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Tony is an independent filmmaker and member of the Directors Guild of America as a 2ndAssistant Director. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Video Studies at George Mason University in 2012 and has worked in production ever since - ranging from television shows to feature films and commercials. Tony has been fortunate to work with such networks as Discovery, Travel Channel, Netflix, Apple TV, Warner Bros and Fox Studios. He has simultaneously worked on these major productions while continuing to pursue directing throughindependent filmmaking. In 2020 Tony was accepted into the Sundance Institute Director Core Master Class. Tony found his voice in telling personal stories to connect with others and finds filmmaking a cathartic process to empathize with the world. He has directed award-winning short films that have screened all over the country. Most notably his short film, FilAm, was a winner at The Hollywood Blvd Film Festival (2023), Honorable Mention at the Hollywood New Directors Festival (2023) and won him a Panavision Grant at The New Mexico Asian American Film Festival (2025) where he won best filmmaker. Catch his next short film, Sundown, now in the film festival circuit. Outside of film production, Tony loves eating ice cream and exploring new places.

Samantha Olguin grew up immersed in musical theater, singing, and dancing from a young age. She was classically trained in piano from the ages 4-16 and passed Level 8 of the Royal School of Music piano exam with Distinction. Olguin moved to Los Angeles at 18 years old to study Ethnomusicology at UCLA and pursue her passion for music and acting. She loves discovering new sounds informed by cultures and sounds from around the world. Olguin released her first EP as she was graduating from UCLA. Her single, “Coffee”, has garnered over 50,000 total streams. While in Los Angeles, she did commercial modeling for companies including LensCrafters and DJI. In 2020, Olguin moved to Albuquerque, NM, where she began exploring the growing TV & Film scene in the Land of Enchantment. Today, she continues her multifaceted artistic pursuits, engaging in art that bridges Chinese and American culture. Olguin is signed with Bankston Talent Agency.

Lisa Kori is a filmmaker and musician based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her short films have won several awards including Best Experimental Film at the Mindfield Film Festival in Albuquerque, Best Poetic Film at the Madrid Film Festival in Madrid (New Mexico), and Finalist for the Lichter Art Award at Lichter Film Festival in Frankfurt, Germany. Her short film, 'The Four Silences', recently brought home Best Music Video at Austin Shorts Fest in Texas for the combination of documentary and musical performance. As a musician who participates in the thriving Americana music scene in the Southwest, 'The Four Silences' is about her search for early Asian-American music as she tries to understand why her musical roots are not well represented in greater American culture. The next screening of 'The Four Silences' is at the Sovereign Lens Film Festival in Albuquerque on October 15.

Andy Bui is a Vietnamese-Chinese American filmmaker, producer, and creative entrepreneur based in his hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is the son of two immigrants. After years of chasing creative ideas, he found his calling in cinematography while earning a BFA in Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media at the University of New Mexico, with a summer of study at Dongguk University in Seoul.He started Istoria Productions in 2018 and then moved into New Mexico's booming film industry. He worked in camera departments on productions including Netflix's The Harder They Fall and Blumhouse's Vengeance. Alongside that, he shot narrative shorts such as Dandelion's Promise, Hair Like Snow, and Sundown.Since 2023, Andy has been a producer and director at Sandia National Laboratories. He makes documentary-style series and award-submission films that turn complex science into human stories.Outside the lab, he builds spaces for Albuquerque's Asian American community. These include LAYRS, a dessert pop-up, Lucky Box, a vending business for Asian collectibles. All of which you can find at districtbui.com to stay up to date with his latest ventures.

Otgadahe Whitman-Fox is known for her work in Big Sky, The Clean Lady, Duster, and most recent Marshals on CBS. She has been working  in film since 2015. Contributing her skills behind and in front of the camera. Working her way from production assistant all the way to recurring guest star and everything in between. Directing and producing her own film “We are Still Here" in collaboration with a larger film “Entanglement” produced with Voices of Women of Australia. Her film won “Best Short” in Latino & Native American Film Festival in 2023. She has attended Cannes Film Festival with Women in Film International and has always put her culture at the forefront. Otgadahe comes from the Three Affiliated Tribes, Nueta-Hidatsa-Sah’nish from the Ft. Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. She is proud to represent her First Nations culture and always willing to put the word out that "representation matters” and so do our stories.