A council of acclaimed film professionals.

A cinematographer, director and producer from Kochi, Rajeev Ravi trained at the Film and Television Institute of India before shooting Chandni Bar (2001) as his debut feature. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography for Anurag Kashyap's Dev.D (2010) and the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for Liar's Dice (2013). His camera work spans Gangs of Wasseypur, Udta Punjab and Bell Bottom, alongside a directing career that includes Annayum Rasoolum, Kammatipaadam and Thuramukham.

An FTII-trained editor from Kothamangalam, B. Ajithkumar won the National Film Award for Best Editing for Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Naalu Pennungal (2007), and has three Kerala State Film Awards for Best Editor to his name — for Nizhalkuthu and Bhavam (2002), Annayum Rasoolum (2013) and Kammatipaadam (2017). He stepped into direction with Eeda, and continues to cut for directors including Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Rajeev Ravi.

Born in Thrissur and trained in sound recording and design at FTII Pune, Ajayan Adat has built a career as a production sound mixer and sound designer across South Indian and Hindi cinema. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Design for Ela Veezha Poonchira and for Best Sync Sound for Pani, with credits including Virus, Nayattu, Koode, Netflix's Soni and Thangalaan.

A former lead actress turned director, Geetu Mohandas won the Kerala State and Filmfare Awards for Best Actress for Akale (2004) before moving behind the camera. Her directorial debut Liar's Dice (2013) premiered at Sundance, won two National Film Awards, and was India's official entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards. Her second feature, Moothon, earned her the Sundance Global Filmmaker Award and opened MAMI 2019.