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Mamoudou Athie is an Emmy-nominated actor based in Los Angeles, California. Athie was recently seen in Yorgos Lanthimos’s film KINDS OF KINDNESS for Searchlight alongside Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley.
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Filmmaker and actor whose work spans film, television, and digital media. Her short films Crimson Ties and Fish Out of Water premiered at the Tribeca Festival and Cannes Film Festival, establishing her as a rising voice in independent cinema. She has appeared in projects including We Are Who We Are and continues to build a multidisciplinary career across directing, acting, and emerging platforms.
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Christine Vachon is an Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award winner who co-founded powerhouse Killer Films with partner Pamela Koffler in 1995. Over three decades, they have produced more than 100 films, including some of the most celebrated and important American independent features: KIDS, I SHOT ANDY WARHOL, HAPPINESS, BOYS DON’T CRY, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, and DARK WATERS.
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Arian Moayed currently appears in the second season of the hit Netflix show Nobody Wants This as well as in Marvel television’s Wonder Man. He was most recently seen in Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth, alongside Natalie Portman and John Krasinski.
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Lucas Hedges’s credits include Sorry, Baby, Manchester by the Sea (Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Lady Bird, Mid 90s, Boy Erased (Golden Globe Nomination for Best Actor), Ben is Back, Honey Boy, Waves, Let Them All Talk, and French Exit.
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Tony Award-nominated director (Jaja's African Hair Braiding), and Obie Award winner whose work spans Broadway, international stages, and television.
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