Stampede

Sontenish Myers is a Jamaican-American writer-director based in New York City. Her short film, Cross My Heart, won the Alexis Award for Best Emerging Student Filmmaker at the Palm Springs International Shortfest and the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at Hamptons International Film Festival. Stampede, her debut feature, was accepted into the 2021 Sundance Screenwriting Lab, 2019 HIFF Screenwriting Lab, Film Independent Screenwriting Lab. It is a selected script on the Black List 2019, a recipient of SFFILM’s Rainin Grant, and Tribeca All Access Grant.

Camille’s feature debut, The Girl With All The Gifts, has earned her a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut, as well as a win with the BIFA Breakthrough Producer Award and an Empire Award nomination for Best British Film. The feature was financed by the BFI, Creative England and Altitude and was released in the UK by Warner Bros. The world premiere took place on opening night at the Locarno International Film Festival.

Born in Afghanistan and raised in Germany, Zamarin Wahdat attended NYU’s graduate film program as a Dean’s Fellow. Her work as a cinematographer premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. She recently received an Academy Award for contributing as a second unit camera and interviewer on the documentary Learning how to Skate in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl). Wahdat was a Project Involve Fellow in 2018, is a member of the ICFC and was selected for the American Society of Cinematographer’s Vision Mentorship Program 2020/21.