Writer | Director | DP | Composer

Lina Sarrello, a Miami native, began her journey in the arts as a dancer, eventually transitioning to acting with a national tour by BRAVO! Productions. After relocating to NYC, she thrived in the Latino Theater community, earning the Latin Ace Award for her comedic work. In 2022, she pursued an MFA in Film, directing her award-winning short films, and will helm her first feature, "All of My Dreams," in 2025, inspired by her experiences as a caregiver for family members with dementia.

Executive Producer

Andrea Navedo is an actress, speaker, and author best known for her role as Xiomara in the Golden Globe-nominated series Jane the Virgin. A Bronx native, she’s also appeared in Bright, A Million Little Things, and How to Make It in America. Her book Our Otherness is Our Strength expands on her 2019 commencement speech and TEDx talk about growing up in the Bronx. Navedo supports charities like A Place Called Home, helping Los Angeles children stay in school and pursue college.

Choreographer

Luis Salgado is an international actor, director, choreographer, and educator based in NYC, best known as the Latin Assistant Choreographer for the Tony Award-winning In The Heights. He originated the role of Kid Rizzo in Broadway's Rocky and has performed in Women on the Verge, On Your Feet, and The Mambo Kings. His film credits include Step Up 2, Enchanted, and American Gangster. Luis founded R.Evolución Latina, an arts empowerment organization for the Hispanic community.

Composer | Music Director

Anna Stefanic is an actor, musician, poet, and educator in NYC. Notable onscreen credits include Hail Mary and Blood Daughter; onstage, she's performed in Once, The Human Incubator, The Cottage, and Buddy Holly Story. Her original music and poetry are available online. She loves projects that blend acting and musicianship, and is grateful to do so in this film. Catch her this fall in Murder For Two at Oregon Cabaret Theatre! When not performing or writing, she teaches piano and collects houseplants.

Producer

Asavari Vaidya is a producer and writer based in New York, focusing on exploring the intersection of literature and cinema. With a substantial portfolio that includes producing short films and a horror feature, she also brings expertise in development and packaging. Her previous roles include working as an assistant at Gigantic Pictures, a documentary production company in NYC, and at Mumbai's Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, and Christine Vachon’s Killer Films. Currently, she is producing All of My Dreams, a musical feature film that is a SAG ULB production.

Production Manager

Joshua Castillo is a multi-talented creative with a background in Exercise Science (Orthopedic Rehab) and a passion for storytelling, adventure, and community. He has worked across nearly every aspect of indie film production at Stony Brook University—serving as an actor, PA, grip, wrangler, and now project manager, caterer, and social media manager on the feature film All of My Dreams. When not on set or advising members at the gym, he can be found cycling through New York, discovering new corners of the city, or tending to his building’s garden. A true jack-of-all-trades, he brings energy, heart, and hustle to every project he’s part of.

Producer

Faith Nicholas is a New York-based producer and MFA candidate at Stony Brook University, dedicated to telling diverse stories from the perspective of New York Natives and BIPOC backgrounds. A Queens native with experience at American High and Rooftop Films, she brings a strong background in development and indie production and currently spends her time line producing for various short and feature length student films. 

Production Designer

Miteki Takeyama is a Japanese writer, director, and production designer in New York. Her work explores identity, womanhood, and mental health through a poetic lens. Currently in the thesis year of her MFA in Film at Stony Brook University, Miteki has created three short films and worked as production designer on over 20 projects. Her art direction enables her to craft immersive, emotionally resonant worlds. She has also taught film theories and visual storytelling in Stony Brook’s undergraduate Film program and interned at Killer Films, sharpening her narrative instincts.

Assistant Director

Margarita Mina is a Filipino filmmaker and artist from Quezon City, currently based in Brooklyn, NYC. Using digital video, film photographs, and journal entries, her projects draw from a fascination with the weird intricacies of the female identity, the chaos of growing up, the stories of people on the margins, and the blurring of fiction with non-fiction in everyday documentation. She takes too many photographs and videos collected in mountains of hard drives.

Assistant Director

Vickie Tanner is an actor, writer, and director. Her theatre credits include: STOMP (Orpheum, and European Tour), RHYTHMS OF BEING with DORRANCE DANCE (Joyce Theatre), and her solo play RUNNING INTO ME (59E59 Street Theaters, La Mama, Cherry Lane Studio Theatre, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Film and TV credits include: Kaleidoscope (Netflix), Home (Netflix Film Club, Dir. Ellie Foumbi), and a recurring role on Wonderland (ABC -Dir. Peter Berg). Her web Pilot, One Cuckoo, screened at Lift-Off New York and Harlem Film Festivals, and her short film, Karen Valentine, was a winner of Best Director of a Student Film at The Wrap Film Festival, London. Vickie is currently an MFA Film student at Stony Brook University.