Philipp is the Chair and Founder of the non-profit film foundation and production company, Cinereach, established with the vision of a world in which marginalized voices are heard, bias in mainstream media is questioned, and individuals and communities work together to transcend differences and embrace universal understanding. Philipp is originally from Germany and studied Film and Television Production at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He is also a member of the Founders Board of the American Patrons of the Pinakothek in Munich and serves on the Board of Creative Visions Foundation.

Benjamin Goldhirsh is the founder and CEO of GOOD, a multi-platform media company that produces content at the intersection of entertainment and relevance. GOOD’s efforts include print, film, online, and live events. The film division of GOOD (formerly Reason Pictures) develops and finances features, documentaries, and short form videos that are flush with the overarching sensibility of the company. The company’s first feature film, “Son of Rambow,” premiered to critical acclaim at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was purchased by Paramount Vantage for release this summer. Goldhirsh serves on the Board of Millennium Promise as well as the Los Angeles Board of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship.

René Bastian is the founder and president of Belladonna Productions, Inc. He has produced seminal independent film like “Sue,” “L.I.E.,” “Transamerica,” “A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints” and “Funny Games.” His award winning films have been released internationally to great critical and commercial success. René has been recognized for his work by receiving the prestigious Motorola Producer’s Award in 2002 and by being listed among “10 Producers to Watch” by Variety Maganzine in 2005. Most recently, Belladonna Productions was named among 9 international production companies deemed “power houses” by V Magazine. Rene is originally from Germany and lived in Barcelona, Spain prior to moving to New York in 1991. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from NYU in 1993 with a degree in Political Science and Journalism. He is a Phi Beta Kappa scholar and frequent guest lecturer at various film schools and invited speaker on industry panels.

Jeffrey Abramson is the VP of the Film Division of Gen Art, he is responsible for overseeing the annual Gen Art Film Festival as well as film programming and event production for five cities (NY, LA, San Francisco, Miami and Chicago). In addition to the calendar of events, Jeffrey also consults with filmmakers about their projects in all stages from concept through distribution. After graduating NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he produced several award winning short films he worked for a year in locations & production before landing at Miramax Films for a couple years as a market research associate.

The co-director of the Emmy-nominated documentary “The Boys of Baraka,” which also won the 2006 NAACP award for Outstanding Independent Film, Rachel is a private investigator turned filmmaker. Rachel has produced and directed numerous non-fiction films for MTV, CBS, The Discovery Channel, A&E and Britain's Channel 4. She has directed several films that focus on mental illness including “Mad Justice.” She recently completed her second documentary feature, “Jesus Camp,” which was nominated for an Academy Award and aired on television worldwide. In 2007 Time Magazine included Rachel as one of five innovators in documentary film. Rachel is the co-founder of Loki Films.

Kent Jones is an Associate Director of Programming for the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and member of the selection committee of the New York Film Festival. He is also the Editor-at-Large and a frequent contributor to Film Comment Magazine. Mr. Jones is an internationally recognized film critic, filmmaker, writer and producer. He has contributed to numerous anthologies and publications, including The New York Times, The Village Voice, Artforum, Cahiers du Cinéma, and many others. Mr. Jones has been involved in several film projects with Martin Scorsese. He is the co-writer of Scorsese's “My Voyage to Italy” and the co-director, with Mr. Scorsese, of “Lady by the Sea.”

Albert Maysles is a pioneer of Direct Cinema who, with his brother David were the first to make nonfiction feature films where the drama of life unfolds as is without scripts, sets, interviews or narration. His 36 films include “What’s Happening?” “The Beatles in the USA,” five films of the projects of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and a sixth, “The Gates,” “Meet Marlon Brando” and three documentaries for HBO. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Peabody, an Emmy, five Lifetime Achievement Awards, the award for best cinematography at Sundance for “Lalee's Kin” which was also nominated for an Academy Award and the Columbia Dupont Award. In 1999 Eastman Kodak saluted him as one of the 100 world's finest cinematographers.

Nevette Previd founded Previd Consulting LLC, an entertainment marketing company specializing in project and budget management of independent feature film theatrical and all media releases, the creation and execution of social-cause, grassroots, word-of-mouth, media and promotion campaigns. The company’s expertise in niche marketing enables it to leverage the resources of like-minded partners (brands, organizations, media, web, etc.), creating a spider web of exposure and a passionate consumer base to deliver their clients marketing message. Present & Past clients include: Morgan Spurlock’s Warrior Poets (“What Would Jesus Buy?”), Arts Alliance America, Participant Productions (“Good Night, and Good Luck,” “North Country,” “An Inconvenient Truth”), Three Graces Productions (“Thread”), Elevation FilmWorks/PictureHouse (“Gracie”), Criterion Collection & Janus Films, IFC Entertainment, Think Films (“Shortbus”), The San Francisco Film Festival, NY Aids Film Festival and The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce. Previd is also the co-founder and Director of The Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival.