

Lee Anne Mitchell (producer) is a documentary and narrative producer originally from Alabama, who is working between the American South and Mexico City. She is currently producing on various projects including a Southern Gothic short film adapted from an award winning Southern author; a second documentary with a SXSW winning director, and a feature film in development with Back40 Pictures.


Nicolle Márquez (Assistant Director) is a Queer performer, producer, video-artist and filmmaker from San Juan, Puerto Rico based in Brooklyn, New York. Her body of work focuses on socially conscious content, ethnographical investigation, and themes underscoring bodily autonomy and queerness. She holds an MA in Women’s and Gender Studies, an MA in Theater, and a BS in Journalism, Media Communications and Photography. Interdisciplinary work include creative design and content creation for the performance installation company Fire on the Moon, performance and production work for the museum installation The Path to the Mirror by Katalina Gutierrez, and performance in the theatrical installation La Negra by Raquel Almazan staged at BRIC House. Video-art include the montages True Abstraction, Then Hope, Tener y No Tener, among others. Recent work as an actor include lead roles in the films Sonia by Eva Depoorter, Dawn by Nona Catusano, Leda by Samuel Tressler, The Geometries of Desire by David Williams, El Extraño de la Casa Rivera by Esteban Bailey, and Aurora by Alina Rancier. Recent work as a producer and filmmaker include the films Nulo, Siete Mujeres Después de María, Nuria’s Epilogue, AVA, and the docufiction La Ciudad del Silencio currently circulating in film festivals and recipient of multiple awards.



Mariana Saldívar studied a Bachelor's Degree in Cinematography with a specialty in cinematography at the Cinematographic Training Center (CCC), in Mexico City. Born in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas; Since he was seven years old he has wanted to dedicate himself to making films. She attended the New York Film Academy when she was 16 and filmed three short films on 16mm film, it was there that she discovered she wanted to be a director of photography. In the book “anonymous voices” by Porrúa publishing house (2015), some of his photographs taken for a social project in San Cristobal de las Casas were included. During her studies at the CCC she also worked in different positions in the camera department, from apprentice to operator, with national and international directors and cinematographers. Currently as a director of photography, she is a Member of Apertura DoP, she has photographed on 35 mm film, 16 mm film and digital; in projects such as: documentaries, fiction short films, fashion films, commercials and second units in a fiction series and a feature film.

Valeria A Avina (Director/Writer)
A QUEER MEXICAN
ACTOR, DIRECTOR FILMMAKER AND VOICE
COACH BASED IN NYC, BORN AND RAISED
IN DURANGO, MEXICO. VALERIA’S BODY OF
WORK SURROUNDS STORIES THAT EXPOSE
HOW BODILY AUTONOMY IS DICTATED BY
PERSONAL HISTORY, SOCIETAL ENVIRONMENTS
AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES. AWARD
RECIPIENT OF BEST FILM NOIR AT FLOW FILM
FESTIVAL 2021 FOR “DO YOU BELIEVE ME
NOW”, AND “ENTRE GUERRA Y GUERRA,
AFUERA LA BICICLETA” WINNER OF THE
NYLFF 2022. IN 2023, THEIR PILOT “ONE
MILLION GIRLS” WINNER OF THE LATE NIGHT
COMPETITION AT SERIES FEST. THEIR LATEST FILM, “EVEN IN THE LIGHT,” PRODUCED IN
MEXICO CITY, IS CURRENTLY ENTERING FILM FESTIVAL CIRCUITS 2024

