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Toni Kamau is the 2024 Sundance Amazon MGM nonfiction producing prize winner, as well as a News Emmy and Peabody-nominated producer and founder of the Kenyan-based “We Are Not the Machine” - which tells stories of African outsiders, rebels, and changemakers for global audiences.
Paula Ossandón Cabrera is the director of Chiledoc, an organization that promotes Chilean talents, their films and series worldwide. She is also the director and founder of Miradoc, a distribution program for Chilean documentaries with 12 years of experience.
Bob Berney, CEO of Picturehouse, is a leading figure in the world of global content distribution. He is known for his strong relationships with filmmakers and industry executives along with having a keen eye for content and extraordinary marketing acumen.
An internationally renowned curator, educator, and veteran nonprofit executive, Dominic Asmall Willsdon (he/they) founded the film program at Tate Modern in London with the British Film Institute in his first curatorial role.

Paige Bethmann

Paige is a Haudenosaunee director/producer based in Reno, Nevada. Over the last 10 years, Paige has worked in non-fiction television for various digital and broadcast networks such as Vox Media, Facebook, Youtube Originals, USA and NBC. Her latest project, Emmy nominated series Glad You Asked centered around issues of racial injustice and premiered in July of 2021. Paige is currently a Logan Non-Fiction Fellow and 2022 PGA Create fellow. A graduate of Ithaca College, Paige has a bachelor's degree in Film, Television, and Radio from the Park School of Communications. Remaining Native will be her directorial debut.

Remaining Native

Ku Stevens, a high school senior, has the skill and drive to become an elite runner. But he struggles to find the balance between an exclusive sport that glorifies individual triumph and the values of interconnectedness and community he was raised with on the Paiute reservation in Nevada. Despite not having access to a coach, cross-country team, or recruiters, Ku is determined to get a running scholarship. When the remains of thousands of Native American children are discovered across North America, Ku's painful family history is unearthed, forcing him to reexamine his own identity. Ku’s own great-grandfather escaped an Indian boarding school by foot at age 8. In an act of remembrance and reconciliation, Ku sets out to run the same 50-mile escape route his great-grandfather took. Remaining Native is a coming-of-age story that asks if it’s possible to run from home without running away from who you are.

Paige Bethmann
Elevate
2022
2023
Janki (she/her) is at the forefront of everything ad-related, serving as the Advertising Manager at IDA. Janki holds a unique background in the digital space, coupled with an MBA, she comes with 7+ years of robust digital marketing experience. She moved to Los Angeles from India in 2022 and is on a mission to contribute innovative solutions to IDA's endeavors.

Mary is responsible for managing IDA's finances and operations. Before joining IDA, Mary had a lengthy career as a public radio and television producer in San Diego. During her tenure at KPBS, she launched and managed daily shows and produced arts docs, live performance specials, and current affairs talk shows. She currently lives in Sherman Oaks with her documentary filmmaker husband, her son, and their two tuxedo cats.

 

Catalina (she/her) joined the IDA team in October 2022 as the Marketing and Communications Coordinator.

Katy Hurley is currently the Funds Coordinator at IDA. Prior to working at IDA, she worked at Jane Doe Films, an award-winning production company that specializes in investigative documentaries such as The Hunting Ground and The Invisible War. In 2019, she graduated from California State University Long Beach and was a student in the nonfiction filmmaking program. She was an HFPA grant recipient for her short student film and was selected for Best Documentary at the CSU Media Arts Festival.

The son of two journalists, Colin Arp (he/him) was born and raised in the greater Los Angeles area and has always had a deep love of all things storytelling. He began his early career in writing, but with an additional hobby in amateur photography, it was inevitable that he eventually found his way into filmmaking.

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