Kinga Michalska is a Polish queer visual artist and filmmaker based in Tiohtiá:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal. Their work examines issues of memory, identity, displacement, and things that haunt us. They are interested in the periphery of who and what makes history. They hold a BA in Cultural Studies from the University of Warsaw and an MFA in Photography from Concordia University. Their work has been shown in multiple exhibitions and film festivals in Canada, Poland, UK, Korea, Switzerland, Italy, and Germany. Bedrock is their debut feature documentary.

Danae Elon has been living and working as a director and producer in Montreal Quebec for the last ten years. Born in Israel her films  have been an attempt to tell stories about the Occupation through a deeply personal point of view. Every film she has made has tried  to search for truth, hypocrisy and injustice through intimate storytelling often focusing on her own family and the city she grew up in: Jerusalem. Danae’s films have showcased internationally in many renowned film festivals receiving numerous awards.

One of Canada’s leading and most active film and television producers. Among numerous other awards, he has won a Genie Award for Best Motion Picture for the Oscar-nominated LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE. His more recent documentaries include:  P.S. JERUSALEM (TIFF 2016, Berlin 2017), THE SETTLERS (Sundance 2017). A SISTER’S SONG (DocNYC, IDFA, DocAviv, RIDM), GAZA( SUNDANCE 2019); ADVOCATE (SUNDANCE 2019). THE LONGEST GOODBYE (SUNDANCE 2023) and I SHALL NOT HATE (CPH:DOX 2024)

Ashley Duong is a Vietnamese Canadian filmmaker. She wrote, directed, and produced the feature-length documentary, A Time to Swim, which won numerous awards including the Special Jury Prize for Best Feature Documentary at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. She has also produced and edited over 15 short documentaries for CBC Arts. Ashley currently works as a producer at Catbird Productions and at Da-Lê Films. An advocate for advancing ethical documentary practices, Ashley is a member of Brown Girl Doc Mafia, A-Doc, and BIPOC TV & Film. With a BA in Environment Studies and Cultural Studies from McGill University in Montreal, Ashley specializes in stories about identity, culture, and the environment.