Karin Chien is an independent producer and distributor committed to bold voices and innovative forms that help build radical practices of ethical filmmaking. In 2020, Karin began a producing collaboration with Oscar-nominated Louverture Films. Karin is the recipient of the inaugural Cinereach Producing Award and the Piaget Independent Spirit Producers Award. She is a four-time nominee of the Independent Spirit Awards. Karin has produced 10 features, as well as interactive media and museum installations, all starring women and people of color, including CIRCUMSTANCE (Sundance 2011 Audience Award), THE EXPLODING GIRL (Berlinale 2009) and THE MOTEL (Sundance 2005). Karin is the president and co-founder of Art & Action, a global production company specializing in shoots in Europe and Asia. Karin is the founder and president of dGenerate Films, the leading distributor of independent, contemporary Chinese cinema. dGenerate Films distributes 70 narrative and documentary films from mainland China. Karin is the residency director of the Nevada City Film Festival Filmmaker Residency program, the only artist residency to focus on creative producers in film. Karin teaches producing currently for Sundance Co//ab, created the Center for Asian American Media Fellowship, and advises for Film Independent's Global Media Makers program.

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Hebe Tabachnik has been a film curator, producer and festival consultant for twenty years, and has participated as a juror, project evaluator and panelist at film festivals in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Israel and China. She is Senior Programmer for the Seattle (SIFF), Palms Springs (PSFF) and Cartagena (FICCI) International Film Festivals, as well as the Artistic Director for Cine Latino in Minneapolis-Saint Paul.

Hebe has worked for Sundance and the Los Angeles Film Festival and was the Director/Producer of the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Los Angeles (FICG in LA). She is part of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Film Society Advisory Council and served as Board Member of Dance Camera West (DCW). She also gives workshops on festivals, film distribution and project pitching all over the world. 

Hebe graduated with degrees in Directing and Screenwriting from the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires where she became a Professor within the Directing Department. She is the Co-Founder and Vice President of Lokro Productions, Inc., a film production company established in 1999 in Los Angeles, California.

Hebe received a special recognition from the California State Assembly in 2012 and was awarded the 2015 Moving Film Forward Award presented by the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) for her work building bridges of understanding between filmgoers, filmmakers and talent, and her relentless support for the Latino, Latin American and Ibero talent in front of and behind the camera. 

In 2020, Hebe was selected as one of the inaugural ARRAY Now Grantees. The grants recognize some of the nation’s top community organizers and arts advocates working in independent film and provide vital financial support for furthering their organizational missions.

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Jamie Dobie has worked at the intersection of documentary film and social justice organizing for the past decade, with a focus on gender and racial justice. She’s currently the Executive Director of Peace is Loud, a culture change nonprofit founded by filmmaker Abigail Disney that has led impact campaigns for films including PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL, THE HUNTING GROUND, THE BLEEDING EDGE and, most recently, KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE, featuring U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She previously served as a social impact adviser to new-breed Hollywood entertainment company Level Forward, and was Community Engagement and Education Manager for the PBS series POV, where she worked on broadcast campaigns for over 40 feature documentary films. Jamie serves as a co-facilitator of the Global Impact Producers Group where she is co-leading an impact campaign & distribution advocacy initiative. She is a trustee of The Flaherty, serves on the grants advisory committee of the New York Women’s Foundation, and the mentorship board for Northwestern University’s MFA program in documentary film. A filmmaker by background, her recent short film SHIVANI was an official selection of Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Doc Fortnight. Recent lectures and speaking appearances include: Columbia University, Princeton University, Texas A&M University, The Fletcher School for Law & Diplomacy, Sundance Film Festival, AWID International Forum, UN Nexus Global Youth Summit, and The Center for Media & Social Impact.