Brenda Avila-Hanna - Cine Se Puede Lead

Brenda Avila-Hanna is an award-winning Mexican filmmaker and educator who has lived in the CA Central Coast for over a decade. Her work has been showcased at HotDocs, Lakino Berlin, Frameline, HBO, Fusion Network and more. She is a member-owner of the film distribution cooperative New Day Films, where she recently served in the Steering Committee as the first team lead for Equity & Representation. Brenda was in the inaugural cohort of DOC NYC’s “Documentary Industry New Leaders” and a recent Rockwood/Just Films Fellow. Brenda is also an active member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia, a co-director of the Video Consortium Mexico and has worked as a reviewer for film grants with multiple organizations including the IDA and BAVC. She has volunteered with the Watsonville Film Festival for 7 years as a programmer and has recently joined the team as an Artist Development lead for the festival’s Cine Se Puede filmmaking fellowship.