Cynthia Lowen is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and award-winning writer whose work harnesses the power of storytelling to engage urgent social issues, from bullying and online harassment to reproductive rights. She is a 2023 Sundance Institute/Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Fellow for her feature script LIGHT MASS ENERGY, about Mileva Marić Einstein and her efforts to overcome systemic barriers as one of the first women in physics.

Lowen is the director and producer of BATTLEGROUND, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and examines the aftermath of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. She also directed and produced NETIZENS (HBO), a feature documentary about women and online harassment, and produced and wrote BULLY, which follows five families navigating the realities of bullying in America and was shortlisted for the Academy Awards and nominated for two Emmys.

In conjunction with her films, Lowen has led large-scale impact campaigns in partnership with organizations including Autism Speaks, Facebook, Human Rights Campaign, Microsoft, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood, and the United Federation of Teachers. She is a winner of the National Poetry Series and a member of the Producers Guild of America.

Jon Cohrs is a filmmaker, producer, and media artist whose work engages public collaboration and emerging technologies to explore the intersections of technology and the environment. Following a traumatic accident, his practice has expanded to address chronic pain and the healthcare system.

From 2020 to 2023, he served as senior producer for the R&D team at The New York Times, exploring the future of journalism through research and emergent storytelling techniques, including photogrammetry, Unreal Engine, AI, and spatial audio. He is the founder of Electrick Labs, a consultancy that builds complex visualizations for news organizations and legal cases. His feature documentary BACKWATER follows a group traveling by canoe through a post-industrial landscape, exploring themes of nature and toxicity in the Anthropocene. The film premiered at Visions du Réel.

Cohrs’ work has been shown at Ars Electronica, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, and Art in General, among other venues. His project OMG TV was commissioned by the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. He has received support from New York State Council on the Arts, the Mellon Foundation, the Experimental Television Center, and FutureEverything, among others, and fellowships from Eyebeam, New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.