Stacey Marbrey (AFI/IFFLA) (@staceymarbrey): With a career spanning a decade, Features Programmer for the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, (IFFLA), Stacey Marbrey is a woman-of-many-trades throughout the entertainment industry. From development to production to distribution and of course to the fest world, Stacey has done it all. She’s worked with Sofia Coppola and Cauleen Smith as well as won awards for her film UNSPOKEN. With one foot in the entertainment industry and the other as a cultural diplomat, Stacey was the first to shepherd an international film exchange program under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State, Sundance, the American Film Institute and the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Stacey will also be programing the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival.

Paul Sbrizzi (LAFF/SLAMDANCE): From Italy to Orange County, Paul Sbrizzi is no stranger to the weird-and-wonderful world of independent film. A filmmaker, programmer, and writer based in Los Angeles, Paul Sbrizzi runs the Sexylake Writers Group and writes for Hammer to Nail (http://www.hammertonail.com/) which attempts to connect readers to “the most ambitious viewing on the planet.” His own short films have hit the international festival circuit many times over. Paul is a features programmer for Slamdance and a shorts programmer for the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Drea Clark (LAFF/SLAMDANCE): A veteran of Slamdance, having functioned in both Executive Director and Head of Feature Programming roles, Drea Clark brings years of festival experience to the table. Currently, she serves as a programmer and Filmmaker Liaison at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Previously, she has also held a faculty position at USC, served as Executive Director of Music Video Production Association (MVPA), and worked in Post Production for Dick Clark Productions, collaborating on such All-American television favorites as the AMAs, New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, and the Golden Globes.

Saskia Wilson Brown (Cinema Speakeasy/TEDactive Innovation Lab) (@saskiawb | @cinemaspeakeasy): Founder of Cinema Speakeasy, a not-for-profit screening series based in Los Angeles but set to expand nationwide, Saskia Wilson Brown is an indie media maven. She’s programmed and served as juror for Slamdance and Gen Art as well as held the position of co-director for the Silver Lake Film Festival. Saskia has also headed up the international filmmaker outreach and development arm of Al Gore’s Current TV. Currently, she curates, produces and lends her support to initiatives around new models in filmmaking or the arts—including the OVA/Workbook Project Filmmaker Summit, the TEDActive Innovation Lab, WorkBook Project’s DIY Days, and special independent film programs such as the biennial ‘Ultra Fabulous: Beyond Drag’. She is currently working on several independent projects, including the short documentary series ‘The Story Project’, a feature length documentary, and an art collective with her partner Micah Hahn.

Hosted by Jenna Busch (@JennaBusch), a host and writer of all things geek for Stan Lee's "Cocktails With Stan," and an as-yet-unnamed show with Mark Hamill, Zap2it, Huffington Post, AfterBuzzTV, AOL, Popeater, Newsarama, JoBlo, Blastr, UGO, IGN, Moviefone, SheKnows, Coming Soon, Screen Junkies, Famous Monsters and Geek Week and a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Critics Association (BTJA). She's appeared on Felicia Day's web channel on Tabletop with Wil Wheaton and Grant Imahara, been a guest host on G4's Fresh Ink and a guest on My Geek Lady, ComiCenter, JoBlo Movie Podcast and more. A New York transplant living in Los Angeles, Jenna has been on many sides of the entertainment industry. Makeup artist don't stand too close, or she'll glue something to you), actor (stopped because she felt that replacing body parts with silicone was the first step towards becoming a cylon), and finally writing, which allows her to work in her pajamas.

Brian Singleton (@singletonbrian): Co-creator of Hulu’s most popular web series, Dorm Life, which netted 15 million viewers and several Webby, Streamy, and W3 noms and awards, Brian Singleton and Jim Brandon met at UCLA where they performed sketch comedy. They then entered NBC’s Writers on the Verge program during which they signed on with a television Literary agent at ICM and later garnered a staff writing job on ABC’s Work It. From there on they became story editors for the new season of Arrested Development (releasing on Netflix in 2013). Jim and Brian are currently story editors on Partners, premiering this fall on CBS.

The Vacationeers (@IADitsadisaster | @thetoddberger | @jeffgrace | @kbrennanmusic | @bigpantsmiller): Functioning as a comedy group since 2006, Jeff Grace, Todd Berger, and Kevin M. Brennan, AKA The Vacationeers, rose to web fame with their 2008 viral video Google Maps. The video resulted in the improv buddies getting coverage on CNN as well as a trip to Mountainview, CA to meet with Google itself. Google went on to hire them to make videos to promote products, and they in turn used the paycheck to finance their first feature, The Scenesters, winner of Slamdance 2010 Rosebud Award. Their second feature It’s A Disaster, premiered at LA Film Festival and stars the group alongside Julia Stiles, David Cross, and America Ferrera. They are currently negotiating a wide distribution deal.

BritTANick (@BJMcElhaney | @NickKocher): BriTANicK, composed of Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, first met at an Atlanta performing arts camp. Later at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, they decided to officially join under the BriTANicK name, making their mark with the viral Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer Sketch and during senior year, created the short Eagles are Turning People into Horses, which went on to show at Sundance and SXSW. Since then, you might have caught them appearing in Young Adult, Searching for Sonny, FX’s Louie or MTV’s I Just Want my Pants Back, or performing live sketch, improv and stand-up at UCB, and they can be next seen in Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. They are currently staff writers for the highly anticipated sitcom Goodwin Games, premiering this Spring on Fox.

Husbands (@teamhusbands | @gocheeksgo | @janespenson): Waking up married after a drunken Vegas weekend used to be an adventure reserved for one man and one woman. But thanks to a new law, athlete Brady Kelly and actor Cheeks find themselves unexpectedly and legally wed. Unwilling to undermine the hard-fought battle with a public quickie divorce, these two decide to make a go of it. They were doing okay when they were dating. But how will it work out, now that they are Husbands? Executive produced, co-written and starring Brad Bell, whose online persona “Cheeks” has appeared in YouTube videos and released three albums on iTunes, (all of which debuted in the Top Ten Electronic Arts). Co-created by television veteran Jane Espenson, whose writing/producing credits include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Gilmore Girls, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, and more. Husbands has garnered the attention of The Atlantic, USA Today, and The Advocate as well as The New Yorker in the publication’s only rave review given to a web series.