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Karla Murthy is an Emmy Award-nominated producer whose latest feature documentary, The Gas Station Attendant, has its world premiere at the <a href="https://www.sheffdocfest.com/film/gas-station-attendant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheffield DocFest</a> on June 19. She previously directed and produced the 2020 feature doc The Place That Makes Us, about a new generation rebuilding home in Youngstown, Ohio, and the 2023 documentary short <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/love-jamie-short/33061/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Love, Jamie</a>. She began her career working for the veteran journalist Bill Moyers, and has been a producer, cameraperson and correspondent for various PBS news magazines over the last 15 years. Her work was cited by the Columbia Journalism Review as “compelling, informative and compassionate.” Karla is of Filipino and South Asian descent. She graduated from Oberlin College, is an alum of the Third World Newsreel Workshop and the Documentary Institute at Antioch College in Ohio.

Karla Murthy

Film

Personal Exposure

Lovell Holder has produced the critically acclaimed feature films The Surrender, Peak Season, Midday Black Midnight Blue, The End of Us, Working Man, Some Freaks, and Loserville (which he also directed). He recently celebrated the theatrical release of his feature film adaptation of the play Lavender Men, which he directed, co-wrote, and produced. Collectively his films have screened at over 100 film festivals worldwide, including SXSW, Fantasia, Santa Barbara, Outfest and BFI Flare. His debut novel, The Book of Luke, will be published by Grand Central Publishing (an imprint of Hachette) in hardcover and audiobook in December 2025. Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, he is a graduate of Princeton University and Brown University, where he received his MFA in acting. (Photo by Luke Fontana.)

Lovell Holder

Heads Carolina, Tails California

David Driver is a singer, songwriter, and performer based in New York City. He is the creator of the docu-concert There’s a Riot Going On!: The Real Music &amp; True Story of Stonewall.
(Photo Credit: James Matthew Daniel)

David Driver

Music

David Driver, Michael Musto, Machine Dazzle Are Debunking the Mythology of Stonewall

Al Menne is a singer-songwriter who fronts the Seattle band Great Grandpa. Great Grandpa’s latest record, Patience, Moonbeam, is out now on Run For Cover. 
(Photo Credit: Rachel Bennett)

Al Menne

The New Great Grandpa Record Gives Annie Truscott Goosebumps

Sundance award-winning director Timothy Linh Bui&#8216;s latest film, the vampire thriller Daydreamers, will be in theaters on May 9 and available on all major digital platforms June 3. Before Vietnam became a prominent tourist destination, Timothy, alongside his brother Tony, produced Three Seasons, a film that garnered multiple awards at Sundance and is often credited with inspiring a new wave of Vietnamese filmmakers. Bui later made his directorial debut with Green Dragon, which earned him the Humanitas Prize. He has worked with notable actors, including Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, Eddie Redmayne, Patrick Swayze, Ray Liotta, Jessica Biel, and James Caan. Returning to Vietnam, Bui founded Happy Canvas, with the aim of producing films with global appeal. One of its key projects, The Housemaid, was released by IFC Films in North America and sold to over 25 countries.

Timothy Linh Bui

Choosing To Be Seen: A Journey Beyond the Shadows

Bill Morrison makes films that reframe long-forgotten moving images. His short film <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW65ChIjur4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Incident </a> was nominated for Best Non-Fiction Short at the 2024 Academy Awards and his latest film, The Vanguard Tapes, will have its <a href="https://movingimage.org/event/zodiac-killer-project/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North American premiere</a> as part of First Look 2025 at the Museum of the Moving Image, Saturday March 15 at 8:00pm. His films have premiered at the New York, Rotterdam, Sundance, and Venice film festivals. In 2014, Morrison had a mid career retrospective at MoMA. His found-footage opus Decasia (2002) was the first film of the 21st century to be selected to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry. The Great Flood (2013), was recognized with the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award of 2014 for historical scholarship. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) was included on over 100 critics’ lists of the best films of the year, and on numerous lists ranking the best films of the decade, including those of the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times and Vanity Fair. (Photo by Wolfgang Wesener.)

Bill Morrison

A Uniquely American Story: My Winter 2025

Spring Onion is the recording project of Philadelphia based musician Catherine Dwyer. Dwyer has played in numerous projects over a decade-long music career, including Remember Sports, 2nd Grade, and 22 Degree Halo. Her debut LP, Seated Figure, is out March 14 via Anything Bagel Records.

Spring Onion

Costco is a Holy Place

Linying is a Singaporean singer-songwriter based in LA. Her record Swim, Swim will be out April 4 on Nettwerk.

Linying

Linying and Mikey Xi (Kylie Mooncakes) Are Doing Their Best

Dan Chen&#8216;s new Vimeo Staff Pick short documentary, <a href="https://vimeo.com/1032884093" target="_blank" rel="noopener">You&#8217;re Too Sensitive</a>, is now streaming. He developed his love of film as a Chinese-American teenager growing up in small-town Kansas. He picked up the camera to connect with others, partnering with friends to make elaborate coming-of-age movies, and documenting the moments they&#8217;d later be nostalgic for. He studied fine art film photography in college, and graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts focusing on cinematography and directing. His work at Jubilee Media has garnered over 100+ million views, and his films have been featured on Vimeo Staff Picks, Short of the Week, Slamdance Film Festival and most recently the 2021 Tribeca Festival, where he premiered his documentary feature debut, <a href="https://danchen.co/portfolio/accepted">Accepted</a>, to critical acclaim. Accepted follows four high school seniors at the controversial T.M. Landry school as they grapple with college admissions, national scandal, and the pains of growing up. Dan is currently based in Los Angeles, developing new projects as he prepares to direct his first narrative feature film. (Photo by Arielle Zakowski.)

Dan Chen

I’m Too Sensitive: Confessions of a Filmmaker

Morena Baccarin can currently be seen opposite Anthony Mackie the new action thriller Elevation, which is out now in theaters. In Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and this year’s Deadpool &amp; Wolverine, she plays Vanessa, the tough and witty love interest of Ryan Reynolds. She will soon lead CBS’s new series Sheriff County, a spinoff about her recurring Fire Country character, and star opposite Jason Mamoa and David Bautista in Amazon’s feature Wrecking Crew. Her long list of television credits includes a regular series in Fox’s Gotham, the lead in ABC’s V, the lead (and a producer) of CBS’s The Endgame, Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone, and of course, Homeland, for which she was nominated for Emmy and SAG awards. As a new Juilliard grad, Morena broke through in Firefly, which was followed by its big-screen adaptation Serenity. Her other film credits include Paul Feig’s comedy hit Spy, the Gerard Butler thriller Greenland, and Fast Charlie, opposite Pierce Brosnan.

Morena Baccarin

Three Great Things: Morena Baccarin

Andra Day can currently be seen playing Aisha in the new drama Exhibiting Forgiveness, out now in theaters. A Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, activist and actress, Andra Day was initially best known for her 2016 Grammy-nominated behemoth “Rise Up,” which amassed over 1 billion streams and an RIAA triple-platinum certification. And she’s performed alongside everyone from Stevie Wonder and the Obamas to Nick Jonas and Alicia Keys. In 2021, her feature-acting debut in the Lee Daniels-directed biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday (in which she starred as Holiday) earned her a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama and a nomination for Best Actress at the Oscars. She also won a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Visual Media and a BET Award for Best Actress. Her upcoming studio album, Cassandra, is a soulful and timeless body of work that captures the artist’s essence and inimitable vocals.

Andra Day

Three Great Things: Andra Day

Rebecca Richman Cohen is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker who teaches courses on media theory and advocacy at Harvard Law School. Her film <a href="https://weedandwinefilm.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Weed &amp; Wine</a> is now available on VOD, and she is now <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1194067708/weed-and-wine-part-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crowdfunding</a> a sequel on Kickstarter. Through her work, she has examined a range of topics, including the prosecution of war crimes in Sierra Leone, responses to sexual violence in the US, cannabis legalization, and biodynamic winemaking. Her most recent film, The Recall: Reframed (broadcast on MSNBC) is the first in a trilogy of short films about mass incarceration, sexual violence, and racial justice. Her SXSW and Tribeca-award winning documentaries have been hosted on platforms including HBO, Amazon, Netflix, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera, public television, and more. She has taught at RISD, American University’s Human Rights Institute, and Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, and has held fellowships with Open Society Foundations, Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard’s Film Study Center, and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her very good dog and some nice humans too.

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