2021 Competition Jury

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Sylvia Chang | Director, actress
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Sylvia Chang

Sylvia Chang started her acting career in the 1970s in Taiwan and Hong Kong. In over 40 years of her career, she has starred more than 100 films. She earned her first Taiwan Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress with PROSPERITY AND PERPLEXITY (1976). Following this honor was Golden Horse Award for the Best Leading Actress with MY GRANDFATHER (1981). Since then, she received many nominations and awards in different film festivals and her acting performance has been highly acclaimed. Sylvia is also an influential scriptwriter and film director. Since 1981, she has directed 13 films not only popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan but also recognized internationally. Her films were invited to different international film festivals, including the Berlin International Film Festival, London Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and Busan International Film Festival. Her latest directed film is HERO in 2021. Devoted to nurturing the new generation, Sylvia has established the Gosh Foundation in 1988. The foundation aims to encourage and lead young artists to develop in the creative industry. In 2010-2013, she was the vice-chairperson of the board of directors of the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society. From 2011-2014, she was the president of the Taipei Film Festival. In 2014-2018, she was the chairperson of the executive committee of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. She is currently a member of the Fund Vetting Committee under the Hong Kong Film Development Council. In recognition of her contribution to the art industry, she received an Award for Outstanding Contribution in Arts from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2018.
Chen Jianbin | Director, actor
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Chen Jianbin

Actor and director. He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. He is best known for QIAO’S GRAND COURTYARD (2006), THREE KINGDOMS (2010), EMPRESSES IN THE PALACE (2011), and TRIDENT (2020). In 2014, Chen won Best Actor and Best New Director Awards at the 51st Golden Horse Film Festival and Best Directorial Debut at 30th Golden Rooster Film Festival for his directorial debut, A FOOL. His work PARADISE IN SERVICE (2014) earned him Best Supporting Actor from Golden Horse Award in the same year. Chen’s second directing film, THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER (2019), had its world premiere at the 33rd China Golden Rooster Film Festival and won Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Beijing International Film Festival.
Dong Jinsong | Cinematographer
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Dong Jinsong

Cinematographer. He has worked as a cinematographer on THE WILD GOOSE LAKE (2019), BLACK COAL THIN ICE (2014), LADY IN THE PORTRAIT (2017), SEEK MC CARTNEY (2018), PEOPLE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE SEA (2011), and 11 FLOWERS (2011), etc. His films were selected for the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and San Sebastian International Film Festival, etc. He won Best Cinematography at the 55th Golden Horse Awards for the film LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (2018).
Fu Kang | Sound Artist
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Fu Kang

Fu Kang is a member of the China Film Association as well as the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE). He was a supervising sound editor for over thirty films including THE EIGHT HUNDRED (2020), SO LONG, MY SON (2019), SATURDAY FICTION (2019), DYING TO SURVIVE (2018), THE SHADOW PLAY (2018), BLIND MASSAGE (2014), RED AMNESIA (2014), THE CONTINENT (2014), and SPRING FEVER (2009), etc. Among these films, many were selected at the main competitions of Cannes Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festivals official. He was nominated for Best Sound Effect four times at Golden Horse Awards and won the 51st Golden Horse Awards for BLIND MASSAGE. EIGHT HUNDRED won him an award for Best Sound Editing (Foreign Language) of Feature Film at the 68th Golden Reel Awards.
Wu Wenguang | Independent documentary filmmaker
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Wu Wenguang

Wu was born in China’s Yunnan province in 1956. Between 1978 and 1982, he studied Chinese Literature at Yunnan University. After the university, Wu worked as a teacher at a junior high school for three years, and later, he worked in the television as a journalist for four years. Wu left the television and moved to Beijing in 1988 to be an independent documentary filmmaker and freelance writer. Wu has completed documentaries including BUMMING IN BEIJING (1990), 1966, MY TIME IN RED GUARDS (1993), JIANG HU: LIFE ON THE ROAD (1999), FUCK CINEMA (2005), INVESTIGATING MY FATHER (2016), AUTOBIOGRAPHY: PASS THROUGH (2017), AUTOBIOGRAPHY: STRUGGLE (2018), AUTOBIOGRAPHY: FEAR (2019), RIDING THROUGH (2020). In 2005, Wu found the Village Documentary Project, and in 2010, he found the Folk Memory Project.
Zhou Yun | Actress
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Zhou Yun

Actress and producer. Born in 1978 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Zhou Yun made her film debut in 2003 in WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH and starred in PEACH BLOSSOM in 2005. The film she starred in, THE SUN ALSO RISES, was selected for the main competition at the 64th Venice International Film Festival. She also acted in the film BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS (2009), which won Best Film at the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2010, Zhou Yun starred in LET THE BULLETS FLY (2010), which is the first in China’s domestic box office of the year. In the film GONE WITH THE BULLETS (2014), which was selected for the main competition at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, she worked as the casting director and played the leading role. In 2016, Zhou Yun was awarded Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film THE ASSASSIN (2015) at the 10th Asian Film Awards. She was also the executive producer for her starred film HIDDEN MAN in 2018.

Jin Jin | Senior media practitioner
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Jin Jin

Senior media practitioner. Jin Jin is the article director of GQ China. She also worked for IREAD and PORTRAIT magazine.
Liu Jiayin | PhD in cinema studies, director
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Liu Jiayin

Liu Jiayin, PhD in cinema studies, assistant professor of Beijing Film Academy. Her film OXHIDE (2005) won the FIPRESCI Award and Caligari Film Prize at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival (the international forum of new cinema). OXHIDE II (2009) premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight in 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Matt Wu | Director, screenwriter, actor
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Matt Wu

Director, screenwriter, actor. Matt Wu earned a Master’s degree in Fine Arts at Graduate School of Applied Media Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts. As an actor, he was nominated for Best New Actor and Best Supporting Actor at the 43rd Golden Horse Awards for his first film, THE TOUCH OF FATE (2006). He has been shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor and Best Leading Actor Awards in the Golden Bell Awards for the TV series TASTE OF ORANGE PASTE (2009), OLD TIME CAMERA SHOP (2009), and THE KITE SOARING (2010). As a director, his first short film STAIRWAY (2014) won Best Asian Short Film Award at the 19th Busan International Film Festival and was shortlisted for Best Short Feature Award at the 51st Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. His debut feature ONE NIGHT ONLY (2016) was nominated for Best New Artist at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival. A MURDEROUS AFFAIR IN HORIZON TOWER (2020), the TV series co-directed by Matt, was nominated for Best Director of Huading Award Top 100 TV Series.
Yang Cheng | Producer, curator
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Yang Cheng

Film producer, curator. Yang Chen graduated from the Beijing Film Academy with an MFA in literature. The films He produced include FLY WITH THE CRANE (Venice Film Festival 2012 Horizon program), RIVER ROAD (Tokyo International Film Festival 2015 Main Competition), HAVE A NICE DAY (Berlin International Film Festival 2017 Main Competition), among other works. He attended Hong Kong Asian Film Festival as one of the juries of the New Director section in 2015, as well Pingyao International Film Festival as one of the juries of the New WIP section in 2018. Yang was selected on the list of “Future Leaders 2018 – producers” by SCREEN INTERNATIONAL.
Zhang Yi | Screenwriter, cinematographer, production designer
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Zhang Yi

Born in 1980, Zhang Yi graduated from the Animation Department of Beijing Film Academy. He has participated in screenwriting, cinematography, production design, etc. in numerous film productions. He was the director of photography for the film ZALAINOR (2008), which won the Best Director at the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival Asian New Talent Award.

Wen Yuxiang | Producer
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Wen Yuxiang

Wen Yuxiang, producer. She graduated from the Communication University of China with a BA in directing and gained her MFA in film production in Germany. She co-produced feature films such as WINE WAR and SEND ME TO THE CLOUDS, and the latter film, starring Yao Chen, was nominated for the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival’s Asian New Talent Awards. In 2020, her produced film MODEL was nominated for the Asian New Talent Awards again.
Yesir | Director, fashion designer
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Yesir

Yesir is a young director known for his crossover careers while focusing primarily on fashion design. He won the Best Women’s Fashion Design award of ESMOD International (China) and got covered by CNN for her fashion design. In 2016, Yesir was selected as 30 Under 30 Asia (The Arts) by Forbes Magazine. He sees films as a fusion of various art forms, leading him to study in the literature department of the Beijing Film Academy. KOALI & RICE, Yesir’s BFA graduation project, was supported by the China Film Directors Guild’s Youth Director Support Program with a funding of 1 million yuan in 2017. It is also his debut as the screenwriter and director.
Zhang Xu | Writer, director
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Zhang Xu

Zhang Xu is a writer/director who graduated from the University of Southern California. Her work was selected by Warner Bros for the Emerging Director Program among 5000 applicants. She co-directed DON QUIXOTE: THE INGENIOUS MAN OF LA MANCHA, a film starring James Franco. Zhang Xu and filmmaker Mei Liying are a writing/directing duo.
Su Qiqi | PhD in film studies, film critic, curator
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Su Qiqi

Su Qiqi, juror of the Cinephile Prize, doctorate in film studies, film critic, and exhibition curator. Her published works include THE JOURNEY OF LIGHT AND TRUTH, THE SITE FOR SOUND AND IMAGE, THE FIRST SENSE, LOVE AS LILIES IN THE RAIN, and AN ENCOUNTER IN FANTASY. She is also the editor of the anthology THE CLOCK SUDDENLY PICKED UP – BORN IN THE 70s. Su has served as the curator for the Hangzhou Parallel Film Festival and as a director of exhibition for the West Lake International Documentary Festival. She has also served as a juror for the Chinese Film Media Award, FIRST International Film Festival Xining, China Independent Film Festival, and Beijing Cinephile Prize. Su has also planned and presented various film screenings and salons.
Yu Xiaochuan | Film editor
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Yu Xiaochuan

Yu Xiaochuan, film editor. She graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University and received her MA in Education at George Mason University, USA. She began her career in 2011 and has participated in a variety of films, including documentaries CITY DREAM, NOSTALGIA, THIS IS LIFE, CHINESE MAYOR; TV historical documentary SUN YAT-SEN 1911; fiction films BAD GUYS MUST DIE and BURNED WINGS.
Zhang Nan | Documentary director
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Zhang Nan

Zhang Nan, director, cinematographer, indie-documentary filmmaker. Zhang served as the director at China Central Television and then joined Yunji Media Group as the content supervisor. He directed and produced a few independent feature documentaries, including STAMMERING BALLAD, ANOTHER BRICK ON THE WALL, and MY DEAR LINES. He also participated in a few internationally co-produced documentary projects such as YELLOW IS FORBIDDEN, THE SHADOW OF GOLD, and THE WAY TO SCHOOL.
Deng Weiqi | Writer, director
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Deng Weiqi

Deng Weiqi is a writer and director who graduated from the Film Department of the Beijing Film Academy in 2016. His short film WHAT ABOUT BREADY THEN? was shortlisted in the competition of the 13th FIRST International Film Festival Xining. His film work BEFORE THE GAME was included in the feature film lab of the FIRST International Film Festival 2020.
Luo Jian | Director, screenwriter
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Luo Jian

Luo Jian, director, screenwriter. She graduated with an MFA degree in Film Directing from NYU and holds her BAs in Sociology and Film Studies. Her short film WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WATER AND THE MOON tells a magical realist story about a young woman who gives birth to a jellyfish during an attempted abortion. Premiering at the 2019 Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, it screened at dozens of top-tier festivals and won several awards before it launched the NOWNESS Asia platform in June 2020. Luo is the recipient of the Ang Lee grant, the Hollywood Foreign Press Award, and the “Artist in Residence” program at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. In between her directing work, she provides professional and artistic advice to grad film students at the School of Visual Arts as a guest lecturer.
Tong Shan | Film scholar, curator, film selector
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Tong Shan

Tong Shan received her PhD degree from the City University of Hong Kong. As a film scholar, she has long been concerned about the transnational production and distribution of Chinese documentary and art film. She also worked as the curator and film selector for the Beijing International Short Film Festival. Her articles can be found in academic journals, including Studies in Documentary Film, Journal of Chinese Cinemas, as well as media platforms such as Tencent’s “Guyu Project”, “Southern People Weekly” and “Funscreen”.

2021 Competition Jury

Sylvia Chang

Chen Jianbin

Dong Jinsong

Fu Kang

Wu Wenguang

Zhou Yun

Jin Jin

Liu Jiayin

Matt Wu

Yang Cheng

Zhang Yi

Wen Yuxiang

Yesir

Zhang Xu

Su Qiqi

Yu Xiaochuan

Zhang Nan

Deng Weiqi

Luo Jian

Tong Shan