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Amar is an award-winning filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. He was born in Bombay, India, and moved to Toronto with his family at the age of 11. He has a degree in Film Production from York University. He believes deeply in cinema’s ability to change minds and create discussion. His short film, The Good Son, had its world premiere at The 4th Annual Dubai International Film Festival, and went on to screen at festivals around the world and win several awards in Canada. In 2008, Toronto International Film Festival Director Cameron Bailey named Amar one of the Top Ten Local Filmmakers in Now Magazine.

Noah is an emerging documentary filmmaker. He holds a degree in Film Production and International Development Studies from York University, where he first met director Amar Wala. The two of them share the belief that film is a powerful tool in raising awareness and bringing about change. Noah is Vice President and a founding board member of Good Evidence, a non-profit organization that showcases the work being accomplished on social, economic and environmental issues by community initiatives.

Now a converted Torontonian, Triton was born and raised in a small town in South-Western Ontario called Waterford. High-school filmmaking led him to study at Humber College and take up permanent residence downtown. Emerging from the HGTV and reality TV background he started shifting his focus towards documentary, something he’d always had in the back of his mind, waiting for the opportunity to present itself. Then, in the summer of 2008, while working camera on a reality show for Global TV, he met a young production assistant named Amar Wala, whether that was a good thing or not is yet to be determined.

Scott is a documentary filmmaker and editor from Toronto, Canada. Scott obtained a BFA with Honours in Film Production and English Literature from York University in 2006. Though they were at York at the same time, Scott and director Amar didn’t meet until after they’d both graduated. Their first gig was a CBC documentary focused on wrongful convictions in Canada, and they’ve been working together ever since. Scott's films have screened and won awards in festivals around the world including the Montreal World Film Festival, Ivy Film Festival at Brown University, and the Edmonton International Film Festival. His short film 'The Escape Clause' has been broadcast in the U.S, U.K, and Italy.

Mike is visual effects artist and developer from Toronto, Canada. He has a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Film Production from York University, where he first collaborated with director Amar. After working in VFX research and development at a small VFX house in Toronto, Mike ventured off on his own doing freelance VFX for independent films and web development. He is about to begin graduate studies in computer graphics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Catherine Lathwell is an Interactive Media Producer with over 20 years of industry experience in information technology. Ms Lathwell had an early start to her career in the computer operations department of a Toronto based technology company and worked her way up to running an R&D technology group for a major multinational corporation.

While Ms Lathwell was building her career in technology, she also nurtured an interest in the visual arts and story telling. Armed with a BA from the University of Toronto and a certificate from the Canadian Film Centre’s Interactive Programme, Ms Lathwell has jumped into the world of multi-platform, community based documentary storytelling.