DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

Regina Hoyles is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and actor originally from the south suburbs of Chicago currently based in Los Angeles. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Regina is the founder of RLH Productions. Her works have garnered numerous festival selections and several awards such as the Black Girls Rock! Film Fest award for "Best Screenplay" the Blackstar Film Festival Lionsgate/STARZ Producer Award, the LA Diversity Film Festival Diversity in the Arts Award among others. Her directorial debut, ADULLAM, received distribution on REVOLT TV’s anthology series, “Short and Fresh. She produced two multi-award winning shorts directed by Felicia Pride, tender and Look Back At It starring Angel Laketa Moore and also produced and starred in the proof of concept short film WELCOME HOME written and directed by Jo Rochelle which was recently completed. As a writer, Regina was staffed on a new animated Disney series. As an actor, she can be seen featured on shows like THE MARVELOUS MS. MAISEL (Amazon), THE CHI (Showtime), ALL RISE (OWN) and 9-1-1: LONE STAR (FOX).

WRITER

Aja Houston is a nomadic playwright from Everywhere, USA due to an army brat adjacent childhood. Aja creates with passion, politics, and magic to boldly build off-kilter, uncanny worlds to tell monolith-breaking Black stories led by multi-faceted Black women. Starting her career as an actress in London, NYC, and San Francisco she moved to LA shifting to writing, earning her MFA in Dramatic Writing from the University of Southern California. Currently, Aja is developing “Ladyville” a socio-political horror TV series and her play, HERe, will be produced by the LA based AMMO Theatre Company in the winter of 2024. To learn more about Aja’s work visit ajahouston.com 

PRODUCER

Toni Adeyemi is a Nigerian multi-hyphenate who is passionate about creating authentic stories for marginalized communities. She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Communications. Since then, she has worked in the entertainment industry as a consultant and coordinator, where she developed a keen understanding of what makes a compelling narrative. 

As an award-winning writer, producer, actor, and editor, Toni brings a range of talent and experience to their projects. She created DOWN BAD, a dramedy TV pilot which won Best Web Series at the International Black & Diversity Film Festival. As a producer, she has worked on short films like CHAKRAS FOR SALE and VIOLET BLUE, both currently on the festival circuit.

PRODUCER

A graduate of NYU – Tisch and founder of Black Poppy Productions, which specializes in developing and producing uniquely told stories that value imagination and representation. Julie has produced critically acclaimed content across the mediums of theatre, film, and music videos for artists and clients including John Legend and The Grammys. Feature films include LAND OF GOLD (MAX); DYLAN & ZOEY (STARZ); and BACK TO LYLA (VOD). She is also a founding member of Los Angeles based Ammunition Theatre Company (AMMO).

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Kim Cohen is a Los Angeles based Cinematographer. Originally from the Chicagoland Area, she is an ambitious storyteller who has shot numerous short films, music videos for Grammy Award Winning songwriters, commercials, documentaries and branded content pieces. Uplifting a project's vision is her top priority. She aims to support her community by sharing her passion for filmmaking and remaining curious in all of her pursuits. Most recently, she was a 2023 Cinematography Fellow for Film Independent's Project Involve.