Brenda Ávila-Hanna

Brenda is a Mexican filmmaker based in California. She is a recent Rockwood/Just Films fellow and part of the inaugural cohort of DOC NYC’s “Documentary Industry New Leaders.” Brenda’s work has been funded by ITVS, the Redford Center, the Ford Foundation, BAVC and the Central Coast Creative Corps. She was the first team lead for Equity and Representation at New Day Films and is currently producing three documentary films, one also as a first-time director. Brenda is an active member of BGDM, Color Congress, and the Video Consortium Mexico. She is a professor at UCSC and a board member of the Watsonville Film Festival.