Kevin Fermini is known for The Golden Years of Hank and Nanners (2014), STATIC (2015) and Death Walks on Nitrate (2020).

Carlos A.F. Lopez is a multifaceted filmmaker with over a decade of experience in the Seattle underground/DIY scene. His latest film, Dream Creep, premiered in the Midnight Shorts Program at Sundance Film Festival 2024.

His short film Ghosting the Party premiered at Nashville Film Festival 2017 and won a Special Jury Prize. Lopez produced The Procedure, winner of the Special Jury Prize for Best Short Fiction: US at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and Harbor Island, winner of a Special Jury Award in the Independent Pilot Competition at SXSW 2023.

A first-generation Washingtonian born to a Filipino mother and Mexican father, their cultural influence is imbued throughout his work in nuanced ways that subvert what it means to be an artist of color in the independent film community.

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Neil Ferron is a Seattle-born writer/director currently based in LA. His first feature script, FISHMONGER - a supernatural dark comedy about tentacle sex and self-acceptance - was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2021 Slamdance Screenplay Competition.

Prior to FISHMONGER, Neil’s work has won accolades in film, theater, and fiction. His work has been described as “wonderfully surreal” (Sub Pop), “shocking, horrific, and funny” (Rolling Stone), and a “Ph.D testing of what ‘works’ on the human consciousness” (Seattle Weekly).

Neil is a Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory. He holds a Masters in Theater from Trinity College Dublin, thanks to a George J. Mitchell Scholarship.

Jason Filiatrault’s credits include writing and co-producing on two seasons of the cult Netflix drama THE ORDER, award-winning feature ENTANGLEMENT (WGC Best Screenplay 2018), genre fave A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY, and the upcoming feature ALL NIGHT WRONG (starring Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova & Severance’s Zach Cherry).

In addition to his writing projects, Jason is also in development on his feature directorial debut, NOW, I AM A BEAR, which will be filming in 2026.