hannah puder

Project: Operation Arnon 

Hannah is a media professional with over a decade of experience in the film industry. As an producer, she has worked on three feature documentaries and numerous short-form documentaries, while also producing commercials in the Virginia Beach area for the past eight years. Hannah holds a Bachelor’s degree in Film and Communications and a Master’s degree in Business Law.

Operation Arnon
The gripping inside story of a daring, high-stakes IDF rescue mission to free four Israelis from Hamas in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp. Through harrowing firsthand accounts, the film explores the extraordinary courage and sacrifice that prove hope can endure, even in the darkest of moments. 

dugan bridges

Project: Blackwater Draw: The Making of Billy the Kid

Dugan is a filmmaker whose work includes multi-national brands, distribution by Amazon & TimeWarner and features in the New York Times and MovieMaker Magazine. During his career, Dugan has had 5 projects reach distribution, received over 100 international film festival selections while winning 45 awards and garnering millions of social media views.

Blackwater Draw: The Making of Billy the Kid 
The legend of Billy the Kid begins with one fateful gunfight at Blackwater Draw. A reporter’s investigation into the shooting reveals the messy truth behind the myth of the American outlaw.


Natalya Murakhver

Project: Uncancellable

Natalya is co-founder of Restore Childhood, a national nonprofit dedicated to empowering parents in guiding their children’s upbringing, education, and health. A mother of two public school daughters, she spearheaded efforts against pandemic-era school closures, co-organizing #KeepNYCSchoolsOpen in 2020 and filing a lawsuit to reopen New York City schools for in-person learning. She later launched the #MaskLikeAKid campaign in 2021 to highlight the impact of prolonged restrictions on children and, in 2022, collaborated with global experts to establish the Urgency of Normal, advocating for a return to pre-Covid childhood norms.
 
Murakhver’s directorial debut, “15 Days…”—a documentary chronicling the pandemic school closures—draws from her personal fight as a mom and her nationwide connections with families who shared similar struggles. Begun three years ago and produced through Restore Childhood, the film is set for release in spring 2025, marking the fifth anniversary of the closures. 

Uncancellable
Maud Maron, a public school mom and ex-public defender, challenges Soros-backed DA Alvin Bragg for Manhattan’s top prosecutor job, shaking up New York politics. This short documentary tracks her run, highlighting her school board tenure, her push for free speech, education reform, and her pandemic-era fight to reopen schools, aiming to reshape the city.

timothy blackwood

Project: Redemption for Small Q

Timothy Blackwood is a 23-time award-winning filmmaker, known for both documentary and narrative films. Timothy directed the 9-time award-winning documentary The Conqueror. His narrative short film Infraction, based on the real-life story of Terrance Lewis, went on to win 18 awards and will conclude its festival run in April 2025. Timothy is a recipient of multiple grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Moving Picture Institute. His films focus on heroes who show us the best of who we can be.

Redemption for Small Q
A young man leaves home with the promise of a job in Thailand only to be abducted and enslaved to scam Americans.