Filmmaker Kristina Thomas first showed her potential on the documentary side of filmmaking by winning $50,000 to direct a TV pilot in New Orleans, Louisiana for MTV/Endemol. Thomas’s comedy short, House of Balls, based on her time playing women’s dodgeball screened at numerous festivals throughout the US and Canada; winning her actress Mariah Robinson Best Actor at the Alt Film Festival. Her proof-of-concept short, Worth It, will have its world premiere at the Toronto Black Film Festival. Recently, Kristina finished her mentorship with Amy Aniobi’s TRIBE Fellowship, Women in Film Directors Mentorship and currently staffed on the CBS drama FBI: International.