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    I am Sandra, an actress, filmmaker, entrepreneur and I need to do it all to be happy. I love to create projects that I am truly passionate about, there is no greater thrill and satisfaction. I thrive to work with people who share my obsession of acting, producing and directing. I am all about sharing great ideas AND making them happen. In 2011 "just" making movies and acting wasn't enough for my already full plate, so I followed my heart and created an International Film Festival in my home town of Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Mallorca is a beautiful island in the Mediterranean and it just felt right do 'go for it' and see what happens. Since the first festival in 2012, Evolution has grown every year at a pace i could have never imagined. Embraced by the European and International independent movie scene it has flourishing in all aspects, becoming the new hip film event for innovative and provocative upcoming creative filmmakers from all around the world.1 Articles

    Rachel Schmidt is a writer, actor, editor, and therapeutic yoga instructor based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a “recovering” Type A personality with a Master’s degree in International Affairs and half a PhD, which she abandoned after being diagnosed with leukemia and deciding to overhaul her life. She blogs (not nearly often enough) about her post-cancer, chimeric, triathlete life at www.rachelschmidt.ca and you can follow her on Twitter @rachelschmidt.1 Articles

    Rebecca Weaver is a writer-director-actor based in Los Angeles. Her first feature, June Falling Down, recently released to iTunes after completing its 15 festival run. It won Best Independent Feature at Sonoma International Film Festival as well as Best Feature at Lone Star, Knoxville, and East Lansing Film Festivals. Latest acting credits include the horror feature Baphomet and the upcoming 80s thriller Night Run. She is currently doing rewrites on scripts and working on her next feature.1 Articles

    Anne Woods is an energetic mutli-hyphenate (Actress, Producer, Writer) who has had films at the Cannes Film Festival, Cancun Golden Egg Festival, among others, and is currently in pre-production for her next 2 films. She has studied and acted all over the USA, including at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in NYC, and Second City and iO Chicago. Anne plays a silly and sweet, quirky and innocent girl, and will be the first one to show you where everything is in Trader Joe’s.1 Articles

    Melissa Silverstein is the founder and editor of Women and Hollywood. She is the Artistic Director and co-founder of the Athena Film Festival -- A Celebration of Women and Leadership -- at Barnard College in NYC. The fifth annual festival will take place from February 5-8, 2015. Melissa was selected to be a film envoy for the American Film Showcase, the major film diplomacy program of the U.S. Department of State. And she recently published the first book from Women and Hollywood, In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing, which is a compilation of over 40 interviews that have appeared on the site. She has a regular column on Forbes.com, and has written for The Washington Post, NY Times, More Magazine and has been featured on CNN, the BBC as well as in Newsweek, Salon, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, NY Times, and many other publications. She was a contributor to The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets Behind the Most Compelling Thriller of Our Time.1 Articles

    M&J created the short film, MENTAL, an official selection of the Danforth Short Film Festival, the Philip K. Dick Film Festival, the WIFTV Festival, and the Short Circuit: Pacific Rim Film Festival where it won for cinematography, editing and, lead performance. MENTAL screened at the Covellite International Film Festival where it won ‘Achievement in Filmmaking Best Short Form’ and the Vancouver Short Film Festival where it won Raindance Vancouver’s ‘Underdog Award.’ The film won the One-Reeler Short Film Competition ‘Award of Excellence’ and is nominated for five Leo Awards. M&J have been hired to write features, shorts, treatments, and have several projects at various stages of development. Their series, HEARTMATTER is in development with Random Bench Productions. Their feature script LIVING WILLS is a ScreenCraft Film Fund quarterfinalist. Both served on the board and are members of WIFTV Vancouver and run 'Creative Services' for Jeb Beach & Associates.1 Articles

    Dallas Travers teaches the career and life skills often left out of traditional training programs. Her book, "The Tao of Show Business," garnered five awards including first prizes at The Hollywood Book Festival, the London Festival, and the National Indie Excellence Award. Through her workshops, Dallas helps thousands of actors increase their auditions, produce their own projects, secure representation, and book roles in film, television, and on Broadway. She is a certified life coach and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience implementing marketing and mindset strategies that work.1 Articles

    Greta McAnany is an award-winning producer, writer and storyteller. Shortly after graduating from USC, Greta formed her own production company and received a grant from the Thorton Foundation in Los Angeles, to produce a feature documentary focusing on childhood obesity, entitled Bite Size. The film won the Grand Jury prize at Cinequest Film Festival and was featured by Katie Couric’s “Obesity Awareness” special on ABC. Greta has produced award-winning live newscasts, reported as a theatre critic for LA Stage Times, where she interviewed Oscar and Tony-winning writers, directors, and actors. She is a member of the Groundlings, and is a co-founder of the next generation studio X-Factor Films, currently producing their pilot feature, Sweet Desert Palm.1 Articles

    KIMBERLY LEVIN is a filmmaker and former biochemist. Her narrative feature Runoff was lauded as “Riveting…Inexorably powerful” (Variety), “Tense, moody…an Impressive directorial debut” (The New York Times), and “As an experience, it’s amazing.” (RogerEbert.com). Levin is also an award-winning playwright and director who has worked On and Off Broadway. She has developed projects with Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil, The Weinstein Company and Tribeca Films. Currently, Levin is one of twenty directors selected for Fox Studio’s Global Directors Initiative. She is also an Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) fellow and a USinProgress fellow. Her original scientific research on small peptide chains known as phytochelatins is published in a widely used chemistry textbook.1 Articles

    Felicia Pride began her writing career as an entertainment journalist, nearly twenty years ago. She went on to write several books, including a YA novel and the essay collection, The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop’s Greatest Songs. In between, she worked in book publishing, taught as an adjunct professor, and started and closed a film marketing firm. Three years ago, the Baltimore native moved to Los Angeles to pursue film and television writing. By day, she worked as a film distribution exec, and in 2016, she was selected as a Film Independent Screenwriting Fellow. Her feature film REALLY LOVE is currently in post-production and is being produced by MACRO. In 2017, she was selected for NBC’s Writers on the Verge. Most recently, she sold a pilot to Universal Cable Productions and was a staff writer on Ava DuVernay’s QUEEN SUGAR. She holds an M.A. in writing from Emerson College and is founder of The Create Daily, a community she started in 2012 to help underrepresented storytellers create full-time.1 Articles

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