Sonja de Vries is a social activist, poet and filmmaker. Her films include the award winning GAY CUBA
(1995) Which has aired on local PBS stations throughout the United States and has won several awards including "Best First Work" at Cinefestival in 1996, "Best Documentary Film" at the Palm Beach International Film Festival in 1996 and several Audience awards world wide. OUT: The Making of a Revolutionary (2000) also aired on PBS stations and received audeince awards in Italy and Germany.Her most recent and most controversial film Refuseniks (2005) has shown at film festivals world wide and the late Howard Zinn, historian, author and social activist, said this about it: “Powerful, moving, inspiring. These are genuine heroes. The history, the statistics are sobering to any viewer. This film will contribute to solidarity between U.S. and Israeli soldiers of conscience.”

Mark Poole has been a featured speaker and panel participant on Independent filmmaking. He has spoken at numerous film festivals, and Idea Fest and h is feature film "Dead Moon Rising" has won numerous film festival awards.

His latest effort is ROAD KILL, a story of a small time sheriff taking on corruption and murder while facing a re-election bid. It’s his nod to the Coen Brothers, as it is styled in the same vein as NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN and FARGO; with moments of dark humor and matter-of-fact brutality. The script is complete, now going through a polish draft. The script was recently named 2nd Runner up in Creative Screenwriting Magazine’s 2009 Cyberspace Open.

Nicholas Gray is Philadelphia-based director and dramaturg, working both in film and stage. Hailing originally from Louisville KY, his fledgling career as an actor and fight choreographer took him from across the country from New Mexico to New York City. There he received professional training at the prestigious Actors' Center Conservatory, with additional intensive study in Chekhov Technique at the Baikal Theatre School in Siberia. Later he shifted focus to writing, and eventually directing. He has worked in one capacity or another nearly everywhere -- from the obscure (The Matchbox Theater, Expanded Arts, etc) to the humbling (The Public Theater, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, etc). His feature film debut, "If You Could Say It In Words", won Best Feature and Best of Festival audience prizes at DCFF 2008.

Vin Morreale, Jr. is an award-winning writer. director, producer, actor and acting teacher. He has won film festivals and screenplay contests, as well as awards for short fiction, stage plays and commercial writing. His feature-length
romantic comedy, BREAKING & ENTERING was named Best Feature at the Midwest Entertainment Industry Conference, Best Comedy at Cine-Fest ’08, and an Official Jury Selection for the Bluegrass Film Festival and the Cincinnati International Film Festival. Vin is currently
in post-production on his second feature film, IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS for Inspiration Ink & Picture
Company. Vin is the primary acting coach for the Alix
Adams Agency, and has taught both acting and scriptwriting from elementary school through college
level. Under his direction, VSM Entertainment and VSMCasting.com have grown into Kentucky’s
leading providers of casting, extras casting and crew services for film, TV and stage, with a diverse talent
pool that reaches into six states across the Southeast and Midwest.

David Inman is the author of “The Incredible Inman,” a movie and TV trivia column that has run in The Courier-Journal since 1981 and runs in about 25 other newspapers nationwide. He is a former movie reviewer for The Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times and he has written five books about media trivia and history.

Morgan Atkinson has worked as a communications professional since 1975. In 1985, he established his own video production company, Duckworks, Inc., and continues to produce both independent and commercial work through this outlet. A lifelong resident of Louisville, KY, Atkinson writes, shoots and produces programs that examine issues of community and culture. Atkinson’s work has been featured on KET (Kentucky’s PBS affiliate), in the Louisville Film & Video Festival and the National Educational Film & Video Festival. His award-winning documentaries include A Way of Life, a reflection on Kentucky’s passion for basketball, Falls City, a wry look at Louisville’s ill-fated Falls Fountain, and A Change in Order, an account of the societal changes that face the Ursuline Sisters in Louisville.