he's writing electronic music, or programming interactive audio environments, Greg has the ability to synthesize contrasting elements in a way that is as intuitive as it is complex.

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Benjamin Nicholas likes to shoot families, kids, non-actors, challenging relationships. He's been directing commercials and shorts for 10 years, and before that, he was shooting documentaries. He won BRONZE director of the year by SHOTS in 2021 for his spot for the Montreal Children's hospital. His last Short films WANDA and BEAST have been running major international festivals and won several awards. They are featured on Vimeo STAFF PICK.