Bandung, Indonesia

Is currently a student at Gadjah Mada University Faculty of Philosophy. Interested in issues around equality, coloniality, and audio-visual culture. At the moment resides in Bandung and is actively involved in the editorial of Cinémanic Magazine

Bali, Indonesia

Born in 1999, she goes by many names and abilities. Currently studying film in Yogyakarta. A multidisciplinary artist but recently not able to hold her first exhibition for Asana Bina Seni due to clashing schedules and pandemic,  creative director for Coldiac (a four-piece pop band coming from the East of the Java Island, they’re good!), sometimes writing because she started to like it, also occasionally doing video editing. Above all of that, she always considers herself as a medium explorer, being explorative and not trapped in her own cage is her way of living. Although she is sometimes exhausted, she always enjoys every second of it. This year, currently struggling living within the pandemic. Aren’t we all?

Jakarta, Indonesia

A 2000s kid. RD is a film student in Universitas Multimedia Nusantara, a freelance screenwriter for feature-length films, and currently the creative director of a small production house, Poolside Studios. Occasionally watch and discuss films with his friends at Popsicle UMN. RD’s adolescent habit of capturing moments everywhere he goes with his DSLR would later evolve to a passion for art, cinema, and culture. He believes culture is an essential part of understanding each other, and understanding life itself. His works often reflect the intricacy and intimacy of life and human relationships. Right now, RD is focusing on honing his craft in directing and screenwriting. Other than that, he is constantly practicing his critical thinking by reading and writing on topics that resonate with him.

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

A dancing dork and Disney storyteller who is currently preparing her academic review on La La Land’s Mia Dolan. Her passion in writing, as well as stage performing, has evolved in the past three years. She aspires to work in the field of language, art, and culture – while running a personal blog with cute template, incorporating dance projects, and taking internships as a writer to enrich her knowledge and experience.

Film Programmer

Singapore

Leong Puiyee is a film programmer and manager based in Singapore. She is a Senior Manager at Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film

https://leongpuiyee.com/

Filmmaker, Actor

Los Angeles, USA

Trevor Zhou is a writer/director who uses stories to play with convention and expectation to encourage wonder and self-reflection. Being an immigrant, his stories center around identity, family, and unearthing our personal truths.

Made in China and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Trevor studied Chinese Studies, psychology and philosophy at the University of Michigan. It didn’t make his parents proud but it armed him with a curiosity to examine the world around him.

He fell into acting when he was serendipitously cast as a “real person” in a national commercial saying the word “trains.” Reviews of his performance were favorable. Through acting, he’s discovered a passion to tell very personal stories inspired by his experiences.

His most recent short thriller/horror, Out of Order, is currently on the festival circuit. Trevor is currently working on his directorial feature debut, Ann Arbor, a bittersweet love letter to his hometown.

Film Critic

Jakarta, Indonesia

Eric Sasono is a film critic who obtained his doctorate in film studies at King’s College London, England in 2019. He was a member of the supervisory board of the Jakarta International Film Festival and the Indonesian Documentary Film Center or InDocs (2009-2019). Now Eric works in a non-governmental organization in Jakarta. Sometimes he publishes on ericsasono.com.

Writer

Melbourne, Australia

Jemma Purdey is a Fellow at the Australia-Indonesia Centre (AIC). She has written widely on Indonesian politics and contemporary history and about Australia’s relationship with Indonesia. Her books include Anti-Chinese Violence in Indonesia, 1996-1998 (2006) and From Vienna to Yogyakarta: The life of Herb Feith (2011) and she is co-author with Antje Missbach and Dave McRae of Indonesia: State and Society in Transition (2019).

Jemma is Chair of the board and Commissioning Editor of the magazine Inside Indonesia, co-host of the podcast Talking Indonesia and founding Director of the AIC’s ReelOzInd! Australia Indonesia Short Film Competition & Festival.

Filmmaker, Programmer at BISFF

Busan, Korea

Sébastien Simon is a filmmaker, a cinema and photography teacher at Dongseo University in Busan, a programmer for Busan International Short Film Festival, a board member of the Short Film Conference, and a writer for Busan Beat magazine. He also contributed for several years to Slamdance Film Festival, Rencontres Cinématographiques de Cavaillon, Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, and Jeju French Film Festival. His latest works as director include One-minded (2014), Tetsu Kono’s crazy routine (2016), and The Troubled Troubadour (2016). He graduated from the E.S.E.C film school and from Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne.

Tampere, Finland

Jukka-Pekka Laakso is the festival director of Tampere Film Festival, a member of European Film Academy, and the executive director for Pirkanmaa Film Centre,a local film centre in Tampere(Finlandia). The film centre is a non-profit organisation that runs an art-house cinema, distributes films in Finland and works extensively with media education.

Manila, Philippines

Oggs Cruz is a corporate lawyer by profession. As a film critic, he has contributed articles and reviews to print publications such as Businessworld, The Philippine Star, Rogue Magazine, and the Philippine Free Press. He is currently reviewing films for Rappler. He has written articles for various film books, including The Philippine New Wave, edited by Khavn dela Cruz, and Kidlat Tahimik, funded by the Jeonju International Film Festival. He was selected to take part in the Berlinale Talent Press, a section of the Berlinale Talent Campus that specializes in the training of film critics and film journalists and has also been part of several selection committees of various film festivals in the Philippines, including Cinemalaya, Cinema One, and Quezon City Film Festival.