Zhang Lu is an ethnic Korean born in Yanbian. His first short film Eleven (2000) was invited to Venice International Film Festival and gained acclaim for this achievement. His feature debut, Tang Poetry (2003) was invited to film festivals such as Locarno International Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival. Grain in Ear (2005) was the winner of New Currents Award at Busan International Film Festival and ACID Award at Cannes Critic’s Week, and Desert Dream (2007) which was nominated for the Golden Bear award at Berlin International Film Festival. Afterwards, he directed the film series Chongqing (2007) and Iri (2008), set in two cities of Korea and China. Zhang has continued his career with the films including Dooman River (2009) which is the winner of NETPAC Award at the Busan International Film Festival 2010, Gyeongju (2014), A Quiet Dream (2016), and Fukuoka (2019). Notably, A Quiet Dream was screened as the opening film of the Busan International Film Festival 2016. His latest film The Shadowless Tower (2023) was featured in the competition section of Berlin International Film Festival, and received five awards including Best Artistic Contribution and Best Screenplay at the Beijing International Film Festival. In addition, he served as a professor at Yonsei University from 2012 for about 8 years fostering new talents.

Kamila Andini is an award-winning Indonesian film director and scriptwriter working in various extended medium; films, theatre, visual art, TV series and some other audio-visual works. Her concern of social culture, gender equity and environmental issue lead her passion to make films with a distinctive perspective of telling a story.
She made a feature debut titled The Mirror Never Lies (2011) and her second film The Seen and Unseen (2017) won the International Grand Prix for Best Feature Film at Berlinale’s Generation Kplus in 2018.
Her last two films Yuni (2021) won the Platform Prize at Toronto International Film Festival, and Before, Now & Then (2022) won the Silver Bear award for Best Supporting Actress at Berlin International Film Festival. She released Indonesia’s first Netflix original series Cigarette Girl (2023), following her passion and intention to create more female perspective modern-local stories for a global audience.

Urata Hideho is a cinematographer based in Singapore, originally from Japan. He embarked on his career in the United States, where he honed his skills and artistic vision. Urata has garnered widespread recognition for his exceptional talent, notably through his work on acclaimed films such as A Land Imagined (2018), which earned the prestigious Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. His mastery behind the lens has been lauded with awards such as Best Director of Photography at Valladolid International Film Festival and Achievement in Cinematography at Asia Pacific Screen Awards. In recent times, Urata's significant contributions to cinema, exemplified in films like Plan 75 (2022), have received acclaim, including a Special Mention at Cannes Film Festival and a nomination for Best Cinematography at the Asian Film Awards in 2023. Noteworthy recent projects encompass Last Shadow at First Light (2023), A Girl Named Ann (2024), The Box Man (2024), and Stranger Eyes (2024). In addition to his cinematic endeavors, Urata has served as a distinguished senior lecturer in Film at the University of the Arts Singapore since 2011, further enriching the next generation of filmmakers with his expertise and passion.