​Jordi Wijnalda (Writer-Director)is in awe of everyday life. Right after graduating from the University of Amsterdam in his home country, he moved to New York at the age of nineteen for the Master of Fine Arts in Film Directing at Columbia University. He has always wanted to become a filmmaker, but has been working as a film critic, magazine editor, teacher, theater director, and at various international film and theater festivals. His goal is to become a nomadic filmmaker, and track down great stories all over the world, looking for things that simply have to be told.



Brian Love (Producer) is a New York-based film producer and cinematographer, originally from Atlanta, Georgia. After graduating from the University of Florida with a bachelor degree in Television Production, he worked for various film- and television companies and has directed and produced short films, commercials and sponsored promos, among others for HBO, TBS, and TNT. At the moment, he is in his last year of the Master of Fine Arts in Film Production at Columbia University in New York.​

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John "J.P." Wakayama Carey (Director of Photography) is a force of nature. Having received a bachelor degree cum laude in New Media Communications from Oregon State University, John left for Los Angeles to pursue a career in film. He worked for, among others, the prestigious Weinstein Company and Michaels/Goldwyn on the Paramount lot. After having produced several commercials, web videos, and a feature film, John founded the production label Wakayama Entertainment in 2006, together with his creative partners Cameron Carey and Adam Uyemura. After he moved to New York City in 2010 for his Master of Fine Arts in Film Production at Columbia University, he has worked as a cinematographer on over a hundred projects, including various projects on digital video and film that have been awarded at film festivals from Los Angeles via TriBeCa to Barcelona.



​Ali Betil (Executive-Producer), originally from Istanbul, has travelled all the corners of the world with the gaze of a filmmaker. After graduating from Boston University with a bachelor in History, he co-founded Studio 4 Istanbul and writes and directs films there.  While he kept working on his own scripts, documentaries and fiction films, Ali moved to New York City for the Master of Fine Arts in Film Directing at Columbia University. Recently, he won a Teddy Award at the Berlin Festival for the hit indie film Keep The Lights On, which he executive-produced. He is always on the move, looking for the next film that deserves to be made.





​Esra Saydam (Co-Producer), a native of Istanbul, received her bachelor degree in Communication with honors from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She continued to pursue her M.F.A. in Creative Producing at Columbia University, where she went on to produce several critically acclaimed short films, such as Without Glasses (2009), Slamdance winner I Am John Wayne (2011), and Shale (2012). Now she is in charge of the Brooklyn-based Sand & Snow Films, where she continues to produce, write and direct with the dedication and love that has always marked her work.