Elise Barnett, nineteen year old university student, is an English Language major and first generation college student. Upon enrollment at The University of The Bahamas, Elise received recognition as the recipient of the President’s Scholar Award for the 2015-2016 academic year, and in 2017, won the annual Templeton “Laws of Life” Essay competition. As an aspiring author and linguist, Elise actively engages in recreational reading and writing. 

Jill Bohling joined A24 in 2013 and has enjoyed helping the company grow from a small NY based distributor to the Academy Award-winning studio behind Moonlight, now producing original content and distributing internationally.  A24 is also responsible for  favorites including The Lobster, The Witch, Room, Amy, Ex Machina, and Spring Breakers, and TV shows such as Amazon’s Comrade Detective and NBC's The Carmichael Show.  Jill has loved being a part of a team that finds and gives a platform to new and original voices.

Billie Carroll is a professional blogger, social media influencer and entrepreneur living between the Bahamas and NYC. 

Raised in the Bahamas, Billie continued her education in the US where she studied advertising and psychology at SMU. Billie proceeded to move to NYC to work in the fashion industry. 

As a content creator, Billie has partnered with countless brands to build social media campaigns for her audience. With this experience, Billie is using her platform to curate and market her next project - a boutique here in Nassau, Bahamas. 

Dara Cohen is a producer and executive with over 20 years of experience in development, production and programming.  She has worked in development at The Mark Gordon Company, Red Hour Films, Revolution Studios, USA Network, CourtTV, Island/Def Jam Records, Maker Studios and A+E Studios.   She has collaborated with writers, directors, actors, producers, top recording artists and social media influencers to create engaging content across all platforms.    Dara has extensive experience in sourcing material and IP, negotiating rights, and overseeing development through production and delivery of projects.   While at CourtTV, she developed, secured deficit financing, staffed writers and directors and produced their first scripted series  Til Death Do Us Part.    She has produced 13 movies with the USA Network and SyFy Channel, and executive produced  Ring of Fire  for Lifetime (nominated for 4 Emmys),  House of Joy  for NuvoTV, and the digital series  The Temp Agency  for Vuguru. 

 Ken Friedman, born in New York, is a graduate of the NYU School of Film. As a student he wrote and directed SHOWDOWN, winner of the National Student Film Festival. Ken Friedman has written numerous feature films, including WHITE LINE FEVER (Jan Michael Vincent, Kay Lenz), HEART LIKE A WHEEL (Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges), JOHNNY HANDSOME (Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Forrest Whitaker and Morgan Freeman) and CADILLAC MAN (Robin Williams, Tim Robbins). Ken Friedman often works as a rewriter, including the films THE FUGITIVE, UNLAWFUL ENTRY, BAD GIRLS, THE GETAWAY and most recently THE BANK JOB (Jason Statham). For television, he wrote and was Co-executive Producer of the limited series, THE GRID (Julianna Margulies, Dylan McDermott). Ken Friedman also directed and wrote the feature film MADE IN USA (Chris Penn, Lori Singer, Adrian Pasdar), which premiered at the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes and was featured at many film festivals including Sundance and Munich. Ken Friedman is currently the Tenured Professor of Writing and Head of Thesis Writing at Graduate Film at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

Dr. Nate Kohn is professor at the University of Georgia, Associate Director of the George Foster Peabody Awards, festival director of Roger Ebert's Film Festival, director of the University of Georgia MFA program in screenwriting and award-winning producer. Dr. Kohn produced   Zulu Dawn   starring Burt Lancaster and Peter O’Toole; the independent feature   Somebodies , which premiered at Sundance (2006);   Rain , the Bahamas’ first indigenous feature which premiered at Toronto (2007) at the Bahamas International Film Festival (2008) and on Showtime (2010); the feature film   Bottleworld   (2010); he was Executive Producer on the BET television series   Somebodies   (2008); he was Producer on the feature length documentary   Bayou Maharajah   that premiered at the SXSW Festival (2013); he produced the Emmy Award-winning short documentary Ebertfest 2012 ; and he was Executive Producer on   The 73rd, 74th  and 75th Annual Peabody Awards Specials for PivotTV/Participant Media (2014, 2015 and 2016).   He has served on juries and mentored screenwriters at the Atlanta, Hawaii, Kerala, and Bahamas International Film Festivals. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and of the book   Pursuing Hollywood: Seduction, Obsession, Dread   (AltaMira Press, 2006).