WONG John 黃榮俊

A post-90s Macao director who graduated from the Department of Communications Design at Shih Chien University in Taiwan. WONG's latest work MUI (2021) was awarded Original Prize in Horizon Competition at the 2022 Paris International Animation Film Festival, and Best Animation Short Film at Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival etc. 畢業於實踐大學媒體傳達設計學系。作品《梅婆》獲巴黎國際動畫節地平線競賽「原創獎」,洛桑地下錄像與音樂節「最佳動畫短片獎」等多個獎項。

SO Ka Ue 蘇家榆

Graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. SO worked for Oscar-winning filmmaker Ruby YANG as an editing assistant for In Search Of Perfect Consonances and Ritoma, and as an editor for China's Forgotten Daughters. Her works also include Dong Pui Sun And Me and the post-production of Helios, Trivisa, Three and Anita. 畢業於香港演藝電影電視學院。曾擔任奧斯卡得獎導演楊紫燁《尋找完美第五度》

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Eye Catcher Global 2024 In recent years, I have taken up roles as a festival jury member, and I always feel anxious when I announce the results, which I find irrelevant to the competition. No matter how prestige the award is, winning and losing can become a trivial matter – likes and dislikes can be

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Seoi-bo-long Video Festival 水波浪影片節

A formulaic performance set unique to Canto-opera. It depicts the process where someone on the horns of a dilemma makes a difficult decision after battling through inner conflicts. The performance matches the rhythm of percussion instruments: sometimes passionate, sometimes tardy, sometimes still, sometimes stretching. It expresses, through body movements, the inner feelings of vexation and

Ground Up Film Society 平地映社

Ground Up Film Society is an organisation dedicated to Hong Kong’s young film talents. The Society was created in 2014 by a collective of emerging film professionals working in independent film production, film education, and programming. Since then, we have curated and presented Ground Up Student Film Festival, thematic screenings, and overseas exchange programmes to

The Sundance Institute 辛丹斯學院

The Sundance Institute is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences. Through its programs, the Institute seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film and media artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work. The Sundance Film Festival is

The South Taiwan Film Festival 南方影展

The South Taiwan Film Festival (STFF) was founded in 2001 by professors and students from the College of Sound and Image Arts at National Tainan University of the Arts as an independent film festival. It has been over 20 years since its establishment. Later, the Southern Film Association was established and rooted in Tainan City.The

Purin Pictures

Purin Pictures is a film fund that supports independent cinema in Southeast Asia.  Started in 2017 under the Purin Foundation, we look for artists and organisations that are doing unique and essential work in a region that lacks adequate governmental support. Managed by Anocha Suwichakornpong and Aditya Assarat, our funding programs cover film production, film

Minikino

Minikino is an Indonesia's short film festival organisation with an international network. With programs throughout the year, arranging and organising various forms of short film festivals. Minikino currently runs 3 different short film festivals; Monthly Screening & Discussion (a year round since 2002), Open December (annually since 2003), Minikino Film Week, Bali International Short Film