Alex’s shorts Kiss, Ari, Frail, and Snow have screened at 100 film festivals and have won multiple awards worldwide. Together they have 7 million online views. He is a winner of the Lexus Australia Film Fellowship and is mentored by Academy-nominated director Bruce Beresford.

After a decade in the prairies, Nikki has returned to her home of Comox Valley. She is a proud mama to Sawyer. Her passion for stories and connection has led her to find her true love in directing. This is her first script and looks forward to writing a feature.

Bernhard is an award-winning writer with several years of experience as a screenplay editor. He has won and placed high in dozens of festivals, including PAGE, BlueCat, Scriptapalooza, Austin, Cinequest, and Raindance. Most recently, his short drama Tree o' mine was produced and is currently hitting the festival circuit.

Jes is a screenwriter with five feature screenplays ready for production, including Goodbye for Now. Three were finalists in international competitions this year, including Comox, Toronto, and Berlin, and four were semi-finalists. She hopes to direct her first laurel-winning short this year. She is a grateful member of CineVic and WIFTV.

Heather Lynn Roberts Young is a third-year creative writing student at the University of Victoria who has been published in the Globe and Mail. Her personal experiences, the human condition, and our social landscape inspire her stories, gleaned by experience from living and traveling abroad and raising a family.

Jamie Campbell is a screenwriter, actor, and stand-up comedian based out of Kansas City. His short screenplay, Mourning Sickness, was recently produced by V-Pac Productions in the United Kingdom. His feature screenplay, Call Me Thor has received numerous accolades, including being a second round selection for the Sundance Institute's development track and being the inaugural first place International Feature Screenplay at this festival.

In retirement, John has followed up on lifelong interests in movies, theatre and sports by trying his hand at screenwriting. His screenplays have won first place honours at The All Sports Los Angeles Film Festival, The Rhode Island Film Festival, The One in Ten Screenplay Competition, and The WIFV New England Screenplay Competition. His screenplay "The Exit Plan" was a first place winner at last year's CVIFF. He lives in North Vancouver.

Gwynn Davies is the Writer and Director of MK Djarum. His background is in creative writing, and he holds a BFA from the University of Victoria in fiction and screenwriting. He is appreciative of opportunities to contribute to indie film productions.

Mark is a writer/producer and a Page Awards semi-finalist. He is also the winner of the inaugural Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship and Euroscript's 2021 Screen Story Competition. He is based in the north-west of the UK, near Manchester.