Ryan Krivoshey
A veteran of the independent film scene, Ryan Krivoshey founded the award-winning distribution company Grasshopper Film in 2015, hailed as “one of the most artistically daring of distributors” (The New Yorker). The company has released films by directors such as Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Pedro Costa, Albert Serra, Agnes Varda, Pietro Marcello, and Claire Denis, as well as groundbreaking documentaries like LAST MEN IN ALEPPO, THE HOTTEST AUGUST, NOCTURNES, BLACK MOTHER, SWEETGRASS, APOLONIA APOLONIA, and LEVIATHAN. Ryan has since turned to production as Co-Founder and President of Correspondent, a production company with a commitment to artistic, cinematic, and boundary-pushing filmmaking.
Amanda de Luis
Amanda holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. She trained in the USA in the field of documentary production and directing.
She has been the executive producer of the television series Les Coses Grans (TVC) and the documentary When a Dream Comes True (La Diferencia), co-producer of La Estrella (A Contraluz Films), and associate producer of The Frost (Alta Realitat). She has worked as a cost controller for films like A Perfect Enemy. She has written and directed short films and video clips. In the field of impact, she has written and directed videos for raising public awareness and funding campaigns for NGOs in a number of countries such as India, Ethiopia, and Ecuador. She is currently the executive producer of the feature film Each of Us by Neus Ballús, Anne Zhora Berrached, Anna Jadowska and Stina Werenfels (Spanish-German-Swiss-Polish co-production) about Ravensbrück, the Nazi concentration camp exclusively for women. She’s also writing and directing the transmedia documentary Iceberg (www.icebergdoc.org). Recently, she joined GIPA, the Global Impact Producers Alliance.
Lindsay Malin
Lindsay Malin serves as Assistant Director, Film Granting and Artist Programs at Jewish Story Partners (JSP) in Los Angeles. Before joining JSP in 2022, she served as a Program Officer at The Covenant Foundation, a New York City-based organization that supports innovation in Jewish education. Previously, she was the Manager of Membership Initiatives at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, where she curated programs exploring Jewish culture and the history of the Holocaust. Lindsay holds a BA in Jewish Studies from American University and an MA in Holocaust Studies from Royal Holloway, University of London.
Levi Zini
Levi Zini is a leading documentary filmmaker in Israel with over 40 years of creating independent films and television documentaries in a variety of genres, including art films, docu-activism, and current affair exposés. In 2009-2013, Zini served as Chief Commissioner of Israel’s premiere documentary channel – Channel 8. Zini is a recipient of a variety of awards from local and international festivals. He was awarded Israel’s Minister of Education Award for Documentary Filmmaking in 1999 and 2012. From 2015 to 2018 Zini was a board member of the Israeli Documentary Forum. Zini is also a lecturer and a judge for film funds and festivals.
