SAN DANECH (Cambodia)

San Danech worked as Casting Assistant and Assistant Production Manager on DIAMOND ISLAND by Davy Chou (Cannes Critics’ Week 2016), Production Manager on LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU SMILING by Kavich Neang (Rotterdam 2019), and Production Coordinator on ONODA: 10000 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE by Arthur Harari (Cannes Un Certain Regard 2021). Her first short film, A MILLION YEARS (2018), won Best Southeast Asian Short at Singapore Film Festival and the Arte Award at Kurzfilm Hamburg. SUNRISE IN MY MIND (2020), her second short, premiered in Busan Wide Angle Short competition and screened at the Singapore Film Festival shorts competition and Berlin Critics’ Week, among others.

SAM MANACSA (The Philippines)

Sam Manacsa worked as Art Director on award-winning films such as Carlo Francisco Manatad’s WHETHER THE WEATHER IS FINE (Locarno Junior Jury Award 2021) and Giancarlo Abrahan’s PLEASE • CARE (2017) and SILA-SILA (2019), among others. After her first short I WANTED TO SAY HELLO, SO I WROTE A SONG (2015), her second, IF PEOPLE SUCH AS WE CEASE TO EXIST (2016), was selected in Clermont-Ferrand Competition as well as Kurzfilmtage Winterthur and SeaShorts competition. She is an alumnus of 2019 Asian Film Academy.

Her short film CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE, workshopped at SEAFIC Seed Lab, world premieres at Venice Orizzonti 2023 short competition

SHOKI LIN (Singapore)

Shoki Lin studied Digital Filmmaking at Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media. His first short film, CHANGI (2017), won Best Picture at Singapore’s National Youth Film Awards. After another short film JOSS (2018), CHASING PAPER (2018), his third, was in Busan Wide Angle Short competition. His thesis short film ADAM (2019) premiered at Cannes Cinefondation competition and won prizes worldwide. His latest, NEWBORN (2020), was the opening short film at Singapore International Film Festival.

TULAPOP SAENJAROEN (Thailand)

Tulapop Saenjaroen received his MFA in Fine Art Media from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, and MA in Aesthetics and Politics from California Institute of the Arts. His short NIGHTFALL (2016), co-directed with Anocha Suwichakornpong, screened at Locarno and Oberhausen. His solo work A ROOM WITH A COCONUT VIEW was shown in Locarno and Rotterdam and won at Kurzfilmtage Winterthur. 2020’s PEOPLE ON SUNDAY premiered in Rotterdam, while 2021’s SQUISH! was in Locarno Leopards of Tomorrow competition. His latest short, NOTES FROM THE PERIPHERY (2021), screened at Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema and will be in Singapore Film Festival short film competition.

His short film MANGOSTEEN, workshopped at SEAFIC Seed Lab, world premiered at Berlin Forum Expanded 2023

VIET VU (Vietnam)

Viet Vu commenced his filmmaking path with a screenwriting course at Hanoi Film Program (2010) as well as various documentary workshops at Hanoi Doclab. His debut fiction short, ANT-MAN (2018), won the Purin Award at SeaShorts and was in the Singapore Film Festival shorts competition. 2020’s AN ACT OF AFFECTION premiered in Locarno Leopards of Tomorrow competition, while 2021’s THE ETERNAL SPRINGTIME was screened at Rotterdam Tiger Shorts Competition. He completed his DOC NOMADS Master Degree in Documentary Film Directing in July 2021 and is a 2021 Berlinale Talents alumnus.