Matt Nadel is a documentary filmmaker whose work has been acquired and distributed by the New York Times, The New Yorker, and PBS, among other outlets. After premiering at the Cannes Film Festival Emerging Filmmaker Showcase, his latest doc short, CANS Can’t Stand, was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award, was selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick, and won awards at festivals around the world, including NewFest, Outfest, and Provincetown. He was born and raised in Florida and is now based in Brooklyn.

Luke Hodges is a filmmaker based in New York City, with roots in South Carolina. With Matt Nadel, he is the co-founder of Nine Patch Pictures, a small documentary production company focused on queer stories. Nine Patch films have been supported by the Catapult Film Fund, NBCUniversal, and the New York Public Library, and screened at festivals like DOC NYC and Provincetown, among others. His latest documentary short, Odd Man In (executive produced by Academy Award®winner Caroline Waterlow), will premiere in 2026 on PBS’ Independent Lens.

Julie Cohen is the Academy Award® nominated, Emmy winning director and producer of RBG (2018) along with Betsy West. Other films she’s directed with West include JULIA (2021), which was shortlisted for an Academy Award; My Name is Pauli Murray (2021), which won a Peabody Award; and Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down (2022), which was nominated for the Critics Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature. Solo directing projects include Every Body (2023), The Sturgeon Queens (2014), and Ndiphilela Ukucula: I Live to Sing (2013).

Matt Bomer is a critically acclaimed American actor known for White Collar, HBO’s The Normal Heart (Golden Globe Award), Magic Mike, and Showtime’s Fellow Travelers (Emmy nomination). Bomer has also appeared on Broadway and is a noted LGBTQ+ advocate.

Angeria Paris VanMicheals is the champion of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 9. In addition to being a drag performer, she is an advocate for the rights of LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive people.

Will Mayo is a Los Angeles-based editor, writer, and director. His work includes editing independent features, series, commercials, music videos, and shorts, which have screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Venice Biennale, Berlinale, Telluride, and other top-tier festivals. He edited Grindr’s Emmy-nominated venture into scripted series, Bridesman, as well as the acclaimed shorts Starfuckers and Marcy Learns Something New, the latter of which he also produced. Clients include Chappell Roan and Kai Cenat. Hailing from rural Tennessee, he holds a BFA in Film & TV Production from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Brennan Goldstein is a cinematographer and documentary filmmaker based in New York City. With CASHING OUT as his documentary film debut, he has worked as a director of photography on a range of nonfiction projects, from intimate character-driven shorts to commercial collaborations, often blending his background in photography and passion for analogue mediums with vérité storytelling. His recent work has been supported by high-end brands and production partners.

Tom Foskett-Barnes is a composer and musical director based in London and Berlin. Film and TV credits include the Academy Award-nominated Black Sheep (Lightbox), BAFTA-nominated short toni_with_an_i (BBC/BFI), and Juice (BBC). His music has been heard at film festivals such as Sundance, LFF and DOC NYC. Tom trained at the Royal College of Music as a Soirée d'Or Scholar generously supported by a Clifton Parker Award and was the recipient of a BAFTA UK Scholarship.