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Douglas is a filmmaker from the small town of Sherman, Connecticut, and is currently an MFA Directing fellow at the American Film Institute. Having traveled extensively through Latin America, he has shot projects for non-profits and coffee companies in Nicaragua and abroad since the age of 16. His 2012 short, VOLAR EN LÍNEA RECTA, has shown in film festivals around the world. He's interested in capturing social, environmental, international and economic issues in a narrative format, using creative methods to tell important stories of underrepresented people and places.

Shanshan has been interested in film since she was a young kid. She previously worked on several Hollywood movies such as THE MUMMY III: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR. She also worked at a local TV broadcast company in New York City, produced, directed and hosted a popular unscripted program LIVING IN NY which gained tremendous popularity in the local community. She is currently a producing fellow at the AFI Conservatory, and has recently interned at Legendary Entertainment and Beacon Pictures. Her dream is to make movies that send positive message to people and motivate people to pursue a better life.

Pallavi is a graduate in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Osmania University in India. She was schooled in Saudi Arabia and has worked as a copywriter and freelance photographer for three years prior to her tryst with cinematography. Since mid-2011, she has been working as an assistant to cinematographers in Bollywood on feature films and television commercials. In the past year, she has also lensed a full-length documentary, two short films and a couple of promotional films for internet advertising.

Jeff Li graduated from Beijing Film Academy's sound recording department in 2012. He won the national scholarship, the opportunity to go to the graduate school without the entrance exam. He decided to work for China Film Group as a senior sound editor, re-recording mixer and project manager for more than 30 big movies in China from 2010 to 2015. Some of his work, like THE GRANDMASTER, directed by Wong Kar Wai, won the 61st MPSE Golden Reel for Best Dialogue Editing. THE HOME GLEANERS won the 49th Golden Horse Best Short Feature Movie. He also worked as editor on three business short feature movies and a movie trailer editor.

Sheila Wilson is a Screenwriting Fellow at the AFI Conservatory. She's also a recent graduate of Columbia College Chicago, where she received her BA in Cinema Art + Science with a concentration in Directing. Her film, Amerikkka, is set to begin its festival run at the Academy-Qualifying Urbanworld Film Festival this year in New York City. Sheila's passion for filmmaking stemmed from theater, where her plays SCARS and ASHES AND POSY were published--and the latter produced--by the Actors Theatre of Louisville New Voices Young Playwrights Competition.