IF/Then Shorts 2017 The New York Times Op-Docs/Pulitzer Pitch
A Syrian teenager and his father make a new life for themselves in Winnipeg, Canada despite the heartbreak of leaving their home behind.
Winner of Best Short Documentary at LA Shorts Film Festival (2018)
Nominated for IDA Awards- Best Short Documentary (2018)
Director/ Producer
Luisa Conlon (Director/Producer) is a documentary director and cinematographer based in New York and Los Angeles. She’s been working on fiction and non-fiction film projects since graduating from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film & TV. Since then, she studied at Berkeley’s journalism school and focused on reporting on the refugee crisis, and women's and LGBT issues.
Director
Hanna Miller (Director) is a documentary film director and director of photography based between her home state Mississippi and the San Francisco Bay Area. Her topics of interest are rural America, immigration, and what it means to have a home. Hanna is working on her first feature length documentary about an anti-immigration, pro-Trump, Latina business owner in the rural South.
Director
Lacy Jane Roberts (Director) spends most of her time as an audio producer, and she's currently developing new podcasts for Al Jazeera’s new audio network, @jettystudios. You can also catch her teaching podcasting classes, and wandering the landscapes of her home state Montana.