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Violeta is a filmmaker, artist, AI innovator, and polymath, the first Quechua member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She builds worlds where storytelling, technology, and Indigenous futurism meet. She is currently developing Huk: The Jaguaress at Mila Québec AI / Abundant Intelligences, a collective intelligence model at the intersection of Indigenous AI, dance, affective computing, and ecology, and directing a new film on the technologies of distribution centered on her local cooperative, Comteco. She co-founded United Notions Film.
Dan is a Walkley Award–winning filmmaker and producer combining traditional narrative with XR, VR, and AI to shift the balance of power. His producer credits include the interactive VR animation Prison X (Sundance, Cannes, SXSW), the AR experience Las Awichas, and the documentaries La Lucha, Cocaine Prison (TIFF), The Bolivian Case (Hot Docs), and Stolen. A Master’s candidate in Human–Computer Interaction at UTS, his research explores how humans create with AI. He holds a Bachelor of Science, Diploma of Education, and Bachelor of Design, and is a co-founder of United Notions Film.
Redelia (she/her) is a producer with over fifteen years of experience across commercial, independent, and broadcast projects on Fox, Showtime, ABC, and PBS. Since joining United Notions Film in 2015, she has produced La Lucha and Cocaine Prison, bringing a deep commitment to social justice and equity to every project. She also teaches Communications & Media Studies at Santa Monica College.
Yasmeen is an interdisciplinary scientist working across biology, AI, and interactive media. She is a postdoctoral researcher in neuroscience at the Université de Montréal, CHU Sainte-Justine, and Mila – Québec AI Institute, and earned her PhD from McGill in collaboration with Mila, researching how plant behaviour can be sensed, interpreted, and shaped through technology. Her credits include Huk: The Jaguaress.
Brian is a 3D artist and technical collaborator working across modelling, rigging, animation, and real-time systems, bringing characters and experimental pipelines into embodied digital form. His credits include the creation of the characters Las Awichas and Huk: The Jaguaress.