Isabelle GLACHANT is a Beijing and Paris-based producer of acclaimed Chinese filmmakers such as Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, Lu Chuan and Wang Bing. In recent years, she also branched out to Southeast Asia with producing credits on Indonesian titles MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS (Cannes 2017) and ABRACADABRA (2019). She also founded Asian Shadows, an international sales and distribution company which has represented SITI (Rotterdam 2014), DIE TOMORROW (Berlin 2017) and MEMORIES OF MY BODY (Venice 2018), among others.
Juho Kuosmanen (Finland)
Juho Kuosmanen (b. 1979) is a Helsinki-based filmmaker who graduated from ELO Helsinki Film School of Aalto University in 2014. His first two films won prizes in Cannes Film Festival. THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI, his feature debut, was the 2016 Cannes Un Certain Regard winner, while his latest, COMPARTMENT NO. 6 (2021), won the Cannes Grand Prix. Besides making award-winning films, he has directed avant-garde opera and theater. He also makes silent short films with live music and foleys. He is the co-founder and artistic director of a small film festival in his birth town Kokkola.
Guillaume Mainguet (France)
Head of Produire au Sud at Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes, France, Mainguet has coordinated producers’ workshops in Bangkok, Taipei, Durban and other places around the world. He has also directed several short films, including THE GIRL AND THE DOGS (2014, co-dir, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight) and the award-winning VINCENT BEFORE NOON (2019).
Raymond Phathanavirangoon (Thailand)
Raymond Phathanavirangoon is the Executive Director for SEAFIC. Previously, he was the international programmer for Toronto International Film Festival as well as Programme Consultant for Hong Kong International Film Festival and Cannes Critics' Week. Prior to that, he was Director of Marketing & Special Projects (Acquisitions) for sales agent Fortissimo Films. He acted as Reading Committee Member for Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) and was advisory member of Asian Film Awards. He was festival jury at Berlin, Sarajevo, Seattle, Antalya, Jecheon and others. His producing credits include Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s SAMUI SONG and HEADSHOT, Boo Junfeng's APPRENTICE, Josh Kim’s HOW TO WIN AT CHECKERS (EVERY TIME), Pang Ho-Cheung’s DREAM HOME, among others.
Franz Rodenkirchen (Germany)
Franz RODENKIRCHEN is one of the most respected international script advisors, teachers, and tutors in his field. With Françoise von Roy he runs Script Circle, a bi-monthly script development workshop in Berlin and the script consulting training “Six Days of Practice“. Franz also works as a tutor for international script development labs. Previous projects he helped consult on include Rotterdam Tiger winner SUZHOU RIVER, Berlin Golden Bear winner TOUCH ME NOT, and Oscar Best Foreign Film winner A FANTASTIC WOMAN.
SEAFIC Seed Lab Selection Committee
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Guillaume Mainguet (France)
Head of Produire au Sud at Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes, France, Mainguet has coordinated producers’ workshops in Bangkok, Taipei, Durban and other places around the world. He has also directed several short films, including THE GIRL AND THE DOGS (2014, co-dir, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight) and the award-winning VINCENT BEFORE NOON (2019).
Komtouch Napattaloong (Thailand)
Previously the curator of films for the SAC Anthropology Center in Bangkok and producer of the 2019 Thai doc SOIL WITHOUT LAND (Visions du Réel, Special Jury Prize at TIDF), Napattaloong is the current Lab Manager for SEAFIC. In addition, he directed the 2015 short film MOTHERLAND (LAAPFF, AustinFF, SalentoIFF, and Thai Short Film and Video Festival), made a Cuban short film EL CIELO during the 2016 “Filming in Cuba with Abbas Kiarostami” workshop, and is currently working on his 1st feature doc HOURS OF OURS.
Raymond Phathanavirangoon (Thailand)
Raymond Phathanavirangoon is the Executive Director for SEAFIC. Previously, he was the international programmer for Toronto International Film Festival as well as Programme Consultant for Hong Kong International Film Festival and Cannes Critics' Week. Prior to that, he was Director of Marketing & Special Projects (Acquisitions) for sales agent Fortissimo Films. He acted as Reading Committee Member for Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) and was advisory member of Asian Film Awards. He was festival jury at Berlin, Sarajevo, Seattle, Antalya, Jecheon and others. His producing credits include Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s SAMUI SONG and HEADSHOT, Boo Junfeng's APPRENTICE, Josh Kim’s HOW TO WIN AT CHECKERS (EVERY TIME), Pang Ho-Cheung’s DREAM HOME, among others.