Emelie Mahdavian is a dancer and filmmaker who was selected for DOCNYC’s 2020 “40 Under 40” list. She produced, wrote, and edited MIDNIGHT TRAVELER, which won a Peabody, an Emmy, a Special Jury Prize at Sundance and was nominated for the Gotham Award for Best Documentary. She recently directed BITTERBRUSH, due to be released in 2021, which was produced in collaboration with Concordia Studios and Wavelength Productions. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis and is a faculty member in the department of Film and Media Arts at the University of Utah.

Su Kim is a documentary producer in New York. She is committed to crafting compelling stories and supporting independent filmmakers. Her films in release include the OSCAR® and Primetime Emmy®-nominated HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING (director RaMell Ross) and Emmy winner MIDNIGHT TRAVELER (director Hassan Fazili). As a producer, she was awarded the 2015 Women at Sundance fellowship, CPB/PBS Producers Workshop Fellowship as well as funding from ITVS, the Sundance Documentary fund, NYSCA, the Tribeca Film Institute and California Humanities. She is currently producing ONE BULLET (director Carol Dysinger), SANSÓN AND ME (director Rodrigo Reyes), FREE CHOL SOO LEE ( directors Eugene Yi and Julie Ha), SARAH (director Tracy Droz Tragos) and BITTERBRUSH (director Emelie Mahdavian). In 2020, Su Kim was the New York producer for LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WAR ZONE (IF YOU'RE A GIRL) which won the OSCAR® and BAFTA. She won two Peabody Awards.