Serge TOUBIANA

Serge Toubiana held the positions of film critic and editor-in-chief at Cahiers du Cinéma until 2000. He wrote over 10 publications including Truffaut: A Biography, produced radio programs on cinema for French public broadcaster, France Culture, and directed several documentaries (on François Truffaut, Isabelle Huppert, and Gérard Depardieu). In 2015, he also wrote the script of Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) directed by Kent Jones. He was the director of La Cinémathèque française from May 2003 to 2016, and the president of the CNC (French National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image)'s Advance on Receipts committee. Serge Toubiana has been serving as the president of Unifrance since 2017 and has been an active writer until now.

Alain GUIRAUDIE

Alain Guiraudie was born in 1964, in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Southwest of France. He directed and debuted with the short film, Heroes Never Die (1990). Guiraudie’s No Rest for the Brave (2003) was introduced at the Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight and is his most successful film to date, and Stranger by the Lake (2013) won the Best Director Award in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2013. Through his establishing works King of Escape (2009) and Staying Vertical (2016), he has become one of the most prominent French directors. Also as a novelist, he published two novels, Ici commence la nuit (2014) and Rabalaïre (2021).

Kamila ANDINI

Kamila Andini is a filmmaker based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her passionate concerns for social culture, gender equality, and environmental issues have led her to make films with a distinctive perspective on storytelling. In 2011, she released her debut feature film The Mirror Never Lies (2011), which was selected for the New Currents at the Busan International Film Festival 2011. In 2017, she released her second feature The Seen and Unseen (2017), which received about 30 awards nationally and internationally, including the Grand Prix for Best Feature Film at Berlinale Generation K-plus 2018. Her third feature, Yuni (2021), won the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2021. Her fourth feature film, Nana (Before, Now & Then) (2022), won Best Supporting Performance for the Competition section at Berlinale 2022.

KASE Ryo

Kase Ryo was born on November 9, 1974 in Kanagawa, Japan. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Washington, United States, where he spent most of his childhood. Kase began his acting career in 2000 and gained his first starring role in Kumakiri Kazuyoshi’s Antena (2004). He then went on to work with several internationally renowned Japanese film directors, including Kitano Takeshi, Kore-eda Hirokazu, and Kurosawa Kiyoshi. His first appearance in an international film was in Clint Eastwood’s Letters from Iwo Jima (2006). He continued to appear in several high-profile international films including Gus Van Sant’s Restless (2011), Abbas Kiarostami’s Like Someone in Love (2012), Hong Sang-soo’s Hill of Freedom (2014), Martin Scorsese’s Silence (2017), Bel Canto (2018) and The Works and Days (2020). He is a recipient of multiple awards, including a nomination for Japan Academy Awards, Blue Ribbon Awards, Hochi Film Awards and Asian Film Awards.

LEE Eugene

Producer Lee Eugene has produced over 16 films of various subjects and genres since the foundation of her film studio, ZIP CINEMA in 2005. This includes Voice of a Murderer (2006) as the first film; Woochi (2009); All About My Wife (2012); The Priests (2015); Default (2018); #ALIVE (2019); and Broker (2022). She was awarded the Female Filmmaker of the Year in 2007, and the Golden Mulberry Award at the Udine Far East Film Festival 2015 for My Brilliant Life (2014). Also, her latest film Broker (2022) won the Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival 2022 and the ARRI Prize at the Munich International Film Festival 2022.

Jean-Michel FRODON

Jean-Michel Frodon is a journalist and film critic, who wrote for the daily Le Monde (1990-2003), was the editorial director of Cahiers du cinema (2003-2009), and now regularly writes for the online magazine Slate.fr in France. He is also a professor at Sciences Po Paris (Political Sciences Institute) and is an Honorary Professor at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He is the author and editor of many books, including Hou Hsiao-hsien (1999), Conversation avec Woody Allen (2009), Horizon cinema (2006), Le Cinéma chinois (2006), Robert Bresson (2008), La Critique de cinema (2008),Le Cinéma d’Edward Yang (2010), Le Cinéma français de la Nouvelle Vague à nos jours (2010), Cinemas of Paris (2016), The World of Jia Zhangke (2021), and Le Cinéma à l’épreuve du divers (2021). He also acts as a programmer and a curator in festivals and exhibitions.

OGIGAMI Naoko

After Ogigami Naoko graduated from Chiba University, she went to the United States to study film in graduate school at the University of Southern California. She went back to Japan in 2000 and began her filmmaking career. She received attention for her directorial debut, Yoshino’s Barber Shop (2003), which received a Special Mention in the Kinderfilmfest at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2004. Her third film, Kamome Diner (2006), has been very successful both domestically and internationally. Glasses (2007), her fourth film, received the Manfred Salzgeber Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Close-Knit (2017) received the Teddy Jury Award at the Berlin Film Festival and many other awards from all over the world. The Netflix series, Rilakkuma and Kaoru (2019), is a stop-motion animation written by Ogigami. Her latest film, Riverside Mukolitta (2021), was nominated for an award in A Window on Asian Cinema at the Busan International Film Festival in 2021.

KIM Hee-Jung

Graduated from Łódź Film School in Poland, director Kim Hee-Jung was selected for the Cannes Residency in Paris where she completed her first scenario for The Wonder Years (2007). Grape Candy (2012) earned her the Pitch & Catch Award at the Seoul International Women’s Film Festival (SIWFF) 2011. Snow Paths (2015) was selected for the JEONJU Cinema Project at the JEONJU International Film Festival (JEONJU IFF) 2015, and the film was invited to several film festivals including the Göteborg International Film Festival. A French Woman (2019) received the APM KOCCA Award at the Busan International Film Festival in 2016, and was followed by the awards for Best Actress and Best Filming at the Wildflower Film Awards 2021. Currently, she has finished filming, Where Would You Like To Go?, a selection from APM 2021, which is now in its post-production process.

WANG Bing

Wang Bing began his career as an independent filmmaker in 1999. His film, Tie Xi Qu: West Of The Tracks (2003), is an enormous documentary work of more than 9 hours that has garnered great success internationally. He is also active in video installation, fiction film, and photography as well as feature documentary. His works, including Three Sisters (2012), ′Til Madness Do Us Part (2013), and Dead Souls (2018), have been invited to many film festivals. Recognized as one of the most prominent Chinese artists and directors, he has been honored by retrospectives of his entire oeuvre in major museums, such as the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique, Centre Pompidou in Paris, and Documenta.

Ossama MOHAMMED

Born in Latakia, Syria in 1954, Ossama Mohammed graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1979. His first short documentary Step by Step (1978) was selected after 35 years to the official selection of Berlin film festival in 2013. His first fiction film Stars in Broad Daylight (1988) was selected at the Cannes Film Festival’s Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in 1988. The second feature Sacrifices (2002) was selected at the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section. After the forced exile to Paris in 2011, he began a new cinematic adventure: Silvered Water, Syria Self- Portrait (2014), which was Cannes official selection in 2014. All of his films were banned in Syria.

KIM Il-rhan

Kim Il-rhan is a documentary filmmaker and an activist for ‘PINKS: Solidarity for Sexually Minor Cultures & Human Rights’. Kim records scenes of state violence that violate human rights, produces videos capturing on-site accounts, and directs documentaries in furtherance of human-rights activism for sexual minorities. Two Doors (2012) and its sequel, The Remnants (2017), are some of Kim’s media productions from the site of Yongsan Tragedy and was acclaimed by critics. Currently, Kim is in the process of making a documentary, Edhi and Alice (2021), which is about two transgender women.

Saeed ROUSTAEE

Saeed ROUSTAEE was born in Tehran, Iran in 1989. He studied cinema in high school and then cinematography at Soore University. He first directed three short films, which won over 100 awards worldwide. His feature debut, Life and a Day (2016), won Best Directing and Best Screenplay Awards at the Fajr International Film Festival 2016, Iran’s premier film festival, and several prizes at many other international festivals. His second feature, Just 6.5 (2019), premiered at the Venice Orizzonti 2019 and won the award for Best Director at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2019. His most recent film, Leila’s Brothers (2022), was selected for the Cannes Film Festival 2022 Competition section, and won the FIPRESCI Award from the International Federation of Film Critics.

HAYAKAWA Chie

Born in Tokyo, Hayakawa Chie studied photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her short film, Niagara (2014), was selected in the Cinéfondation section at Cannes Film Festival 2014. It was also a recipient of Grand Prizes at the Seoul International Women’s Film Festival for Asian Short Film. She was awarded the Golden Camera Special Mention at Cannes Film Festival 2022 with her feature debut Plan 75 (2022), which is a remake of her own short film Plan 75, the opening segment of the anthology film Ten Years Japan (2018) produced by internationally acclaimed director Kore-eda Hirokazu.

YOON Gaeun

Director Yoon Gaeun studied history at Sogang University and continued her graduate studies in film at the School of Film, TV & Multimedia at Korea National University of Arts (K-ARTS). Starting with her debut short film, The Taste of Salvia (2009), she has written and directed Guest (2011) and Sprout (2013). Guest (2011) won the Grand Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2012, and Sprout (2013) was awarded the Crystal Bear for Best Film in the Generation Kplus Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival 2014. Subsequently, The World of Us (2016) earned her Best New Director at the Blue Dragon Awards 2016, and Best Screenplay at the Baeksang Arts Awards 2017. Her second feature The House of Us (2019) was invited to several awards including the BFI London Film Festival 2019 and the Udine Far East Film Festival 2020.

LEE Young-ae

Lee Young-ae has showcased a range of acting skills through many films, including One Fine Spring Day (2001), Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), and Bring Me Home (2019), and has established herself as a preeminent actress representing Korean cinema. Lee Young-ae, who gained much attention by taking on a challenging role in the drama series Inspector Koo (2021) after a 4-year hiatus, was previously appointed as the jury member for the International Competition section at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival.

KIM Sangkyung

Kim Sangkyung, who has continued his acting career with his latest drama series Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist (2022), has built a solid filmography based on his outstanding acting skills that have led various films to light, including Memories of Murder (2002), The Discloser (2017), and The Vanished (2017). Kim Sangkyung has been beloved by the audience for many years for his versatile acting abilities and the characters he has portrayed across all genres.

KANG Je-kyu

Director Kang Je-kyu has directed numerous milestone works in the Korean cinematic history, including Shiri (1999) and TaeGukGi: Brotherhood Of War (2004).

SHIM Jaemyung

CEO of Myung Films, Shim Jaemyung has participated in the production of various Korean films, such as Architecture 101 (2012) and I Can Speak (2017).

YOO Ji-tae

Actor Yoo Ji-tae has built a solid career throughout the years through participation in various projects from movies, such as One Fine Spring Day (2001), Old Boy (2003), and SVAHA : THE SIXTH FINGER (2018), to the drama series, Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area (2021).

JUNG Hanseok

Programmer Jung Hanseok of Busan International Film Festival has been recognized for his discernment in discovering Korean independent films and newly emerging directors.

Eija NISKANEN

Eija Niskanen is a Finnish film critic and film event coordinator. She holds an MA in Critical Studies in Film and Television from UCLA, and she also studied Japanese cinema and anime in Japan. Her expertise focuses on East Asian and South East Asian cinema and animation. She is a programming director for Helsinki Cine Aasia, Finland’s only Asian film festival, a programming curator for Asian cinema at the Helsinki International Film Festival, and one of the festival’s founding members, and a coordinator for the Finland Film Festival in Japan. She teaches Asian cinema at Helsinki University and has also written academic articles on Asian film festivals and on Asian cinema and anime. She is currently the chair of the board for Finland’s chapter of FIPRESCI.

WANG Hsin

Hsin Wang is a writer and cultural critic in Taiwan. He has published several poems, novels and cultural critics: Glacial Love (1996), Thirteen Entities of the Sea (2000 in Taiwan, 2003 in China), Wishing I Could Sleep As a Dream (2004), Elsewhere of Elsewhere (2011), Bronze Mirror (2020), and Ancient Mirror (2021). He is the jury of the Busan International Film Festival 2021, Istanbul Film Festival 2021, Stockholm International Film Festival 2021, Berlin Film Festival 2022, and Arab Cinema Center. He is also an attorney-at-law admitted in California and Taiwan.

AHN Chi-yong

A member of both the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) and the Korean Association of Film Critics, Ahn writes film critiques at Le Monde diplomatique and OhmyNews. He also contributes articles related to literature, theology, dance, and current affairs to a number of media outlets. As the Head of the ESG Research Institute and the philosophy representative of ESG Korea Corp., he promotes and supports the policy-making of ESG, sustainability, and social responsibility agendas. He was the festival director of the Life ESG Film Festival. Ahn was employed at Kyunghyang Shinmun for 22 years as an Economic, Business, Cultural, and International correspondent. He has also written and translated around 40 books.

Gerwin TAMSMA

Before becoming involved with the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 1996, Gerwin Tamsma worked as a freelance critic and editor. Among his many responsibilities at IFFR, he selected films from Korea, China, Latin America and several European countries, developed returning strands and programmes focusing on for instance emerging talents, and curated various retrospectives and thematic programmes. Tamsma also served on committees for the Hubert Bals Fund, the Dutch Film Fund and the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts. He has participated in many international film festivals as a jury member, including Locarno, Vancouver, and CPH:DOX, as well as JEONJU IFF.

Tsengel DAVAASAMBUU

Tsengel Davaasambuu (PhD) is a Mongolian film producer and distributor. She is also a professor at the Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture. She is the only Mongolian member of NETPAC since 2015. Currently, she actively travels around the film markets and festivals. She previously worked as a jury member at the SCO Film Festival, Hanoi International Film Festival, CineMalaya, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, and Busan International Youth and Kids Film Festival.

KIM Donghyun

KIM Donghyun is the festival director of the Seoul Independent Film Festival (SIFF). In order to bring new independent filmmakers to light, she remains active in various fields. Kim has distributed and marketed a number of independent films that were screened at SIFF. Beginning with the documentary Jam Docu KANGJUNG (2011), she has produced films including Cinema with You (2017), A Daytime Picnic (2018), and Citizen Pane (2022). Currently, she is a lecturer of independent film studies at Korea National University of Arts School of Film and TV & Multimedia at the Yonsei University Graduate School of Communication & Arts. Kim has also been one of the nine Korean Film Council’s (KOFIC) committee members since 2022.

JEONG Gayoung

Jeong Gayoung has worked in filmmaking since 2016. Her independent short films include Bitch on the Beach (2016), Hit the Night (2017), Heart (2019), Love Jo. Right Now. (2017), What’s Wrong With Me? K K (2015) In 2021, she released her first commercial movie, Nothing Serious (2021).

JUNG Byounggak

Born in 1960 in Iksan, Jeonbuk, Jung Byounggak majored in Social Studies at Korea University, and taught film studies at KAFA. He directed Corset (1996), Seventeen (1998), and Ssanahui Sunjeong (2021).

JUNG Sekyo

Starting as a member of the shooting team for Ginko Bed 2 (2000) and Failan (2001), Jung Sekyo worked as a member of numerous film crews and lighting teams, as well as serving as assistant director before debuting with the documentary, Roaring Currents: The Road of the Admiral (2015), in 2015. He directed the film O! Moon-hee in 2020.

YOON Seongho

Yoon, who just wrote a new chapter in the book of K-political drama with Political Fever (2021), is one of the most prolific filmmakers of our times. Since his first feature film Milky Way Liberation Front (2007), Yoon has demonstrated impressive prolificity across shorts, features and TV series. No other word can describe his filmography better than ‘omni-directional,’ as his untiring quest for a new form of story is plain to see.

CHANG Youngyoup

Chang Youngyoup is the CEO of cine 21, one of Korea’s most respected film journals. She has served as a juror at the Jeonju International Film Festival, the Seoul International Women’s Film Festival, the Jecheon International Music & Film Festival, and the Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards. She is the co-author Cineastes Described by Cineastes and What Will a Movie Become?.

KIM Yoonmi

Kim Yoonmi is a founder and CEO of OAL Media Contents Group. Since 2000, she has worked on Megabox, Showbox, MK Pictures, and CGV Movie Collage film business teams, handling theaters, distribution, and investments. The films she handled include Addiction (2002), TaeGukGi: Brotherhood Of War (2004), The Big Swindle (2004), Marathon (2005), Traffickers (2012), Let Me In (2013), Jiseul (2013), and The Shameless (2015). In 2013, she founded OAL and invested in and distributed Another Family (2014), and later produced the web drama series I Eat, Therefore I Am (2015) as well as the feature films Insane (2016), OK Madam (2020), and Diva (2020). She won the Best Women in Film Korea Award for Insane (2016).

KIM Hyungkoo

With the encouragement of his father, a connoisseur of fine art, Kim Hyungkoo studied photography as a university student. Beginning in 1988, he worked as a crew member on numerous films, including Chil-su and Man-su (1988) and The Age of Success (1997). He served as the director of photography for Peppermint Candy (1999), One Fine Spring Day (2001), Memories of Murder (2006), The Host (2006), Unbowed (2011), Nobody’s Daughter Haewon (2012), On the beach at night alone (2016), Grass (2017), Hotel by the River (2018), and Please Don't Save Me (2017). He won Best Cinematography at the Daejong Film Awards in 1999, and 2005, the Korea Film Awards in 2003 and 2006, the Blue Dragon Film Award in 2003, and the Golden Cinema Film Festival Awared in 2008. He is currently a professor at the Korea National University of Arts.

JAE Chang-gu

Beginning with his short film, Adolescence (2002), Jae Chang-gu has produced films every year, including Sund@y Seoul (2004), Silk Shoes (2006), Family Matters (2006), Before the Summer Passes Away (2007), People of Seoul Metropolitan City (2007), Lovers (2008), If You Were Me 5 (2011), Stranger than Jesus (2018), and Stranger than the Beyond (2021). Adolescence (2002) won the Best Director Award at the Busan International Short Film Festival, the Best Film Award at the Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival, and the Best Film Award at the Korea Visual Arts Festival. He is currently a professor at Dongseo University Im Kwon Taek College of Film and Arts.

UM Hyejung

Um Hyejung worked for several years as a cinematographer on projects such as I Can Fly to You But You… (Kim Youngnam 2001), invited to the 54th Cannes Film Festival; and Fingerprint (Cho Gyuok, 2004) screened at the 9th Busan International Film Festival and the 8th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and the 3rd Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival, where she won the award for best cinematography. Later, Um was invited to the 57th Cannes Critics Week with her short film Home Sweet Home (2004). She worked for director Lee Sooyeon's omnibus feature Modern Family (2012) and later won the 18th Women's Film of the Year Technical Award for Bluebird (2017). She is active in various capacities, including recently working as a filming director for director Kim Jinmin's Netflix original series Extracurricular (2020).

KIM Nayeoung

Kim Nayeoung’s films include Here Comes the Rain (2014), Running Photos (2015), and In the Dust of Time (2016). Kim has written for Critic b, published by the Busan Film Critic’s Association, and for Indie Critic, published by the Association of Busan Independent Film. She is currently a member of the steering committee of the Association of Busan Independent Film.

KIM Minwoo

Kim Minwoo is a writer for Critic b, a magazine published by the Busan Film Critic’s Association, and for Indie Critic, published by the Association of Busan Independent Film. He is currently a member of the editorial board of BEOTT, an OTT film criticism magazine, and an executive secretary of the Busan Film Critic’s Association.

LEE Sangkyeong

Lee Sankyeong works as an editor and writer for Critic b, a magazine published by the Busan Film Critic’s Association, and for Indie Critic, published by the Association of Busan Independent Film. He is also the director and preliminary judge of the Association of Busan Independent Film.