Producer, Lead Talent, and Founder of Yawardani Jan-Ga, Professor Juli Coffin is a pioneering researcher and cultural leader dedicated to healing and empowerment through Indigenous-led horse therapy.

Director and Producer, Sean O’Reilly is a documentary filmmaker driven to tell emotionally resonant stories that reconnect us to forgotten truths.

Cinematographer and Producer, Sophy Crane captures poetic and intimate visuals that reveal the spiritual connection between people, animals, and place.

Hunter Page-Lochard is an Australian actor, writer, and director of Aboriginal Australian and African-American descent. He is known for his roles in The Sapphires (2012), Around the Block (2013), and the TV series Cleverman (2016–2017). In 2024, he won the AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role in The Newsreader. Page-Lochard is the CEO and co-founder of Djali House, a production company dedicated to amplifying Indigenous and POC voices through genre storytelling.

Huna Amweero is a multi-award-winning Australian screenwriter and producer. She co-wrote the feature film Blaze (2022) with Del Kathryn Barton, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and earned the 2022 AWGIE Award for Best Original Feature Film Screenplay and the 2023 NSW Premier's Literary Award's Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting. She is a producer and writer at Djali House, a First Nations/Black-owned production company focused on culturally safe storytelling.

Mark Coles Smith is an award-winning actor and filmmaker from the Kimberley region. Deeply connected to the land and its people, he brings local knowledge, creative leadership, and a passion for community-driven storytelling to the film.

Stephen Page is a visionary cultural leader and former Artistic Director of Bangarra Dance Theatre. With decades of experience telling powerful First Nations stories on stage and screen, he brings deep cultural authority and creative insight to this project.

Daniel Gordon is an award-winning British documentary director known for powerful, human-centred storytelling. From his North Korean trilogy (The Game of Their Lives, A State of Mind, Crossing the Line) to BAFTA-winning Hillsborough, AACTA-winning The Australian Dream, and 2024’s Strike: An Uncivil War, his films blend emotional depth with journalistic precision.

Andrew Corsi is a versatile film editor and editorial specialist with a keen eye for narrative rhythm. He’s contributed to major films such as Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) as first assistant editor and additional editor respectively, and has also worked as a VFX editor on Wrath of Man (2021) and The Day Shall Come (2019).

Caitlin Yeo is a celebrated Australian screen composer known for her inventive and emotionally rich scores across feature films, documentaries, and television series. With over 75–80 screen credits since beginning her career in the early 2000s, she’s earned a reputation for storytelling through music that resonates deeply with audiences.

Weronika Raźna is a Sydney-based sound designer and mixer with a background in music and engineering from Warsaw. She’s worked across film, TV, and immersive audio, with credits including Heartbreak High S2, The Artful Dodger, and All Silent Dogs. Known for her hands-on, story-first approach, Weronika brings depth and texture to every soundscape she crafts.

Stephanie is a documentary filmmaker and impact producer based on unceded Gadigal, Gooniyandi and Bunuba lands. She's best known for Undermined – Tales From the Kimberley, which premiered at MIFF and won the Antenna Audience Award before a national cinema release. Her work spans outlets like The Guardian, Al Jazeera and NITV, and her Voices of the River campaign generated a record 43,000 submissions to a WA inquiry. Stephanie has led impact for Delikado, Incarceration Nation, Climate Changers and more. She’s a Screen Australia Enterprise People recipient and a UnionDocs fellow.

Justin Ngy Tran is an accomplished editorial and visual effects artist whose career spans major studio films and high-profile projects. He has contributed to blockbuster productions including Mortal Kombat (2021), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), and Superman Returns (2006), bringing a sharp creative eye and technical mastery to each project.

Aunty Diane Appleby is a respected Yawuru Elder from Broome, WA. She is a cultural educator, and through programs like Yawardani Jan-ga and Yawuru cultural training, she shares traditional knowledge and supports the well-being of Aboriginal youth and community.