Julia Morizawa (writer/producer/director) is a writer/producer with over 20 years of experience in film, television, new media, theater, and fiction podcasting. Produced projects include JESUSCAT (OR HOW I ACCIDENTALLY JOINED A CULT) (feature film), SIN & LYLE (short film), FIVE YEARS (short film), TWENTY-TWO (play), and AMERICAN COMEDY HORROR STORY: ORPHANAGE (fiction podcast). Her most recent project, DRAGONFLY (animated short film), premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival in May 2023. It was awarded Best Animation at the Maryland Int’l Film Festival, Best AAPI-Directed Film at the Phoenix Film Festival, and the Audience Award for Best Animation at DisOrient in 2024. Julia is currently in development on a feature, SOMETHING ABOUT THE TIDE, which was one of five finalists invited to pitch at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival as part of AT&T’s Untold Stories. She is also producing her first documentary, SILENCED, which captures untold stories of Japanese-American and Japanese WWII survivors. Julia is also a freelance script analyst, the Short Film Fund Manager at Shore Scripts, and the proud mom of two tiny superheroes.

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Maria Marta Linero (animation director) is a visual artist, born in Argentina, where she studied fine arts and animation. After graduating, she worked as an art teacher for several schools in Argentina. She began her career as a 2D animator working on films for different studios throughout Argentina and Mexico, where she lived for six years. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California and works as an independent animator and illustrator for a variety of projects around the world. Recent projects include the animation sequences for MAARI and LIVING UBUNTU.