Kazz runs Sideways Film, a documentary and factual sales agency set up in 2010 and with offices in London and Barcelona. Sideways distribute internationally across all medias / formats, and attend 15-20 international markets and festivals each year. Their films have screened at major festivals (Sundance, IDFA, Tribeca, Sheffield, Hot Docs etc) and licensed globally (Netflix, BBC, Nat Geo, ARTE and many, many other clients large and small). Kazz is regularly invited as an expert to various festivals, training programs (EAVE, London College of Communication etc) and juries (including International Emmys). They also occasionally partner at the project stage to develop and close budgets.

Mandy is the Commissioning Editor of Storyville, the BBC’s pioneering global feature documentary strand. It showcases the world’s best documentaries – dealing with the big issues of our time and with stories that resonate universally. For over 20 years, Storyville has aired acclaimed films such as India’s Daughter, City of Ghosts, Blackfish, Death on the Staircase, OJ: Made in America and Man on Wire. Storyville films have won Oscar, Grierson, Emmy, Peabody and many prestigious awards. Mandy is from a filmmaking background and herself has brought award-winning films to public television viewers, both as a commissioner (at ABC Arts) and filmmaker. During her short time at Storyville Mandy has overseen and delivered to the BBC series such as The Fourth Estate and Why Slavery, as well as single films, Under the Wire, Last Men in Aleppo, The Death of Ratko Mladic, Mystify, A Northern Soul and The Cleaners, which premiered at Sundance and won the Prix Europa. She is a passionate advocate of public service broadcasting with its remit to support independent, diverse and creatively authored storytelling and to nurture new talent in a culture dominated by commercial imperatives.

Kitty Green is an award-winning Australian filmmaker. After graduating from VCA, Kitty worked as an editor and producer for ABC’s Art Nation. In 2012, Kitty spent a year in her mother’s native Ukraine shooting with the protest movement ‘Femen’. Her independent feature documentary, Ukraine Is Not A Brothel premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2013, screened at over 50 film festivals internationally and won the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) award for Best Australian Feature Documentary. In 2015, Kitty’s documentary short The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it was awarded the jury prize. Kitty’s latest feature, Casting JonBenet was acquired by Netflix as a Netflix Original before its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017. It is currently streaming globally. Casting JonBenet was also awarded the Best Feature Documentary accolade at the 2017 AACTAs, making the Kitty the first two-time award-winner in the category since the inaugural AACTAs in 2011. Kitty is a Sundance Institute Fellow as part of the ‘Art of Nonfiction’ initiative.

Ingrid Kopp co-directs Electric South, a Cape Town-based organisation dedicated to supporting African creators telling stories through Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, interactive web documentaries and mobile-based content. A respected global expert in emerging media storytelling, Ingrid also curates Tribeca Film Festival’s Storyscapes program and, together with MIT’s Open DocLab, she produces Immerse, an online publication dedicated to emerging media. Until recently Ingrid was a Senior Consultant in the Interactive Department at the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI). She facilitated interactive and cross-platform projects through the TFI New Media Fund and TAA Interactive Prototype Fund, and created Tribeca Hacks and TFI Interactive to create a space for story+tech+design experiments and conversation.

Jenni Tosi is the Managing Director of Princess Pictures, who are known for their eclectic slate of highly entertaining comedy, factual, drama and online content. Jenni has a wealth of industry experience. She was the CEO of Film Victoria for 6.5 years, having previously held the executive role of General Manager of Industry Development and Investment and also serving as a Board Member. Before joining Film Victoria, Jenni enjoyed a very successful career as an independent producer and consultant to a who’s who of Australian and international production companies. She is an Adjunct Professor of RMIT University’s School of Media & Communication and serves on a range of industry advisory committees.