Eric Rich is an award-winning Writer/Director from Long Island, NY. His short film, Stalled, is screening at Bushwick Film Festival this year.

Kayla Thomas, Shirelle Ruddock, and Nathalie Thomas met in 2017. Their serendipitous bond led to creating Colored Girl Chronicles, navigating tone-deaf industry experiences through their groundbreaking webseries.

Fatima Loeliger, award-winning filmmaker and producer, brings her new short Nita to audiences at this year’s Bushwick Film Festival.

Amber Iman, award-nominated performer and filmmaker, brings Blackberry Winter, her second short, to audiences at this year’s Bushwick Film Festival.

Chloe Levine is a Brooklyn-based actress and filmmaker. She has starred in films that have premiered at Sundance, SXSW, and Cannes. Her second narrative short Bloom is screening at the Bushwick Film Festival this year.

Holly Mai-Kin Kaplan is a Chinese-American filmmaker exploring diversity, the Asian diaspora, and femme perspectives. Her short film SUNFLOWER GIRL is now screening at Bushwick Film Festival.

Bill Chen, a South African writer, director, and editor, explores the Asian diaspora. His intimate films probe identity, hidden emotions, injustices, and taboos, sparking dialogue on overlooked experiences.

Cory Stonebrook, together with Jordan Sommerlad, co-wrote and co-directed You Have Her Eyes under Yeah Yeah Yeah Films. The short film is screening at the Bushwick Film Festival.

Sam Davis is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker and cinematographer, known for Period. End of Sentence., Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó, and Sundance winner Dìdi. His new film, The Singers, is screening at the Bushwick Film Festival this October.

Lilian T. Mehrel is an award-winning writer and director with a visionary sense of feeling and humor. Her debut feature Honeyjoon, winner of the Tribeca AT&T Untold Stories Award is now screening at the Bushwick Film Festival.

Camille Casmier, a producer, writer, director and Brooklyn local, presents her new short film Intruder at BFF.