MEET THE TEAM
SADIA ASHRAF
is a screenwriter, best selling author, and producer known for films like Senior Moment and Tomorrow. She inked a first look deal with The Traveling Picture Show Company (Walk Among Tombstone, The Quiet Ones) for in-development films and created TV series Paint by Murder, A Memory of Water and Unmarriageable.
RICK NAJERA
is an award-winning producer and actor in movies with Sidney Poitier, George Clooney. A WGA Award nominated screenwriter, he's written for MAD TV, In Living Color and East Los High. His film, Nothing Like the Holidays, with Debra Messing won him an ALMA Award. Najera starred and wrote the hit on Broadway Latinologues directed by Cheech Marin.
SHAHLA KHAN
is a producer with twenty years of film experience. She works at Corus Entertainment, managing the rights portfolios of Food TV, Nickelodeon, Disney, Hallmark, and HGTV. She's a Features Film Programmer for the Mosaic International Film Festival Film, while working at TIFF and helping to promote films like Dukhtar and Donkeyhead.