Tobias was born 1978 in Copenhagen, Denmark, but spent his childhood among woodland fairytale creatures in a small rural village. He brought his backwood country superstitions back to the Danish capital as an adult. He has spent most of his life with storytelling, trained as a comic book artist at The Joe Kubert School in New Jersey, made comic books few people read and played folk music few people heard. He turned to microbudget DIY filmmaking as a way of dealing with turning 40.
Christina Acevedo is a multifaceted artist based in Philadelphia. Her directorial and screenwriting path took off in 2008 with her debut short film ‘Wild Idle’ premiering in Canne’s Courts Métrages program and ICA Philadelphia. Since then, Christina has produced experimental music, created video art, short films, music videos and is founder of ProForce Sport, a martial arts athleisure brand. Christina is now researching her next horror film, and will release a new EP this winter for her project T I N A.
Brice Brown is a stop-motion animator from West Linn Oregon, a 2022 CalArts alumnus of the Experimental Animation program. Here, he developed a custom modeling clay formula for his films, which he continues to sell to fellow animators. His first film, Thomas And The Extraordinary Bathroom Incident, premiered at the Hollywood Theater in 2017 receiving first prize for the International Youth Silent Film Festival. This year, he was the lead animator for a Nounsfest submission directed by Lee Peffer.
Nolen Sternkopf is a Pacific Northwest based writer/director. He is constantly feeding his passion for storytelling with exciting filmmaking projects, many of which deal with the supernatural and twisting genre elements in creative new ways. Nolen loves working with small, passionate crews to create something ambitious on a small budget. He often utilizes a mixture of old-school and current filmmaking techniques, employing past methods in tandem with current technologies.
Shane Day is a Settler-Canadian of English/Irish Heritage from Peterborough, Ontario. A graduate from the Creative Writing Program at Concordia University in Montreal, and an alumni of the Cinema Studies program at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands, Shane is first and foremost a story-teller whose heart belongs to Cinema. He is the co-founder of Skinner Street Films as well as a writer, director and producer. His latest short film, "The Neighbourhood at the End of the World," is currently making its rounds at festivals across the world.
Maximilian Weiland is a writer/director based in Los Angeles. After studying philosophy in the mountains of Colorado, he left to pursue his dreams as a filmmaker. Spending years as a cameraman and screenwriter in narrative, commercial, and corporate film production, he's set to release his first professional short film, "Visions of Sonya Greene". Already preparing his next short and two features, Max's thematic interests remain in genre filmmaking, with a focus in weird Science Fiction, cosmic horror and existential drama.
Nicole Merat is an American actress based in Seattle, WA, where she attended Cornish College of the Arts (2008-2012) and received her BFA in Acting. Best known for her co-starring role in Mountainside as Stella. Nicole loves sci-fi, documentaries, and creature features, and is a sucker for good cinematography and soundtracks. She is also a yoga teacher and sound bath practitioner. Nicole is represented by TC Talent in Seattle, WA.
Robert Flowers is a Mexican American award winning Writer/director from Phoenix AZ. He's The son of a combat marine and special needs teacher. He's an author, and unreal engine 3D artist. When he's not writing or making movies, Robert shoots operating room procedures all over North America. He has never fainted at the sight of blood except his own. He currently lives in LA and is in post on his latest short film, "God Hunter".
Luke Elliott is a writer whose speculative fiction has appeared in Reckoning, Metaphorosis, and the Buckman Journal, among other magazines and podcasts. He's also the co-host of the “Ink to Film” podcast where he discusses books and their film adaptations from a craft perspective with a filmmaker co-host and industry guests. He has an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and is a graduate of the Viable Paradise writer’s workshop.
Christopher Greenslate is an award-winning writer/director whose directorial debut SAVIORS, a gritty indie thriller following a woman embedded in a white power group (and shot in one continuous take) garnered awards and praise during its festival run, taking home the jury prize in Madrid before going on to be one of two US films nominated at RAINDANCE for best feature. The film also earned him a directing nod at St. Louis International and was subsequently acquired by Cinedigm.