Jason Ryle is a film curator and programmer, in addition to being a producer and story editor of film, television, and XR content. Following a long period leading the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (Toronto) where he helped to greatly expand the awareness and appreciation of Indigenous Cinema globally, Jason joined the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2022 as an International Programmer. He currently programmes features from the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Global Indigenous Cinema. From 2013 until 2020, Jason was an Advisor for Indigenous films at the Berlinale, and in 2025 he joined the international selection committee for FILMFEST DRESDEN International Short Film Festival (Germany). In February 2021, Jason received the Clyde Gilmour Award from the Toronto Film Critics Association. The award is bestowed to Canadians whose work has in some way enriched the understanding and appreciation of film in their home country. His producing credits include Snip, Stellar, Amplify, Singing Back the Buffalo, Wilfred Buck’s Star Stories, Aki, and the cult favourite Endless Cookie for which he won a Canadian Screen Award.

Aloke Devichand is Head of Documentaries at Mindhouse, the BAFTA-winning production company founded in London by filmmaker Louis Theroux. He has executive produced numerous projects including the Netflix series Can I Tell You a Secret?, the feature documentary The Final: Attack on Wembley and the upcoming feature Hanging by a Wire. Prior to Mindhouse, Aloke was a commissioner in the Original Documentaries team at Netflix and built from nascency its slate across Asia. He oversaw projects including Oscar-winning The Elephant Whisperers, International Emmy-winning Hope Frozen and hit series The Hunt for Veerappan. Previously Aloke worked as a global commissioner for the Witness strand on Al Jazeera English and was part of the launch team at Webby-winning digital platform AJ+.

Rita Baghdadi is an Emmy-winning Moroccan-American filmmaker known for the intimacy of her bold, character-driven documentaries. Sirens premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, won the Grand Jury Prize at Outfest, and was praised by critics as “utterly charming,” “smartly crafted” and “narrative perfection.” The film was released theatrically across the U.S. by Oscilloscope and is now streaming on VOD. Recently, she directed Finding the Light (Disney+ 2024), part of the Peabody-winning Photographer series, nominated for two Cinema Eye Honors and an Independent Spirit Award. Rita co-founded Lady and Bird Films. She is a Concordia fellow, Sundance fellow, Film Independent fellow, Chicken & Egg Awardee, DOC NYC ‘40 Under 40’, and a proud member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia. Currently, she is directing several new projects including Stallions and a two-part series for Paramount+.

Billy Russell is Head of Non-Scripted at Dreamchaser Entertainment, overseeing a diverse slate of projects across documentary, factual and entertainment. His recent credits include Death Cap Murders (Stan), Crime Night! (ABC), This Is Going To Be Big (ABC), Boiling Point: Swimming’s Greatest Rivalry (Channel 9), and The Role of a Lifetime (ABC). Previously, Billy led non-scripted development at Fremantle Australia, and was Head of Digital at ITV Studios Australia, where he delivered multi-platform campaigns for some of the world’s biggest formats. Billy is passionate about collaborative storytelling and developing distinctive ideas with bold creative voices.

Jodie Bell is a First Nations descendant of the Butchella and Jagera people of Southeast Queensland and is CEO and Producer at Ramu Productions in Rubibi (Broome), Western Australia. Jodie has produced numerous award winning short narrative and documentary films over many years in the screen sector. Jodie recently delivered a scripted web series, Warm Props for SBS, and the short documentary Life After Footy for Channel 10/Paramount. She will start production as the co-producer for series five of the award-winning children’s animation series, Little J and Big Cuz. Jodie has also produced two innovative documentary series for NITV and was the co-producer on the award winning feature documentary Putuparri and the Rainmakers (2015). Jodie has a robust development slate of projects including four scripted feature films and a drama series set in regional Kimberley WA as well as a feature documentary. 

Jonathan Page is the founder of Bonsai Films, a boutique film distributor focusing on new Australian voices. As a distributor, recent releases include Flathead, Franklin, The Last Daughter, and Wash My Soul in the River’s Flow. Jonathan has executive produced numerous Australian films including Knowing the Score and has co-produced his first feature documentary Sharko. Bonsai Films has released numerous films on Australian and New Zealand cinema screens and been responsible for launching films at the Cannes & Sundance Film Festivals as well as other international and Australian festivals. Jonathan has worked in multiple capacities in film, television and live theatre for 30 years and works closely with Australian distributor Transmission Films. Jonathan began his film career in his native Canada and worked in London and San Francisco prior to coming to Australia. He holds an MBA in Arts Management and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama.