Jillian Acreman has directed six short films under the umbrella of Columbus Avenue Pictures which she founded in 2009. Acreman wrote and directed The Man Who Sold the World starring Golden Globe nominee Steve Railsback, and in 2014 she produced Pop (dir. Ryan O’Toole) which was selected by Telefilm Canada for the “Not Short on Talent” showcase at the Cannes Film Festival. Her short films Broke, The Editor, The Art of Decay, and North have previously been licensed to CBC for broadcast. Acreman’s short Marigolds premiered at the 15^th Annual Silver Wave Film Festival, where it was awarded both Best NB Short Film, and the Viewer’s Choice Award. The film went on to have over 20 screenings and presentations, including at the National Arts Center in Ottawa. Most recently Acreman directed her first feature film Queen of the Andes through the Telefilm Talent to Watch program, with the support of the Province of New Brunswick.  The film won Best Canadian First Feature at the 2021 Victoria Film Festival and Viewer's Choice at the Silver Wave Film Festival. The Globe and Mail hailed it as an “engaging piece of cinema with ambition and ideas to spare”. 

Acreman serves as President of the New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative, and Studio Head for the Foundation Visual Arts program at the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design, where she has been an instructor since 2018.

Kaitlyn Adair is an interdisciplinary media artist living in Fredericton, New Brunswick. She is passionate about using filmmaking as a tool for social justice, often telling provoking stories inspired by her lived experience as a Bi-Disabled creative. Writing, directing, and producing credits include March 2.4, Together We Move, Feline Fatale, and a digital play Anatomy of Expression. Kaitlyn won the 2022 JRG Atlantic Filmmaker and Jane LeBlanc Post Production Awards for her project Oculus which is currently in post production. Kaitlyn is also an actress winning best performance at the Silver Wave Film Festival for March 2.4 and Growing Younger at the Fredericton 48 Hour Film Competition. Kaitlyn has also volunteered on multiple shorts in art department, wardrobe, makeup/special effects, continuity, and set design/building. She currently works with the YMCA as the coordinator for marketing and communications with a focus on graphic design and video production/editing. 

Ade is a self-taught photographer and owns his own photography business. As a crew member, he is flexible, organized, a team player, and excellent under pressure. He is people-oriented and resourceful, a perfect fit for any production. Ade has a car and a driver's license.

Michelle Allard is a newcomer to the Film Co-op community. She is just finished her second year of her Bachelor of Applied Arts through UNB with a focus on theater and film. She's performed in 3 TNB plays including Metamorphosis (2021), Middletown (2022), and Paradise Lost (2023), before that she had 4 years of high school theater experience. She's acted in UNB's 2999 film class (2022) short film "Protomax" and has written and directed her own short film called "The Dream" for the same class the following year. She's comfortable both in front and behind the camera. She took six years of vocal/singing classes with Natalie Renault and sang in many concerts for the class. She has experience with crafting props, like sewing the angel wings for TNB's Paradise Lost. She also knows her way around a paintbrush because of her 5 years of painting classes with Rich Arts in Campbelton and her time building sets for TNB's various shows.

Alex Allard graduated from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design’s Digital Media Diploma program in 2019. During COVID, he decided to complete a Bachelor of Applied Arts at University of New Brunswick 2021-24 specializing in Film and Media Arts and Cultures. He has written, directed and shot a number of student films at both schools. One of which, Can You Keep A Secret, screened at Silverwave Film Festival in 2019. Alex is eager to keep making films in whatever capacity he can.

Anne-Drea Allison has worked on film productions in a variety of roles (camera assistant, continuity, craft services, extra). Since 2015, she has enjoyed indie films as a spectator. She looks forward to helping others present their ‘moving art’ to the world in 2023.