The Young Film Forum (YFF) Archive Dive: PIN: A PLASTIC NIGHTMARE

Writer, Director, Producer Paula González-Nasser (she/her) is a Colombian filmmaker currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. In 2016, she and Ryan Martin Brown co-founded 5th Floor as a film collective after graduating together from the film program at Florida State University. Paula’s feature directorial debut, THE SCOUT, had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2025, Paula was named one of 25 new faces in independent film by Filmmaker Magazine. She has also produced films like Melina Valdez’s WEAPONS AND THEIR NAMES, which premiered at Sundance 2023, and Ryan Martin Brown’s FREE TIME, which received three nominations at the inaugural Slamdance Indie Awards. She is a two-time Gotham Film Week participant and a 2023 Sundance Producers Intensive Fellow. Previously, Paula worked as a location scout on many New York films and TV shows such as High Maintenance, Russian Doll, Search Party, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS, and more. Mimi Davila is a Cuban-Bulgarian actress, comedian, writer, and filmmaker raised in Miami. She appears in Julio Torres’ PROBLEMISTA and was a series regular in the Amazon/Annapurna Pictures pilot Hot Pink. Her directorial debut, Pangea, was in competition this year at Palm Springs International ShortFest. In 2024, she sold her comedy series The Chonga Girls to CBS, which she was set to star in. Stage credits include, Ophelia in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Hamlet and her original comedy shows at San Francisco SketchFest, the New York Comedy Festival, and Dynasty Typewriter. Next, she is set to appear in the feature film, IN AN ORDERLY FASHION starring Oscar Nuñez. Bing Liu is best known for directing MINDING THE GAP, which was nominated for an Oscar®, an Independent Spirit, an Emmy, and won a Sundance Special Jury and Peabody Award. His other directorial credits include America To Me, ALL THESE SONS, and What The Hands Do. Since 2021, he has been working on Empathy Mirrors, a museum exhibit in partnership with Actual Films and Futures Without Violence. His latest film, PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE, is a narrative feature produced by Plan B and Pastel for Orion Pictures, distributed by Amazon MGM. He was previously a member of the International Cinematographer’s Guild and holds a degree in English Literature from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an Associate of Arts from Rock Valley Community College.