Dylan is a director and producer, directing over sixteen feature films and a series of groundbreaking immersive and virtual production projects. His pioneering work in ’40 Below and Falling 3D’ garnered critical acclaim, securing a directing nomination for the prestigious Canadian Screen Award nominations and winning a Lumiere award. Among his notable productions is the indie sensation ‘Skinamarink,’ a film that resonated deeply with audiences and exploded at the worldwide theatrical box office with over $2M US made. His latest venture, ‘Lasting Impressions 3D’, is a virtual-production 3D immersive film selling out venues in the US and Canada. Lasting Impressions has a box office of over 7.5M Can & Lasting Impressions is also getting a 3D IMAX release through MacGillivray Freeman Films. Dylan is currently developing a movie based on a video game using the same virtual production techniques to merge the real world and the video game worlds in the film. Dylan remains at the forefront by seamlessly merging compelling storytelling with cutting-edge technology.

Born and raised in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Cohen obtained his BA (Hon) in 2016 and his JD in 2019 from the University of Alberta. His practice focuses on intellectual property law, general litigation, and employment law.

Cohen volunteered in law school as a mentor to junior law students, sharing his experiences with to help them navigate midterms, finals and recruitment periods. Cohen enjoys cooking, shopping, attending concerts and travelling, most recently to Japan and Korea, and can sometimes be found bouldering or playing video games.

Janet Morhart is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Executive Producer at Prairie Dog Film + TV. Janet supports the Showrunner by helping produce television; she provides feedback and notes on scripts, pitches, media, and the development of future projects. She focuses on business matters and is responsible for all aspects of accounting and business affairs, including financing, budgeting, cost reporting, cashflow, tax credits and contracts, as well as the overall corporate operations.

Janet is educated as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and has a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Applied Business Administration from Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta. She began her accounting career in 2003, shifting her focus to the Film & Television industry in 2006. Since then, her experience has led her to work on multiple dramatic television series, feature films, a movie of the week, short films, documentaries, docu-series, a lifestyle TV series, promotional videos, web/television commercials, public service announcements and corporate event videos. These projects have aired on NETFLIX, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, CBC, Rogers, ABC, CTV, APTN, BRAVO, CMT Live, Discovery Channel, ESPN, The Food Network, Muchmusic, OMNI TV and Wild bunch.

Janet was celebrated by CPA Alberta with an Early Achievement Award in 2020, acknowledged as one of Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2019, and received a Community Service Award for her volunteering efforts. Janet is currently the Treasurer of the Alberta Media Production Industries Association (AMPIA) and is a member of the Canada Media Producers Association and Women in Film & Television Alberta (WIFTA).

Justine Gamez-Huckabay is the President & Founder of Intercommunicate, a strategic marketing and communications firm helping entertainment and technology clients navigate international media.

Justine is an Award Winning International Publicist, who worked in Worldwide Marketing for Warner Bros. Pictures in Los Angeles. She led successful theatrical film campaigns such as The Hobbit trilogy, Gravity, Argo, Man Of Steel, San Andreas, among others. Her extensive global media experience was established through daily communication with top-tier international media in 75+ territories and consistent travel to key film markets, 15+ countries each year across North and South America, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Pacific. Justine has worked on over 100 projects from films to episodic content, commercial blockbusters to artistic festival selections promoting them all over the world. In addition to working with traditional content, Justine is passionate about the convergence of entertainment and technology working with new media formats. She promotes XR works internationally at events including Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Tribeca Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. She started her career at 20th Century Fox in New York and Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles.

Following Warner Bros., Justine was the Head of Strategic Communications and Marketing at the British Embassy for the British Council in Washington D.C. She focused on the United Kingdom’s arts, culture, education and civil society priorities with the United States before moving to Canada with her husband.

Justine is currently an AMPIA Board Member in Alberta. In Italy, she is a tutor for the Biennale College Cinema dedicated to the education of emerging filmmakers for La Biennale di Venezia. In collaboration with the Torino Film Lab and festival executives from Sundance, Cannes, Venice and Dubai Film Festival, Justine is working with the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, helping to re-open the Saudi film market after being closed for nearly 30 years. She is also a tutor for the Red Sea Lodge, working with Arab filmmakers.

Justine is a three-time honoree by the IATSE International Cinematographers Guild in the United States. She is a Senior Publicist for Local 669 in Canada and Local 600 in the United States. In London, Justine was nominated for the Women of the Future Awards, celebrating Britain’s future pipeline of influential leaders.

Justine graduated with an MBA from the University of Oxford in England. For undergraduate studies, she completed a Business Marketing degree at the University of Notre Dame in the United States.

Michael Feehan is a producer and the Development and Production Executive at Edmonton-based production company Dept.9 Studios.

At Dept.9 Studios, Feehan has served as a producer on the dramatic feature film SOUL'S ROAD (dir. Joel Stewart, 2025) set to be released later this year and the award-winning horror feature film DARK MATCH (dir. Lowell Dean, 2025) released theatrically in Canada and on Shudder in the U.S. Feehan produced and developed the award-winning paranormal comedy DEPARTMENT OF PARANORMAL AFFAIRS (dir. Michael Peterson, 2024) from a pilot script into six-episodes packaged as a TV movie for Hollywood Suite (available on Prime Video Canada). Additionally, Feehan has an Executive Producer credit on the feature film IRENA'S VOW (dir. Louise Archambault, 2023) available on Crave and Showtime. These films have premiered and screened at TIFF, Fantasia, FrightFest, Sitges, Telluride Horror Show, VIFF, CIFF, and EIFF to name a few festivals. Currently, Feehan and the team at Dept.9 Studios are developing a diverse slate of horror features, dramatic series adapted from books, and half-hour comedy series.

Prior to starting work at Dept.9 Studios, Feehan produced the low-budget dramatic feature film DRIFTWOOD- (2017) which screened at the Central Alberta Film Festival, Edmonton Expo, and Metro Cinema, directed and produced his own short film LOST IN A BUBBLE (2014), and worked in the production office and story research department on Cineflix’s true crime docuseries SECRETS OF THE MORGUE (Investigation Discovery, 2018).

Feehan obtained an MBA in Arts, Media, and Entertainment Management from Schulich School of Business after graduating in 2019, a Certificate in Entertainment Law from Osgoode Professional Development, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Film Studies from the University of Alberta after graduating in 2013. During Feehan’s MBA, he was fortunate to receive mentoring from current and retired executives from the top media and entertainment companies in Canada. Feehan completed a consulting project for a VR content creation company for his capstone project.

Outside of the film and television industry, Feehan has worked as a technical services manager for Freeman Audio Visual (now Encore Canada), operated performing arts non-profit The Creative Clubhouse as a founding director, and was involved in campaigns. Feehan plays piano, synthesizers, and has composed electroacoustic music. He has a profound hearing loss disability that is assisted by his regular use of hearing aids.

Griffin Cork has been working professionally in film and television as an award-winning actor and producer for over 15 years. While he also works with fellow filmmakers in a freelance capacity, he’s a mainstay Producer with Numera Films, LHI Productions, and Thousand Year Films. Numera’s flagship series ABRACADAVERS just wrapped up Season 3 last summer with the support of the Canada Media Fund and will have its Canadian Primetime Broadcast premiere in 2025. The Numera team is wrapping up post-production on an internationally co-produced slate of five feature films, and is currently in pre-production on their new series, EYES IN THE WOODS, shooting this Summer with OUTtv. Thousand Year Films’ first feature project, FATHER OF NATIONS, had a Canadian theatrical release with Cineplex Odeon and they are currently finishing up post-production on their second feature project. LHI Productions’ first major project, RENEGADE FEVER, will be screening down at SeriesFest later this month, alongside the SO DARK THE SKY series, which Griffin co-produced with North Country Cinema. Additionally, he is currently mentoring emerging filmmakers through programs with Telus STOYHIVE, the Black Screen Office, and the Okotoks Film Society. Griffin’s work has screened at some of the more prestigious international film festivals (like Raindance Film Festival and FilmQuest), as well his favourite local events (like Calgary International Film Festival, Edmonton International Film Festival, and NorthwestFilmFest). Griffin received Queen Elizabeth’s II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2023 for this contribution to Alberta’s society and culture and was named a Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist in 2020.

Carmen Bachez has over a decade of experience in the Canadian film and television industry. She began her career in 2012 with Prairie Dog Film + Television (PDFT), contributing to the critically acclaimed and award-winning drama series BLACKSTONE (Netflix, Amazon Prime, APTN, CBC). Since then, her work has spanned six seasons of television, including the procedural crime drama TRIBAL (APTN) and BACK TO THE FRONTIER (Magnolia Network). She currently works as the Associate Producer and Development Manager at PDFT.

A graduate of the Digital Media and IT program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), Carmen brings a versatile skillset to every production. With her experience, she assists and manages in various areas including publicity and marketing, grant applications and reporting, script development, casting, and managing award submissions for major accolades such as the Canadian Screen Awards, Alberta Film & Television Awards, and Leo Awards.

Carmen is a member of the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and Women in Film and Television – Alberta (WIFTA). She was selected as a participant of the Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices initiative at the 2023 Banff World Media Festival, earned a nomination for Best Web Series at the 2022 Alberta Film & Television Awards, and won Best Cinematography at the 2014 24/One Edmonton Film Festival. She has also shared her insights as a panelist at the 2023 and 2024 Calgary Black Film Festival.

As a first-generation Canadian, Carmen values working on projects that promote cultural diversity and meaningful storytelling. Outside of her film and television work, she is also a freelance Photographer and a certified Sound Healing Practitioner.

Kaitlan Stewart is the executive producer and founder of Fenix Film & Television, a television production company based in Alberta, Canada.   

After cutting her teeth on the sets of CANADA'S GOT TALENT, CITYLINE and THE BACHELOR CANADA, Kaitlan spent nearly a decade working with the writing, producing and development teams of Alberta's top-producing production companies, including Anaid Productions (THE LIQUIDATOR), Prairie Dog Film & Television (BLACKSTONE), and Mosaic Entertainment (TINY PLASTIC MEN, CAUTION: MAY CONTAIN NUTS), where she served  as the VP of Development and Business Affairs.

Since founding Fenix Film & Television in 2019, Kaitlan has successfully led the company through numerous development and production deals, securing hundreds of thousands of dollars in development funding across the company's slate of projects and millions of dollars in production funding. In 2023, under Kaitlan’s leadership, Fenix released the ground-breaking CBC docu-series, PUSH. Currently in its second season, PUSH marked the first major-network series in Canada to feature a full leading cast of people with disabilities. Fenix's co-produced feature-length documentary project, ONLY UP, which investigates the staggering gender inequality that persists in the fast-growing world of aviation, premiered on Super Channel in January 2024.

Kaitlan previously served two terms on the board of AMPIA and was just 1 of 5 women across Canada selected for the 2023 Banff Spark All Star Program.

Adam Scorgie Plan A has always been to work hard, be humble and take chances; and it has worked tremendously to date.  A father of 3, a loving husband and an acclaimed documentarian, Adam has an astonishing ability to balance his relentless work schedule and his invaluable family time.

To date, Adam has produced ten feature films, with two features currently in post-production including ‘Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo’ and ‘Bisping’, an in-depth look at the life of UFC legend Michael Bisping. His leadership and loyalty to his team has ensured that his future films guarantee to impress and inspire those who watch them.

Celeste is a multifaceted talent in the entertainment industry, showcasing her abilities not only as an Actress but also as a Writer, Director and Producer.

In 2023, Celeste won 'Best Short Form Performance' at the Calgary Stinger Awards for her starring role in the short film NEW NINA; a film that she also wrote, produced and directed.

That year, she also received a nomination for 'Best Female Performance' at 50th Annual Rosie Awards for the same role. 

Bringing over a decade’s entrepreneurial experience, her career behind the camera began as a First Assistant Director, but soon afterwards she stepped into the more creative roles she desired, infusing her experience in high-end events and adventures from globe trotting into her work, with the goal to captivate and send her audience on a compelling and evocative journey. Her work and style has received much recognition and praise from her growing network of Alberta and Hollywood Producer mentors, colleagues and friends.

Celeste is currently developing a number of projects for both the big and small screen.