mary Cecilia Walker
Mary Cecilia is a Barbadian filmmaker and playwright. With a BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch, she is now securing her MFA in Film from Columbia University.
She is a proud recipient of Columbia's Kurt P. Tauber Scholarship, the Bobby Kashif Cox Memorial Screenwriting Scholarship, the Foreign Hollywood Press Association Scholarship, the Diverso Fellowship, and the London-based Royal Court’s Caribbean Writing for Performance Fellowship.
Her most recent film,The Roads We Travel, won Best Student Director at the Barbados Independent Film Festival and was a Special Jury Mention at the Nouveaux Regards Festival in Guadelupe. Her work has screened for audiences around the globe.
Mary Cecilia thrives when weaving tales of surreal drama led by complex female characters of colour who dare to dream of something better.
Writer & Director
Nadine Jose
Nadine Jose is a Filipino Writer and Producer based in New York City and New Jersey. Currently at Columbia University, she is pursuing her Masters in Film, with a concentration in Creative Producing. Nadine is a recipient of the Peters-Futtner Scholarship, and the Film Fellowship Scholarship.
Passionate about supporting and telling stories that center characters and communities rarely depicted on screen, Nadine has produced over a dozen short films both locally in New York and across the United States.
Producer
Ryan Wilfred
Ryan Wilfred is a dynamic Executive Producer, Director, and Writer based between Barbados and London, working across the Caribbean and its global diaspora. With over 15 years of experience, his career spans television, documentary, feature film, commercial media, and live broadcast. A proud graduate of the London Film School (MA in Film, Directing).
As Founder and Executive Producer of West India Cinema Corporation, Ryan brings together a team of seasoned producers, directors, and cinematographers who merge cultural authenticity with artistic excellence. Distinguished by his people-centered leadership style, Ryan brings ambitious creative visions to fruition within complex and professional production environments.
Executive Producer
Kevin ‘GK’ Frederick
Kevin “GK” Frederick is a cinematographer and descendant of Antigua & Barbuda. His first love for storytelling is rooted in childhood memories of listening to his grandmother and family share tales of nostalgia, lived experiences, and Caribbean folklore.
What began as curiosity has evolved into a commitment to emotionally dense and culturally resonant storytelling—seen in works such as the award-winning short Palm Sunday, recipient of the 2023 CUFF Grand Jury Award for Best Picture at Lincoln Center, and Mantras at Midnight, which premiered before a sold-out audience at the historic Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, CA.
Above all, GK is attuned to what he calls the soul of an image—the intangible essence that resonates beyond what is visible. He continues to seek projects that allow him to explore humanity, culture, and his personal identity through the lens.
Cinematographer
Réal Gill
Réal is a Bajan-American multidisciplinary artist with focuses in creative writing, filmmaking and photography. He holds an English BA with concentration in creative writing alongside minor concentrations in Media Production and African / African Diaspora Studies from the City University of New York.
His writing primarily focuses on family and personal relationship dynamics alongside deciphering the environments that influence them. As a filmmaker he brings the inner worlds of his collaborators to the optical realm through an emotive synthesis of color, composition and lighting. Much like the fiction novels that’ve been a substantial influence throughout his life, Réal weaves dense imagery together to supplement his world building whether his tool of choice is a pen, light or lens.
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