RYAN MAH
DIRECTOR | PRODUCER
Ryan Mah is a filmmaker based in Vancouver, Canada. A founding member of award winning production company Black Rhino Creative, he has 10 years of extensive background experience in documentary productions that have screened on CBC, AMI TV, Knowledge Network, Telus Optik, Air Canada and SBS Australia.
He thrives on building relationships both on and off camera sharing his expertise in filmmaking by sitting on the National Screen Institute as a mentor and as a moderator for Telus Storyhive.
DANNY BERISH
DIRECTOR
Danny Berish is an award winning director. Over the last 20 years, he has created content for broadcasters such as AMI CBC Gem, YTV, Discovery Channel, IFC and CTV.
Danny's recent achievements include a six- part unscripted food and travel series entitled 'Red Chef Revival', The series premiered at a special event screening at Hot Docs, and earned him a Leo Award for Best Direction. The series also received a 2020 Golden Sheaf Award and the 2019 Best Doc Series of the year, by Doc Weekly.
RICHARD TRAN
DOP
Whether it’s documenting the struggling outer city kids of North Chicago, the impoverished favelas in São Paulo, Brazil, or the war torn city of Kabul, Afghanistan he is ready to take calculated risks to get the shot. Rich strives to merge the sciences and art, for a craft that is in a constant state of learning while knowing full well the emotion and story supersede all of it. Appreciates the beauty in the brutal honesty of mathematics and the immeasurable subjectivity of the arts.
JOANNA WONG
PRODUCER
Joanna Wong is a Vancouver-born queer Producer with a passion for bringing untold stories to the screen.
She is the founder and Executive Producer at FLOW FILMS, which creates multicultural content with partners in Canada and around the world. She has been recognized for her work as an Action Canada Fellow and an Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada Media Fellow. In 2022 she was selected for the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) BC Production Mentorship Program.
PRIYANKA DESAI
PRODUCER
Priyanka Desai is a content producer from Mumbai, India, with several years of experience in documentaries films, series and reality TV shows. Starting as a Journalist she has worked in a variety of roles spanning Story Producer, Field Director/Producer, Creative Supervisor and Executive Producer. Having worked across two continents, she has a meticulous understanding of different audiences and cultures.
In Canada, her recent work includes, award winning docu-series Red Chef Revival (Storyhive), pan-Canada Tourism video (ITAC), Short Documentary on Wheelchair Boxers (AMI), 2020 Fulmer Awardees Profile Videos (BC Achievement Foundation) and Moosemeat & Marmalade TV Series (APTN).