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Nisha Pahuja is an Oscar-nominated, Peabody, Grierson and Emmy-nominated filmmaker based in Toronto. Her latest film, TO KILL A TIGER, had its world premiere at TIFF where it won the Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film. Since then, it’s garnered 29 awards including the Best Documentary Feature, Palm Springs International Film Festival, three Canadian Screen awards and the DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Feature, 2023.
Cornelia is an award-winning, Emmy-nominated producer. Her documentary films have collectively screened at well over 100 national and international film festivals, been broadcast all over the world, and have garnered numerous awards and distinctions
David Oppenheim is a Creative Producer and Executive Producer of interactive experiences, most recently at the National Film Board of Canada where his credits included Draw Me Close, Agence, The Book of Distance, Otherly, The Space We Hold, and To Kill a Tiger.
Andrew “Andy” Cohen is an independent filmmaker and journalist.
Andy has been involved in many award-winning films as a producer, executive producer, writer and director. His list of credits includes Dealers among Dealers (1996), Killing Kasztner (2008)
A multi-award-winning producer, Anita Lee was head of the NFB’s Ontario Studio in Toronto from 2014 to 2022. She produced some of the most critically acclaimed works in NFB history, including Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell (2012).
Atul Gawande is an American surgeon, writer and public health researcher. He practises general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and is a professor at Harvard Medical School.
Andrew Dragoumis is an American investment banker, financier and film producer based in New York. Following his graduate studies at the University of Chicago, Andrew spent more than 25 years advising and financing governments and private companies in emerging countries across Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Academy Award and Primetime Emmy Award nominee and BAFTA Award winner Dev Patel, catapulted to success in 2008 when he starred in the Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle. Oscar nominated for his role in Garth Davis’ Lion, Patel took home the BAFTA Award for “Best Supporting Actor” along with numerous accolades.
Mindy Kaling is an Emmy-nominated writer, producer, New York Times best-selling author, actor, and Tony award winner. In 2023, Kaling was awarded the National Medal of Arts by the White House, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the federal government.
Shivani Rawat is the Founder and CEO of ShivHans Pictures, a production and finance company that supports the visions of independent filmmakers to create dynamic and groundbreaking feature films outside the traditional Hollywood studio model.
A breakout literary phenomenon and #1 New York Times bestselling author, Kaur wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection, milk and honey (2014). Next came its artistic siblings, the sun and her flowers (2017) and home body (2020), both debuting at #1 on bestseller lists across the world.
As she has done from the very beginning, Kaur self-produced Rupi Kaur Live (2021), the first-of-its-kind poetry special on Amazon Prime followed by her first foray into film as an executive producer on This Place, which premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Most recently, Kaur wrote and narrated an original poem for the short film Rise with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, which was showcased at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and available on Amazon Prime.
Kaur has also graced stages across the globe having just completed another sold-out tour this year. Her shows are poetic theatrical experiences interlaced with Kaur’s own touch of stand-up.
Kaur’s work encompasses love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, and migration. She feels most at home when creating art, performing her poetry onstage, and spending time with family and friends.
Anita Bhatia, MHA, currently serves as the Executive Director of the Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation. After a 20+ year career in the nonprofit and healthcare sector, Anita shifted her focus a bit closer to home and joined the Family Foundation in 2016.
Niraj Bhatia is founder and president of Om Films. He has executive produced multiple award-winning films. Many of which accomplish social education, cultural exploration and exposure to diverse environments and points of view.
Geeta Sondhi is a director and producer, known for her love of human-centered narratives that resonate globally. Her portfolio of award-winning work spans documentary films, series, shorts and animation. Notable credits as director include The Art of Downsizing (2021), a moving exploration of aging (CBC, DOC Channel, NHK Japan, SBC Sweden);
Deepa Mehta is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker whose work is internationally renowned. Her emotionally resonating, award-winning films have played at major film festivals, and been sold and distributed around the globe.
Samarth Sahni is a Los Angeles-based producer, born and raised in New Delhi, India. Sam brings extensive on-set production experience having worked on major studio features such as “The Dark Knight Rises,” “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,” “Life of Pi,” and “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.”
S. Mona Sinha is a globally recognized advocate for gender equality. She brings over 25 years of experience in strengthening mission-driven organizations to Equality Now. Aligning her passion for social justice and women’s empowerment with her early experience working in the corporate sector, she has enabled over 90 organizations that unlock the economic potential and protect the legal rights of women, girls, and gender non-conforming people.
Priya Doraswamy founded the Lotus Lane Literary agency in 2013. She is passionate and dedicated to the intentional expansion of diversity and inclusivity in the publishing and film/tv industries. She has sold hundreds of works of fiction, non-fiction, and several film/tv adaptation rights globally.
Mala Gaonkar has over twenty years of experience investing behind technology trends.
She was a founding partner of the investment management firm Lone Pine Capital in 1998. In 2022, Mala launched her own firm, SurgoCap Partners, focused on the disruptive effects of technology within broad industry categories.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas is a multi-faceted talent and the recipient of numerous awards as an actor and producer, with more than seventy five international and Hollywood films and series to her credit. In February 2021, she became a New York Times bestselling author with her memoir Unfinished. Chopra Jonas is a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and serves on the Executive Committee of the Actors Branch. She is also a member if the Producers Guild of America.
Founder and CEO of Artemis Rising Foundation, an organization dedicated to transforming our culture through media, arts, and education. Regina K. Scully has produced over 200+ documentary films focused on some of the most pressing social justice issues of our time. She is an Emmy, Academy and Peabody Award-winning producer.
Jason is a Peabody-winning filmmaker and four-time Canadian Screen Award nominee. He produced and directed 2022’s Eternal Spring, the first documentary to represent Canada as its Official Submission to the Oscars® for Best International Feature.
Bina Shukla is an impact investor advancing women’s leadership at the intersection of capital, innovation, and storytelling. She is the founder of The Ahana Fund, which expands women’s participation in venture capital and filmmaking, and invests in cleantech and women’s health to support mission-driven change. A Microsoft alum with more than three decades of experience across technology, philanthropy, and investment, Bina brings a strategic vision to scaling ventures that create meaningful impact. She also serves on the board of E8 Angels Network, supporting founders driving innovation in climate and health.
Anu Jain is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and early-stage investor focused on advancing gender equity through science, technology, and bold social innovation. As Head of Women’s Health at Viome, she focuses on expanding the reach and impact in women’s health—an area long overlooked by traditional science.
Sara is passionate about native plants, backyard gardening, creativity in all its forms and believes deeply in the power of storytelling. She serves as the President of the Towanda Foundation, a family foundation she began with her husband and two children in 2021. She currently drives the main strategy for the Foundation on behalf of her family and as in life, she leads with her heart. More than anything, she is interested in authentic connection and conversation. Sara is currently focused on finding creative, trust-based ways to foster resilience, rest and healing for women working to change their corner of the world.
