Theresa is a Pinay cultural worker and working mama who supports storytelling for narrative and social change. Her career in media arts spans two decades, including formative experiences with the Center for Asian American Media and American Documentary, the nonprofit behind PBS series ‘POV.’ Theresa is currently co-director and COO of Catapult Film Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to early-stage support for documentary artists. An Independent Spirit nominated producer, her credits include Emmy-nominated series America ReFramed, Sundance special jury prize winner Advantageous, and upcoming docuseries Kapwa. Across her work, Theresa remains rooted in transnational feminist praxis as she seeks to render visible the dreams, desires, and intrinsic dignity of all peoples affected by systemic oppression. A public school kid born and raised in the East Bay, Theresa holds degrees in History and Ethnic Studies from UC Riverside and completed her graduate work at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. 

After being a teacher abroad, working at France 2 as a Commissioning Editor and running an NGO, Alexandre Marionneau is now Head of International Co-productions for the Society and Culture Department at ARTE France. The Society and Culture Department accompanies points of view that are committed to debating ideas. It features all types of documentary forms and broaches all areas including history, investigation, society, culture, geopolitics, environment, economy, politics and creative documentaries.

Jia is responsible for sales, co-financing & co-productions in Asia, along with the responsibility of distribution of the Waterbear Network in China. Jia studied life sciences in China, Japan, and the Netherlands, as well as visual arts at the Rietveld Art Academy, Amsterdam. Alongside her work with Off the Fence, Jia is also a critically-acclaimed producer and the founder of Muyi Film and Silk Road Film Salon, where she works with European and Asian producers/directors and focuses on film productions with intercultural themes and international potential. Jia speaks fluently Chinese, Japanese, English, and Dutch.

Gary is the first ever Korean documentary producer nominated for an Academy Award. He is committed to crafting compelling stories and supporting independent documentary makers. His films include Planet of Snail (2011, director Seung-jun YI), the first Asian documentary to win Best Feature Length Documentary at IDFA, the OSCAR®-nominated In the Absence (2018), Shadow Flowers (2019), Crossing Beyond, the official Olympic film for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and The Red Herring (2022) which garnered audiences of over 330,000 in Korea. He has served as a mentor at Docedge Kolkata, the DMZ International Documentary Festival, Docs By the Sea, MyDocs, EBS International Doc Fest, and as a juror/selection committee for the Whickers Foundation, IDFA Forum, and IDA. Gary is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. 

Jane nurtures and supports documentary makers at story labs across the world from Bangladesh to Tokyo.  She has helped develop filmmakers at Docs by the Sea (Bali), MyDocs (Malaysia), Dhaka DocLab (Bangladesh) and TokyoDocs as well as leading documentary training in Uganda and for the BFI (British Film Institute) in London, UK. A former UK MD of Al Gore’s documentary channel Current and Executive Editor, BBC London, Jane has worked for Discovery, Turner, BBC Worldwide, UKTV and the Africa channel. She is also director of UK-based beechtobeach ltd.