Jonas Chernick has written, starred in and/or produced many feature films including, The Burning Season, Ashgrove, James Vs His Furture Self, Borealis, My Awkward Sexual Adventure, End of Sex, and many more! His films have premiered at festivals around the world, including TIFF, Glasgow International Film Festival, Canadian Film Festival, Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival. His films have been nominated or won many awards, including The Canadian Screen Awards, TIFF Top 10, Writer’s Guild of Canada, Glasgow FF Best Ensemble, the William F White Reel Indie Award, and many others. He can currently be seen co-starring opposite Kiefer Sutherland in the Paramount+ series Rabbit Hole, on Netflix’s Workin’ Moms, & can next be seen in the feature films Negative Capability & A Thousand Cuts, both scheduled for release in 2024.

Dorian Williamson is a Cobourg-based sound engineer, boom operator & musician. Born and raised in Prince Edward County to a musical family, art and creativity was heavily encouraged from a young age. After completing Foundation Studies at the Ontario College of Art & Design, Dorian focused on Audio Engineering & Production, enrolling in the PEP program the Harris Institute of the Arts in Toronto. With over 25 years of experience in location sound for film, his extensive credits include both international & domestic features, shorts, television series & commercials.

With over 15 years freelancing in the film industry, Taylor has edited, colour corrected, & post supervised a number of projects for broadcast, web streaming, and theatrical release. Her early life bolstered her with the mentality to think creatively, not conventionally, and the desire to bring people together to create change is inherent. Her early career provided the experience to quickly realize that mentorship is at the heart of enacting that positive change to not only the film and television industry as a whole but also how we connect to the stories we tell and therefore how we tell them. She has worked on projects for a variety of networks including ABC, Disney, Bloomberg Originals, Crave, Hulu, Discovery, APTN, CBC, and beyond.

Greg Jeffs is an NSI Alumni (Features First), has participated in the Telefilm PITCH THIS! Program at TIFF, the 2020 Frontieres program and he won the 2021 Telefilm JETS program.

Greg's work with Sunbelt Rentals (formerly William F White) combines his knowledge of independent filmmaking with the world of professional filmmaking equipment and support. He actively develops long-lasting relationships with emerging and established content creators at all stages of their production to guarantee they obtain maximum value by providing mentorship and advisement on all possible funding opportunities. In working closely with filmmakers, Greg ensures their finished product is the best as it can be.

Warner joined the IATSE 667 International Cinematographers Union in 1994 and has been paying his dues ever since.

Warner has been Director of Photography on television shows such as MVP, Republic of Doyle, The Listener, Warehouse

13, ShadowHunters, Channel Zero, Hudson & Rex, Son of a Critch.