A medical student turned filmmaker, James Cho makes his directorial debut with <11''15>. Cho has worked across Canada, the U.S., and South Korea, bringing a perspective shaped by clinical rigor and diasporic experience — telling unfiltered, urgent stories that reflect the world as it is, not as we wish it were.
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Chad Townsend is an experienced visual storyteller, researcher and project manager. He is passionate about untold human stories throughout history and respectfully shares these often-overlooked narratives. Chad transitioned into documentary filmmaking mid-career. Through connections developed originally through his care of history, he gained mutual respect of the Japanese Canadian community.
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Marc is an award-winning filmmaker based in Vancouver, BC, working across directing, cinematography, and editing. His shorts have screened on the festival circuit, including Grandma''s 80th Surprise (2019), Dirty Laundry (2020), REVERSE (2021), and White Lady (2022). His latest, the bilingual Filipino-Korean romantic comedy 500 Words for Yeoreum (2026), premiered at VAFF30 as a MAMM21 finalist, winning Best Editing, People''s Choice Best Film, and Best Performance.
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Yoshihiro Tamura is a Japanese filmmaker whose documentaries and narrative films explore social issues, particularly in the fields of healthcare and social welfare. Through warm, imaginative storytelling, he seeks to illuminate individual experiences that are often overlooked or difficult to express.
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Sayani is an acclaimed Indian actor. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII, Pune), she has built a 14-year career defined by fierce & unconventional choices across film, theatre, and streaming. This has been a 17 yearlong dream that has finally come to fruition.
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Based in Los Angeles and Vancouver, Bangladeshi-Canadian filmmaker Wahid Ibn Reza has a distinct creative voice shaped by his path from engineering to the arts. With more than a decade of VFX and animation experience, he’s contributed to Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated projects. He has also directed live-action and animated shorts, rooted in sci-fi, fantasy, comedy and action. With a BFA in Film Production and a BS in Mechanical Engineering, Reza blends technical precision with bold, imaginative storytelling.
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Jordan, Jake, and Valeria were united by a desire to connect with Taiwan''s cultural history and progressive stance on same-sex marriage. With funding and support from the MFARR-Asia SSHRC Partnership, led by Prof. Peter A Newman at the U of T Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, the trio traveled to Taiwan to uncover evolving stories of resilience, identity, and family that are recounted in their film.
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Andrea Bang and Diana Bang are Korean-Canadian actors, writers, directors and sisters based out of Vancouver. Together, they have collaborated on the short films “Karaoke Mamas”, “In Loving Memory” and “One Last Walk”. They aim to tell stories that shed light on those who often feel unseen.
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Syra McCarthy (she/her, Director) is a 5’2 half Filipino, half New Zealander first generation American filmmaker and actor whose portfolio spans national commercials, music videos and short films. As an actor she is known for her work in The Dropout, Greys Anatomy & Josephine. Kyle Casey Chu (Panda Dulce) is a Queer Transfemme Chinese-American screenwriter, Author, former punk saxophonist and Drag Story Hour (DSH) co-founder. In 2022, far-right extremists stormed her DSH, making global headlines. She now writes Queer & Trans People of Color-centered novels and films that balance gritty, bombastic comedy with heart.
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Frank W Chen is a Taiwanese Canadian director based in New York City. His debut Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story was nominated for Best Documentary at the 55th Golden Horse Awards. His film Decathlon: The CK Yang and Rafer Johnson Story won Bronze at the NY Festival TV&Film Awards.
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Rafael is a 2024 Center for Asian American Media Fellow and receives mentorship from Tadashi Nakamura. In 2016, Rafael represented the Kodiak History Museum at the National Arts and Humanities Youth Programs Award, where Michelle Obama highlighted his contributions to photography and filmmaking. Rafael’s work has garnered support from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Alaska Humanities Forum. Beyond filmmaking, he teaches digital storytelling to youth and educators across Alaska through the nonprofit See Stories. The power of film and service fuels him to uplift others with dignity. Rafael is a Coca-Cola, Tillman, Horatio Alger, and Live Más Scholar with a B.S. in Hotel Administration from Cornell University and is currently a graduate student at Stanford University.
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Aryan Anand is a director, designer, and animator from New Delhi, India, based in Brooklyn, New York. His works spans TV animation at broadcast studios, design for mission-driven non-profits, and exciting indie productions.
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Yash is either crafting in the dark edit suite or throwing around heavy weight at a CrossFit gym. Deciding to challenge himself this year, Yash pitched to direct a MAMM21 ultra short - and now here he is, doing his best to entertain everyone within a minute!
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Katelyn is a multidisciplinary animator and filmmaker with a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology''s School of Film and Animation, and practice in Visual Culture Studies. Katelyn’s films have screened internationally at the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International, the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology, the ASIFA-East Animation Festival, the CICA Museum in South Korea, and many more. She is continuing her filmmaking practice in New Jersey, and is an ambassador for the non-profit, Urban Arts Partnership in NYC.
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Sonia Chou is a Taiwanese filmmaker and Vancouver Film School graduate based in Vancouver. Drawing from her experiences living across Taiwan, Australia, and Canada, she creates intimate, character-driven stories exploring identity, cultural expectations, family, and belonging, with a particular interest in the quiet complexities of everyday life.
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Prabhjit Singh Sabharwal is a Sikh director who was born and raised in British Columbia. His passion for sports and storytelling has lead him to make and premier films across the world, including New Zealand and Japan.
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Starting his creative journey with childhood comics, Lee Daehan studied film and became a director, mastering writing, editing, and cinematography. Grounded in horror, his work confronts human violence and anxiety through a pessimistic lens. Following its 2025 Japanese world premiere, his debut feature DEBONE continues international festival screenings.
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Craig Madokoro is a third-generation Japanese Canadian filmmaker, writer, producer, and animator based in Vancouver. With 29 years of experience producing educational media, Craig brings storytelling and visual production expertise to his independent films. His debut short, Echoes of the Tide, explores family, memory, resilience, and Japanese Canadian history.
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Joella Cabalu is a Filipino-Canadian filmmaker whose documentaries examine intimacies, identities and relationships with wit, care and emotional precision. Her award-winning work brings playfulness and nuance to complex social dynamics. In First Comes Love: Nakabingwit, her first feature as writer-director, Cabalu reshapes the rom-com into a contemporary documentary about interracial relationships, communication and the courage it takes to truly see one another.
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Xinhui Ma is an animation director and visual artist whose work explores identity, trauma, and cultural intersection through hand-drawn, surreal storytelling. Her films have screened internationally, and her work has been supported by the NYC Women’s Fund. She has also collaborated with Google, Android, MTV, Sony, and Pepsi.
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Marc Rende grew up just west of Toronto, Ontario and moved there to attend Toronto Metropolitan University. In the RTA School of Media, him and his crew combine their passion for basketball and culture in their senior thesis documentary Generational: The Story of Asian Roots Collective.
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Jimmy Lo is an award-winning filmmaker, educator from Hong Kong, now based in Canada. Stories of Pang Jai (2024) won Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography at Vancouver Asian Film Festival and was nominated for the Human Rights Award at South Taiwan Film Festival. His second feature doc Give and Take (2025), which explores the post-2019 Hong Kong immigrants in Canada. His films have screened internationally. Jimmy holds an MFA in Film Production from UBC.
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I''ve always wanted to make an animation truly showing Hong Kong authentically, mixing old school/classic things you see in the golden age of Hong Kong cinema, but with a modern twist and a little of my humour! I hope you enjoy this part of my culture that is very dear to my heart.
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Joey Lee Choi Kin is a Malaysian filmmaker and writer. Her work explores memory, womanhood, and the quiet pursuit of freedom and belonging. An alumna of the Busan Asian Film School, she founded Passionate World. HER SECOND ACT is her debut feature.
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Amir Arab is an award-winning independent filmmaker, writer, and director. A Vancouver Film School graduate, his culturally bridging short films and stage plays that explore memory, identity, and resilience. Recognized globally at festivals like VAFF and CIFT, Amir blends bold storytelling with a distinctive visual style forged through hands-on collaboration.
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Thomas Percy Kim is a Korean-American writer/director – his first short, SI, sold to HBO Max, and BUSAN, 1999 qualified for the 2023 Oscars. A Sundance and TIFF fellow, he crowdfunded his debut feature ISLE CHILD at 22yo and is now developing his second feature, STARING AT THE SUN.
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Brampton born and Jersey raised, Jaskaran Singh is a Sikh-Canadian filmmaker whose work explores identity, belonging, and inclusion, with a focus on bringing South Asian voices and experiences to the screen. His short films include A TURBAN & A BEARD, ME|HER, and COPELESS, exploring Sikh identity, love, generational trauma, guilt, and grief. His debut feature, JERSEY BOY, is the culmination of that exploration, a deeply personal story inspired by his experience growing up in the aftermath of 9/11. The screenplay was a Quarterfinalist for the 2022 Academy Nicholl Fellowships, named to The CAPE List in 2021 (curated by The Black List), and won the 2020 Whistler Film Festival Power Pitch. Now completed, JERSEY BOY premiered at CAAMFest 2026 and is making its way across the festival circuit now.
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G. Amarnath Sankar is a Vancouver-based filmmaker, writer, and producer from Kerala. His award-winning debut short Kaippakka won Best First Time Director and Best Performance at MAMM. An engineer by profession, he creates intimate, character-driven stories exploring identity, belonging, immigrant experience, and human connection across cultures with emotional honesty and visual sensitivity.
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A Japanese filmmaker from Okinawa, based in Vancouver, his work is defined by curiosity and emotional honesty. Drawing inspiration from music, sports, and everyday moments, he creates resonant narratives exploring youth, identity, and cultural connection.
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Alireza Kazemipour, Iranian-Canadian filmmaker, with 2-decades of experience as a screenwriter in Iran. He holds a master''s in Cinema Studies and has directed award-winning shorts including Hatch (2024), The Gold Teeth (2022), Split Ends (2022), and The Blue Bed (2020), recognized in over 230 film festivals worldwide, championing social justice, women''s rights, and immigrant issues.
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Son Minkyu graduated from Seoil University’s Department of Theater and Film and earned a master’s degree from Hanyang University. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Theater and Film at Hanyang University and teaches in the Department of Media and Visual Studies at Baekseok Culture University.
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Zaarin Bushra is an award-winning actor, and filmmaker from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Jay Mehta is a multidisciplinary artist and emerging director with a focus on visual development and world-building. With experience leading creative teams across animation production, he brings a strong understanding of both artistic and technical pipelines. His debut film, Love & Strife, showcases his interest in storytelling through gorgeous visuals.
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Here''s the bio cut to 50 words: Jeziah Rabbi Salvar was born in Davao, Philippines, where he earned a Mining Engineering degree before discovering filmmaking. Self-taught, he worked as a freelance videographer and editor, later editing for YouTubers. Now studying film at Confederation College in Canada, he tells grounded stories of ordinary people navigating love, loss, memory, and hope.
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Colin Galeste is a Los Angeles based Filipino and Chinese filmmaker and a recent graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. Colin has a passion for telling Asian-centered stories that blend universal themes, culturally specific detail, and a sense of wonder.
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Jaymee Mak is a Chinese-Malaysian-Australian-Canadian filmmaker, actor and video game producer based in Vancouver. She recurred in Supergirl as a reporter, telling her dad she finally used her journalism degree. Growing up, Jaymee hated her body. She’d punch and pull at her belly fat, wishing she could just pull it off. So she made MY FAT CAME ALIVE. --- Kevin Ang is a Chinese-Filipino-Canadian filmmaker and animator based in Vancouver. He’s worked on multiple big budget films such as Deadpool 2, Amazing Spider-man and Backrooms. His upcoming short films After Party and Kong Kong''s House of Kung Fu are recipients of the Screen BC Short Film Award and Telus Storyhive Pan-Asian Storyteller grants respectively.
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Michael Hitoshi Maddeaux is a Toronto-based director and cinematographer. As a 4th generation Japanese-Canadian director, Michael is interested in telling personal stories that explore topics including intergenerational trauma and cultural identity. His work as a director has screened at festivals such as Hot Docs and the Toronto Buffer Festival.
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Anh (Autumn) Pham is a Deaf Queer Vietnamese-Canadian writer and director based in the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, or more commonly known as Vancouver, Canada. They are originally from Hanoi, Vietnam. They are a tech worker by day; during their free time, they write about disability, accessibility, art, and technology. No Barriers is their first short film - their writing and directorial debut.
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Kel Kitagawa is a Writer/Director based in Toronto. They write comedies centered around intersectional identities and personal growth, while integrating visual language from internet culture.
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Born and raised in Vancouver, moved to Los Angeles and currently in New Mexico: working in film/TV production for the last couple decades as a location manager and producer, as well as developing numerous screenplays and projects.
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Kendra Eyles is a Filipina-Canadian storyteller based in Kelowna, BC. As an emerging screenwriter, director, and producer, she draws from lived experience to tell emotionally honest stories exploring identity, family, and the bittersweet complexities of human connection, often lingering in the uncomfortable spaces people tend to avoid.
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Sanam Sheriff is a queer poet, performer, and educator from Bangalore, India. Their debut poetry collection HUM ہم won the Backwaters Press Poetry Prize and will be published by the University of Nebraska Press in October, 2026. Sanam’s work has appeared in POETRY, the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, Indiana Review, The Rumpus, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Offing, The Adroit Journal, Outlook India, and elsewhere. Sonali Gulati is a Guggenheim Fellow and has screened her films at over 500 film festivals. She is a desi independent filmmaker, a feminist, a queer rights activist, and an educator. She teaches film at Virginia Commonwealth University''s School of the Arts in the department of Photography & Film. She has an MFA in Film & Media Arts from Temple University and a BA in Critical Social Thought from Mount Holyoke College.
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My vision for this film is to illuminate the challenges many immigrants face when leaving their home countries. I aim to highlight how individuals with high levels of education often end up in labour jobs simply because they are from abroad. Ultimately, I want the film to feel like an elder is telling you a story, creating a flowing, enchanting atmosphere that draws the audience in. As a child of immigrants, I have witnessed the sacrifices my parents made, and I want to share the reality of that experience with others who have gone through something similar, as these issues harm generations.
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Patang was born from a question that stayed with me after reading Why I Am an Atheist: how much of what was written a century ago still echoes within contemporary India? Set in Punjab, The film carries both the memory of Bhagat Singh and the cultural fabric that shaped his thinking. Rooftops filled with kites, conflicted homes, classrooms, festivals, and conversations that shapes a teenager''s worldview. The film attempts to explore how ideological conflict often exists not in grand confrontations, but within families, and the spaces we call home.
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Alice Il Shin is a Korean filmmaker trained in film directing at Nihon University in Japan. Working across Korea, Japan, and Canada, she directs fiction, documentary, and animation. Her works include Haru’s New Year (2018), Landscapes of Home (2024), and Pearl (2025), exploring memory, migration, and cultural identity.
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Rame Ibrahim is a Palestinian-Canadian filmmaker whose work delves into the reality of Palestinian politics of displacement, intergenerational trauma and agency. His films, including Eid, Ahmed, and Prisoner, have screened internationally, with Prisoner being shortlisted for the Young Director Awards and Arab Film Festival. He holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia and is an alumnus of the DOXA and VIFF mentorship programs.
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King Louie Palomo is a queer Filipino-Canadian filmmaker whose work builds intimate worlds around family, grief, queerness, memory, and the ordinary rituals people use to survive what remains unsaid. His films as director and producer have screened at festivals including Palm Springs ShortFest, HollyShorts, Inside Out, Out on Film Atlanta, Whistler, image+nation, Melbourne, Warsaw, and others. He holds a diploma in film from Vancouver Film School and is an alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre’s Norman Jewison Film Program: Director’s Lab.
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Hannah Yang - Director/Writer. Hannah is a director and writer based in Vancouver BC. Her latest short, Red Light Rebel was a submission chosen amongst over 100 submissions for the prominent Vancouver Crazy 8s film competition. She is currently developing a queer K-pop short film.
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Rikiya Mimuro is a Japanese film director and video director. Since becoming independent in 2021, he has directed films, commercials, and music videos. In 2026, he directed, wrote, and edited his feature film Return to Bloom.
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Polly Pierce is an award winning Chinese Canadian/ Australian filmmaker who splits her time between Los Angeles, CA and Vancouver, Canada. Honing her craft in camera departments for over a decade, she pivoted into directing with the successful dark comedy short “Wytch Craft” which screened at over 40 international festivals and won 11 awards. Polly is an alumna of the respected US Warner Bros Discovery Access Directors Program. Her first directed television episodes will come out in the Fall on OUTtv and Amazon Prime and she is currently developing her first feature film.
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Rocketship Mai was created by the fourth ACE Program cohort: Arlyn (Bantog) Nertomb, Nattasha Shrestha, Airin Budiman, Crystal Woo, Katie Winchester, Bec Cranswick, and Anastasia Walker. Bringing diverse backgrounds and perspectives, the team’s collective expertise spans story, design, production, and post, with credits including Disney, Netflix, Sony, DreamWorks, ILM, Laika, and the NFB.
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Jasleen Kaur is a filmmaker and editor based in Vancouver, Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Motion Picture Arts Degree from Capilano University, and is an alumna of the Netflix/Canadian Academy''s Women in Post program. Kaur’s producing and directing credits span documentary and fiction, from the Blumhouse feature PHARMA BRO (Amazon Prime) to the award-winning short PERFECT DAUGHTER (CBC Gem), developed through BIPOC TV & Film’s Reel Work Filmmaking Initiative. As an editor, she has shaped festival and streaming projects including WHO LET THE DOGS OUT (SXSW, Crave) and Mark Wahlberg''s RUN THIS CITY (Roku). Her latest project, THE ASCENT (winner the Audience Award at SXSW 2026), follows the journey of the first female bi-lateral amputee to crawl to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, where she serves as executive producer and editor.
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Aki Takabatake is a Toronto-based filmmaker, producer, and founder of Momo Films Inc. With extensive experience working between the Japanese and Canadian screen industries, her credits include Pachinko Season 2, Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan, and Mayday: Air Crash Investigation. Shapes In Between is her directorial debut.
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Amir Arab is an award-winning director, writer, and independent filmmaker known for his bold storytelling and cinematic vision. A graduate of Vancouver Film School specializing in Directing and Cinematography, he has written and directed multiple short films and stage plays, earning recognition at VAFF, CIFT and a handful of local film festivals. Fluent in Farsi and English, Amir develops stories that bridge cultures, often exploring memory, identity, and human resilience. His hands-on experience across different roles in filmmaking has shaped his unique visual and narrative style. Passionate about independent cinema, Amir thrives on set, embracing the collaborative nature of filmmaking. His works continue to resonate with audiences through festival screenings and industry showcases.
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QUENTIN LEE (Writer, Director, Producer) Born and raised in Hong Kong, Quentin Lee immigrated to Montreal, Canada in his teens. He received a B.A. and an M.A. in English from UC Berkeley and Yale respectively. He then went to Los Angeles to complete his M.F.A. in Film Directing at UCLA. He has produced, wrote and directed numerous short films and videos that have been screened nationally and internationally at London, Berlin, Hong Kong, and Montreal. His early videos TO RIDE A COW (1991) and SLEEPING SUBJECTS (1993), have received awards from thu New England Film Festival, Hong Kong Independent Video Competition, UCLA and the American Film Institute. Quentin's first feature, FLOW, is an edgy compilation of his four student films produced during his first and second year at UCLA Film School. FLOW was premiered at Vancouver International Film Festival and is currently distributed by National Asian Telecommunications Association and Margin Video. Quentin is also the founding and managing director of Margin Films / V
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JUN ROBLES LANA is a multi-awarded Filipino filmmaker and writer whose works explore themes of identity, marginalization, and human relationships. His films have graced prestigious international film festivals. His recent works include Your Mother''s Son, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, and About Us But Not About Us, which won Best Film at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in 2022. He previously won Best Director at the same festival for Kalel, 15 in 2019. Other notable films include Bwakaw, Big Night, Barber''s Tales, and Die Beautiful. With his fearless approach to filmmaking and dedication to amplifying marginalized voices, Lana continues to be one of the prime movers of contemporary Philippine cinema.
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I Ching Wang is a Taiwanese filmmaker and lighting artist with a background in theatrical design and animation. Her work explores light, color, and visual storytelling. She has worked across animation, film, games, and live performance, bringing together her experience in lighting, visual design, and filmmaking.
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Jonah Lee-McNamee (he/him) is a director and writer based on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Sel̓íl̓witulh Nations (“Vancouver, Canada”). He works in both narrative and documentary, with a focus on character driven stories exploring culture, identity, and food.
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ShinHea KIM is a writer-director spanning television, documentaries, and film. Her work explores human dignity, isolation, trauma, and technological indifference. Through an observational, unsentimental style, she seeks hope, reconciliation, and solidarity within difficult realities, as highlighted in her 2026 short SORRY SORRY SORRY
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Raina Liwen Yang is a Chinese writer and director based between New York and Guangzhou. She holds an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University. Her work explores alienation, grief, and the quiet transformations in women’s lives, often through unexpected encounters across difference. Her films have screened internationally at festivals. She is developing her first feature, Live Catch, supported by TorinoFilmLab and Cine Qua Non Lab.
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Ian Bawa is a South Asian filmmaker from Winnipeg, Manitoba. His award-winning short films have screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, Slamdance, Fantasia, and Aspen Shortsfest. He is an alumnus of the TIFF Directors Lab, the TIFF Every Story Accelerator, and the Canadian Film Centre. STRONG SON is his debut feature film.
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Krit Komkrichwarakool is an award-winning Thai-Canadian writer/director based in Vancouver, BC. His short film Auganic won ''Best Live Action Short'' at the deadCenter Film Festival, and was qualified for the 97th Academy Awards. He is currently developing a short film called Please Keep Quiet, and his debut feature, Memory Home.
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Sidartha Murjani is a hybrid Indian-Balinese-Canadian director and storyteller who craft films with Timeless Narratives. His latest film Tarian Tresna (Dance of Love) Shot 100% in Bali with a full Balinese cast and crew explores dance, history and spirituality.
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Ericsson San Pablo Chu is a Vancouver-based filmmaker whose work spans narrative film, documentary, music videos, and commercial production. Raised between Canada and the Philippines, he brings a distinctive visual perspective to his storytelling, with a focus on atmosphere, authenticity, and human connection.
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Angeline Marie Michael Meitzler is an artist and writer currently based in Berkeley, California. Her work utilizes fiction, cinema, history and natural phenomenon to engage with the complexities of cultural value. Her work has been awarded support by Asian Cultural Council Individual Fellowship, Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, Onassis ONX Fellowship, The City of Berkeley Civic Arts Program, The Studios at MASS MoCA Fellowship, MAAF & the New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA), Philippine American Writers and Artists (PAWA), and Harvestworks.
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Louriza Tronco is a triple-threat who has earned her place in the prestigious ‘Stars to Watch’ program at the Whistler Film Festival for her role in “Drinkwater”. She was a series lead in Nickelodeon’s first Asian-led series “Make It Pop” and on Netflix’s horror series “The Order”. Kevin Ang is a Chinese-Filipino-Canadian filmmaker and animator based in Vancouver. His upcoming short films “After Party” and “Kong Kong’s House of Kung Fu” are recipients of the Screen BC Short Film Award and Telus Storyhive Pan-Asian Storyteller grants respectively.
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Sohil Chhabra is a Punjab-born, Toronto-based filmmaker and founder of Aborted Cinema. An award-winning director and editor, his films have earned international festival recognition, with an early project acquired by Disney+ Hotstar. He is currently developing his first feature film.
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Soo Min Park is a Korean filmmaker based in Vancouver. Her creative focus centres on
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Zongyi Xie / Shih-Chien Hsu are independent filmmakers and directors passionate about animated storytelling. Their work combines cinematography with CG visualization to craft distinctive cinematic narratives. Drawing from backgrounds in graphic design and photography, they create stylized animated films that explore themes of Asian culture, coming of age, friendship, and adventure.
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Min Sook Lee is an award-winning director whose films include Migrant Dreams (2016), The Real Inglorious Bastards (2012), Tiger Spirit (2008), Hogtown (2005) and El Contrato (2003). An Associate Professor at OCAD University, Lee’s focus is on counter narratives of resistance and feminist working-class cultural praxis.
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Tanya is a Canadian-Australian actor and filmmaker of Singaporean and Dutch descent. Her film work centers around love, identity, cultural misplacement and violence against women. She won the 2024 Chilliwack Independent Film Festival''s Feature Pitch Competition and is currently in post-production for her cultural dramedy short, Wah Lau - supported by BC Arts Council and Creative BC.
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Amir Zargara is an award-winning Iranian-Canadian writer-director whose immigrant journey and stutter shape his storytelling. An alumnus of programs at Berlinale, TIFF, Busan, Zurich, Red Sea, Film Independent and Reykjavik, he explores the moral complexities individuals face in his films.
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Toronto-based filmmaker inspired by Japanese cinema, focusing on blending surrealism, body horror, dark humor, and social commentary. Interested in exploring unconventional narrative structures and visual storytelling techniques.
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Kevin Cho is a Korean-Canadian director and producer based in Vancouver. He studied marketing at UBC''s Sauder School of Business before training in digital film production at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. Over the past decade, Kevin has built a career in commercial filmmaking, directing and producing campaigns for brands including TELUS, Thinkific, and Wondershare, where he led global commercial work and snatched a Webby Award. He is currently developing JACKPOT, a feature-length dark comedy thriller rooted in the Korean immigrant experience.
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Lam Can-zhao is a Chinese filmmaker. He produced, wrote and edited A Bright Sunny Day, selected for La Cinef at Cannes. His A Summer’s End Poem, which he wrote, directed, produced and edited, won Best Short Film at Berlinale Generation Kplus and was longlisted for the 98th Academy Awards.
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