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Darmyn has been editing internationally for over 20 years.
She recently completed work on the award winning feature documentary Knots: A Forced Marriage Story, directed by Kate Brewer.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Sydney and a Graduate Diploma in film editing from the Australian Film Television and Radio school.
Darmyn currently resides in Miami, Florida.
Born in Seattle and raised in Southeast Asia, Kate is a writer and award-winning filmmaker, avid traveler, and macaroni & cheese connoisseur. Since graduating from Florida State University Film School she’s lived and worked around the world.
Her first feature film, a documentary on forced and child marriage in the U.S. titled “Knots: A Forced Marriage Story” won Best Documentary Feature at the Manchester International Film Festival and Geelong International Film Festival in 2020.
She has presented a TEDx Talk on the subject of her documentary, published her first YA novel, “I Heart Vampires: Birth” under the pen name Siona McCabre, has had multiple short stories published, and is currently developing her short film “The Murder King” into a feature.
She enjoy shenanigans, learning languages, snow surfing, and French malbec with good friends.
Matt Walker is a composer and multi-instrumentalist from Omaha, Nebraska. He has presented original music at the contemporary performance festival, Omaha Under The Radar, and at the 2018 TEDxOmaha event, “Time To Engage.”
His current compositions range from intimate and introspective piano pieces to expansive, textural landscapes of constantly evolving sonic layers.
Matt is eager to expand his musical reach into film, TV, dance, and other collaborative projects in the future.
Jasmine was raised in Sydney, Australia where she grew a strong passion for film, television, ocean science and conservation. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga majoring in Screen and Stage, and then took some time to work on the Great Barrier Reef at a Reef Education Centre and dive company based out of Cairns in 2005. Jasmine then went to focus and hone in her camera skills training and working as an AC back in Sydney. From here Jasmine was accepted into the competitive Australian Film and Television Radio School (AFTRS) camera assisting internship (at the time the school only admitted two AC positions per year). Jasmine continued to AC on film sets, and went on to be the first woman to be accepted into the ARRI Australia camera internship in 2007.
Jasmine went on to work as a freelance camera operator filming and live-streaming runway and fashion shows for 6 years with Indigital Media. They would travel and film Fashion Weeks and events in Sydney, New York, Miami and Toronto. Currently living in Los Angeles, Jasmine works as a camera operator on commercials, photographing live events but her passion lies with filming documentaries.
Over the years Jasmine has photographed two nutrition books for “Eat Naked” and one book for Sally Joseph “Love Your Gut”. In 2011, Jasmine had two images accepted into the juried exhibit of Filter Photo Festival in Chicago. She has also photographed for the AFI (American Film Institute) festival and life achievement awards, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a photographer and videographer, lending her platform as a voice for others. In the summer Jasmine teaches photography classes to teenagers at the Los Angeles Centre of Photography. Jasmine is an associate member of the SOC (Society of Camera Operators) and an active member of the ACS (Australian Cinematographers Society).
A master scuba diver, in her spare time Jasmine can be found diving off the California coast volunteering as a citizen scientist with Reef Check California.