Wendy is the cofounder of OFFA and is an award-winning Independent Producer, and was a Television Executive for over 25 years (OUTtv, TVOntario). Wendy has Produced and Executive Produced a diverse range of programming and genres, including documentaries, features, and Reality and lifestyle programming. Wendy has also served as a Juror for many organizations including Innoversity, the Marty Awards, and the Queer2Fly Film Festival.

Tori has been working in various roles in the film and TV industries since 2010. She is currently Project Coordinator, DMR (Digital Media Remastering) at IMAX. She has worked extensively at film festivals, including as Senior Technical Production Coordinator for the Toronto International FIlm Festival and Film Coordinator for TIFF’s Short Cuts and Wavelengths programmes. She has also managed content for the Sundance Film Festival and several community film festivals. She is a graduate of Ryerson University’s RTA School of Media, where she specialized in screenwriting.

Sean Buckley is an award-winning producer and entrepreneur with over thirty years of experience. He is the driving force behind Buck Productions, one of the most diverse production houses in North America with an expansive portfolio that spans feature film, television, branded content, documentaries and commercials.

Patricia Scarlett has 25+ years as a Producer/Executive Producer, and is an instructor and Founder of The Media Business Institute.  Production credits include:  Producer (RasTa: a Soul’s Journey  2011, Rastafari Then and Now  2007).

In his 40+ years in the film industry, Mark Horowitz has been a sales agent, acquisitions executive, financier, marketer, lecturer, and teacher.  Films he has worked on have screened and won awards at the Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, and Venice Film Festivals as well as Academy Awards, Spirit Awards, and BAFTA awards.

Tracy German is an award-winning Aboriginal filmmaker of the Mohawk and Dakota Nation, with over twenty years film production experience creating thought provoking and factual documentaries such as the wildly popular: Wild Archaeology series www.wildarchaeology.com broadcast on APTN. Raised on a rural hobby horse farms in central Ontario Canada by a calf roping, French speaking Miq’ma mother and has sisters and brothers of Mohawk, Miq’ma, Dakota heritage. Currently, Tracy teaches fulltime at Sheridan College in the BFTV Program and Media Fundamentals Programs.