Vanishing: A Love Story

Sandra Luckow is a Mexican-American filmmaker who founded Ojeda Films, Inc. in 2000 to bring a bi-cultural voice to independent film. She is known for Sharp Edges, Belly Talkers (1996 Sundance US competition) the multiple award-winning, That Way... Read More

Sandra Luckow is a Mexican-American filmmaker who founded Ojeda Films, Inc. in 2000 to bring a bi-cultural voice to independent film. She is known for Sharp Edges, Belly Talkers (1996 Sundance US competition) the multiple award-winning, That Way Madness Lies, and most recently Vanishing: A Love Story. Sandra has worked at Warner Bros., and Universal in casting, network and cable news programs and daytime dramas. She taught film production at Yale University, School of Art (22 years) as well as at Columbia University, Barnard College, Wesleyan University, and Sarah Lawrence College. Her pedagogy includes democratizing accessibility to modes of filmmaking by using smart phone technologies and teaching all aspects of production. She has traveled and worked internationally giving workshops, most notably with the US State Departments cultural exchange: Lines and Spaces. She is a member of the Directors Guild of America and holds an MFA from NYUs TIsch School of the Arts. She is also a professional ventriloquist working on a stage show entitled "Let Me Explain You." Show Less

Kat is a documentary producer, filmmaker and writer who endeavors to tell engaging, quirky, and insightful stories. Her first feature documentary, THIS IS HOW I ROLL, takes viewers through the hip-checking and emotional journey of the rise of modern... Read More

Kat is a documentary producer, filmmaker and writer who endeavors to tell engaging, quirky, and insightful stories. Her first feature documentary, THIS IS HOW I ROLL, takes viewers through the hip-checking and emotional journey of the rise of modern men's roller derby. Her writing has appeared on Narratively, Atlas Obscura, and in Bandwagon, the journal of the Circus Historical Society. Before joining The Video Consortium she was the Chief Creative Officer at Fork Films and prior to that she was the Director of Grantmaking for Fork, where she developed, implemented and managed Fork Films' documentary film grants program. Show Less

Yasmin Mistry is an Emmy-nominated animator and filmmaker. Her work has been displayed worldwide including showings at the United Nations and White House as well as at film festivals such as SXSW, Tribeca and DOC NYC. She is the recipient of grants... Read More

Yasmin Mistry is an Emmy-nominated animator and filmmaker. Her work has been displayed worldwide including showings at the United Nations and White House as well as at film festivals such as SXSW, Tribeca and DOC NYC. She is the recipient of grants from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Brooklyn Arts Council, Jerome Foundation, Riverside Sharing Fund, Artists Volunteer Center, and Harnisch Foundation, in addition to being a two-time finalist for the ITVS Diversity Development Fund. Yasmin is also the founder of the Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project, which uses film and animation to give youth in foster care a platform through which to be heard. Her films have screened at over 140 film festivals and been nominated for more than 80 awards. When not creating media, Yasmin works as a programmer for the Anchorage International Film Festival, a screener for the Blackbird Film Festival, and a co-leader for the filmmaking collaborative Docshop. Show Less