Wes Andre Goodrich is a Brooklyn-based writer / director.
Since graduating from Columbia University’s MFA Film Program, he has been the festival circuit run with two shorts: SPEAK UP BROTHA!, a musical romance in the style of 90s Black films, and PALM SUNDAY, a southern gothic film about a Jamaican man attempting to assimilate into an all-white church in 1970s Raleigh, North Carolina. Palm Sunday was an Oscar Qualifying Short for the 2024 Academy Awards.
He recently directed a short film: “Meal Ticket,” for Hillman Grad’s Rising Voices Fellowship, which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival last June. Meal Ticket was an Oscar Qualifying film for the 2025 Academy Awards.
Wes was selected by Filmmaker Magazine as one of the 2023 New Faces of Film.
Wes Andre Goodrich
Sandy Honig is a director, comedian, and photographer. She co-created the absurdist comedy show "Three Busy Debras" on Adult Swim & HBO Max, and has written for other shows like The Eric Andre Show and the upcoming Ren & Stimpy reboot. Her past short films "Pennies From Heaven" and "Caller Number Nine!" premiered at SXSW 2023 and 2024.
Sandy Honig
Daniel and Michelle have been collaborating on films together for ten years. Their work has shown at Slamdance Film Festival (Grand Jury Honorable Mention, Best Actress Award), SXSW, Atlanta FF, Palm Springs Shortsfest, New Orleans, AFI, Brooklyn Film Festival, and more. In 2020, they were jointly named as one of Filmmaker Magazine's “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” Their films have been featured on Showtime, Vimeo Staff Pick, Short Of The Week, NoBudge, The Bureau of Creative Works, and the Slamdance Channel.
Daniel Jaffe & Michelle Uranowitz
Joji Baratelli is a director and cinematographer from Los Angeles, based in New York, and occasionally in Tokyo. He is currently developing his first feature film.
Joji Baratelli
Jessie Barr is a writer/director, actor, Sundance Fellow, and 2024 Half Initiative directing fellow (Ryan Murphy Program) with roots in independent film, theater, and comedy. Her debut feature Sophie Jones premiered at the 2020 Deauville Film Festival, was released by Oscilloscope in 2021, and holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. She is currently in her rom-com era writing a fresh, steamy take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Academy Award-winning production company Caviar. Her darkly funny, deeply personal cancer chronicle Serving Cunt debuted at SADE Gallery in 2024, combining original films, installations, and photography. Jessie’s work has screened globally at festivals including Berlinale, Tribeca, and Mar Del Plata, and has been featured by The New York Times, Vimeo Staff Pick, and the National Board of Review. An alum of NYU Tisch, she has collaborated with Lincoln Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and received support from PEN America, Oregon Made and as a 2025 Djerassi Artist in Residence.
Jessie Barr
Chloe Xtina is a Brooklyn based filmmaker originally from Oakland, CA. She tells stories that blur the line between the sexualized gazes and sexual appetite of young women. Chloe wrote and directed the short films Ghost of you (2024 Sundance Film Festival special screening), The First Taste (2020 NoBudge Film of the Year), and Arcadia (upcoming). She is a 2023 Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellow and her work has been featured in New York Magazine, Variety, Vulture, and TimeOut. Chloe completed a BA in playwriting from UCLA in 2021.