Kim Jeewoon made his directorial debut with The Quiet Family (1998), which was invited to three major international fantastic film festivals, winning the Grand Prize at the Fantasporto - Oporto International Film Festival 1999. He broadened his range by exploring various genres through films such as The Foul King (2000) and A Tale of Two Sisters (2003). The latter gained international recognition, notably receiving the top prize at the Gerardmer International Fantastic Film Festival and several other festivals. His critically acclaimed works A Bittersweet Life (2005) and The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) were invited to major international festivals such as he Busan International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Notably, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) earned him Best Director awards including the Sitges Film Festival and the Blue Dragon Film Awards. I Saw the Devil (2010) received further accolades at prestigious international festivals. The Age of Shadows (2016) won both Best Director and Best Film at major domestic award ceremonies. In 2013, he became the first Korean filmmaker to direct a Hollywood feature film with The Last Stand (2013).
Most recently, his 10th feature film Cobweb (2023) was officially invited to the Out of Competition section at the Cannes Film Festival, and it earned him multiple Best Director awards in Korea. He is currently working on his second U.S. feature film, The Hole.

Mattie Do was born and raised in Los Angeles by Lao and Vietnamese refugees of the American War in Vietnam, but returned permanently to Laos a decade ago.
Her debut film, Chanthaly (2013), was the first Lao film screened internationally outside of Southeast Asia. Following the success of her debut film, she was selected for talent development programs at major international film festivals, including Berlinale Talents and Cannes’ La Fabrique Cinema. Her second feature film, Dearest Sister (2016), became the first Lao submission in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards 2018. Her third feature film, The Long Walk (2019), was invited to the Venice International Film Festival 2019 and the Busan International Film Festival 2019. It earned her the Best Director award at the Sitges Film Festival 2019 for Noves Visions
Mattie played a pivotal role in developing Laos’s film industry, helping the government build infrastructure for international co-productions and producing the country''s first collaborations with the United States, Japan, and Europe. She is the first and currently the only female feature filmmaker from Laos.

Park Junghun began his career in cinematography as part of the camera crew for ChiHwaSeon (2002), directed by Im Kwon-taek. He continued to work steadily on auteur-driven films such as Grape Candy (2012) and Snow Paths (2015).
His first commercial feature as cinematographer, The Villainess (2017), was officially invited to the non-competition section of the Cannes Film Festival 2017. For this film, he received critical acclaim, winning Best Cinematography at both the Buil Film Awards and the Grand Bell Award in Korea. Since then, he has expanded his distinctive cinematic vision through diverse works including Herstory (2017), Door Lock (2018), A French Woman (2019), and Voice of Silence (2019). In recognition of his expertise, he served as a jury member for the CGK Award at the Busan International Film Festival in 2020 and 2024.
More recently, he has been actively working on both feature films such as Where Would You Like to Go (2022), Victory (2024), and Dirty Money (2024), as well as various OTT series.