Wang Bing
Wang Bing is one of China’s most acclaimed documentary filmmakers, renowned for his portraits of marginalized lives and the transformations of modern China; his work has earned major festival awards and international acclaim.
Trained in photography at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Art and cinematography at the Beijing Film Academy, he began working independently in 1999. His nine-hour West of Tracks (2003) brought international recognition, followed by Fengming, A Chinese Memoir; Three Sisters; ’Til Madness Do Us Part; Mrs. Fang; and Dead Souls—films that probe memory, poverty, and survival with intimate, durational observation. In 2023 he released Youth (Spring), a documentary on young people in a town in Yunnan Province, praised for its authentic, poignant direction.
Radium Cheung
Named "10 Cinematographers to Watch" in 2015 by Variety, and "10 Filmmakers to Watch" by Independent Magazine, Radium Cheung, HKSC is a director, producer and cinematographer. He has lensed and co-produced acclaimed motion pictures STARLET (SxSW 2012) and TANGERINE (Sundance 2015) with Director Sean Baker. In recent years he's focused on directing scripted TV series including THE SINNER (Netflix), HIGHTOWN (STARZ) and AMERICAN RUST: BROKEN JUSTICE (Amazon).
Huang Lu
Famous Chinese actress and producer, “Queen of Chinese Art-house Film” that most welcomed by European film festivals.
From her breakthrough role as Bai Xuemei in Blind Mountain, to Xiao Man in Blind Massage, and to a mother searching for her son in Dog Days. Huang Lu dares to take on complex and diverse roles, constantly pushing her limits and earning her the title "queen of Chinese art-house film". As the only post-80s actress in China whose films have been shortlisted at Cannes, Berlin, and Venice, she has gained widespread recognition in the international film industry and has become a top choice for many international directors due to her unique temperament and exceptional performances. In addition to her acting, she has also been recognized as a film festival judge, producer, and more.
Cheng-Sim Lim
Cheng-Sim Lim is a Los Angeles-based film curator and Asia Delegate for the San Sebastián IFF in Spain. Her curatorial work over 30 years, including as Co-Head of Programming at the UCLA Film & Television Archive and Artistic Director of the multi-city China Onscreen Biennial (COB), has helped introduce filmmaking talents internationally and built audiences for the works of non-Western filmmakers in the US. Film retrospectives she has curated, such as “Heroic Grace: The Chinese Martial Arts Film” (2003, 2006), have toured North America and Europe to critical acclaim. Lim has guest curated for, among others, the Getty Research Institute, Museum of the Moving Image, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Her own video work has been broadcast on American public television and exhibited by such venues as MoMA and the National Museum of Asian Art of the Smithsonian Institution. Lim has served on grants, awards, and film festival juries.
Inge de Leeuw
Inge de Leeuw is an award-winning film programmer and curator with over 15 years of experience shaping international film culture. She is currently Director of Programming at independent film theater Metrograph in New York, where she leads all curatorial and public programming.
Previously, she was a senior programmer at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where she focused on English-language cinema and initiated mentorship programs for young curators and filmmakers. Her curatorial practice explores the intersections of film, visual art, and digital culture through film series, exhibitions, and interdisciplinary events.
De Leeuw has curated programs for major institutions worldwide, including Het Nieuwe Instituut (Rotterdam), the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Singapore International Film Festival, Indie Memphis (USA), Kino Forum in São Paulo (Brazil), and the Ghetto Film School in New York. Beyond programming, she has also worked in film production and film sales. Her contributions have been recognized with honors such as Best Emerging Programmer (Cannes, 2019) and inclusion in Screen International’s Future Leaders in Film Sales (2017).
Jordan Cronk
Jordan Cronk is a film critic, programmer, and founder of the Acropolis Cinema screening series. His writing regularly appears in Artforum, Film Comment, MUBI Notebook, and the Harvard Film Archive. He's a member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and a program advisor for the Quinzaine des cinéastes.