ERIC WANG

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Eric Wang is an actor who graduated from the Department of Acting, Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2004. In 2016, He starred in Cheng Er's film THE WASTED TIMES and in Joan Chen's feature film ENGLISH. In 2018, he played Mo Zhiyin in Lou Ye's film SATURDAY FICTION. In recent years, he has worked with a number of young directors and won the Best Supporting Actor award for his outstanding performance in Wen Muye's debut feature film, DYING TO SURVIVE, at the 14th Changchun Film Festival, the Actor of the Year award at the 10th China Film Directors' Guild and the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 35th Hundred Flowers Awards. Other films he starred in include Director Cao Jinling's MO'ER DAOGA, director Zhai Yixiang's MOSAIC PORTRAIT, director Xu Chao's THE CURIOUS CASE OF AN IMMORTAL MAN, director Wen Muye’s NICE VIEW, director Shen Ao’s NO MORE BETS and director Lou Ye’s THREE WORDS.

ZHOU YIWEI

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Zhou Yiwei is an actor known for his roles in DYING TO SURVIVE (2018), BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES (2014), LIBERATION (2019), THE LONGEST DAY IN CHANG'AN (2019), TRIBES AND EMPIRES (2017), THE RED (2014), KONG XIANG ZI (2007), SHEN LAO DA YU (2006), etc.

GE RUI

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Ge Rui is a famous scriptwriter who graduated from the Communication University of China. His scripts cover such subjects as war, history, legend, mystery, city, humanities and more. His works have both artistic and commercial value. Projects he has worked on include THE EIGHT HUNDRED, THE SACRIFICE, and MY PEOPLE, MY COUNTRY and the Internet drama CANDIE IN THE TOMB: THE WRATH OF TIME, etc. The box office of the films he co-created has reached over 7 billion yuan, among which MY PEOPLE, MY COUNTRY and THE SACRIFICE ranked fourth in 2019 and 2020 respectively, and the war epic THE EIGHT HUNDRED topped the global box office in 2020. The super online drama CANDIE IN THE TOMB: THE WRATH OF TIME has a total online views of more than 2.5 billion, and ranked 11th in The Tripod Awards 2018-2019 Chinese TV drama satisfaction.

PAN YIRAN

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Pan Yiran graduated from Beijing Film Academy and has been working as a screenwriter since 2014. She is currently based in Beijing. Her screenwriting works include film CRAZY ALIEN (2019), SCHEMES IN ANTIQUES (2021), AGENT BACKKOM：KINGS BEAR (2021) and series THE BAD KIDS (2020).

QIN HAIYAN

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Qin Haiyan is a screenwriter and director who graduated from Peking University. She wrote and directed THE WOMAN IN THE STORM. She wrote screenplays such as THE LONG WAY HOME, A WRITER’S ODYSSEY, A WEDDING INVITATION and LOST, FOUND. She also wrote drama scripts such as THE LOST CHILD and LIES TRUE DETECTIVE. Apart from writing, she proposed film projects such as SOUL MATE and YESTERDAY ONCE MORE. She won the Best Screenplay Award at the 34th Torino International Film Festival and the New Wave Award at the 21st Busan International Film Festival.

XIN YUKUN

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Director and screenwriter. He was born in 1984 and graduated from the Department of Cinematography, Beijing Film Academy. His representative works include THE COFFIN IN THE MOUNTAIN and WRATH OF SILENCE. His debut feature THE COFFIN IN THE MOUNTAIN won the Best Feature Film and the Best Director at the 8th FIRST International Film Festival, the Warsaw Grand Prix Award at the 30th Warsaw International Film Festival and was specially mentioned at the 6th China Film Director’s Guild Awards. It was also selected by various famous international film festivals such as Venice International Film Festival, Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, Hongkong International Film Festival and was invited to be screened at film festivals in more than 16 countries and regions.

LI RAN

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Li Ran is a cinematographer. He studied at the Middle School affiliated to the Central Academy of Fine Arts from 1998 to 2001 and graduated from the Department of Photography, Beijing Film Academy in 2005.
His works as the director of cinematography include features such as THE END OF YEAR, INVISIBLE KILLER, SO YOUNG, THE ARK OF MR. CHOW, HIDE AND SEEK, THE PERFECT BLUE, ACROSS THE FURIOUS SEA, WATER BOYS; and short films: THE BRIGHT ELEVEN-OLD BOYS, THE ULTIMATE WINNER, FU QIN.
He was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 29th Golden Rooster Awards and won Annual Emerging Photographer at the 8th Chinese Youth Video Forum with the film SO YOUNG.

PIAO SONGRI

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Cinematographer. Main film works include: THE CROSSING, SISTER, BACK TO THE WHARF, ON YOUR MARK. Short films: CHUANLIU, WHAT IS PEPPA PIG, etc.

LIANG HONGHU

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Film production designer, graduated from the Central Academy of Drama with a degree in film and television. She has worked in the film and television industry for more than 10 years. Filmography: DEAREST, CHRONICLES OF THE GHOSTLY TRIBE, NINE KILOMETERS OF LOVE, MY COUNTRY, MY PARENTS, etc.

ZHONG CHENG

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Film production designer. Filmography: SATURDAY FICTION, THE SHADOW PLAY, BACK TO THE WHARF, NEZHA, LETHAL HOSTAGE, etc. Network drama works: DETECTIVE CHINATOWN, LIFE IS A LONG QUIET RIVER, etc. Film works to be released: THREE WORDS, REINDEER and EVACUATE FROM THE 21ST CENTURY.

JOE HUANG

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Sound director, member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Filmography: LEAP (2020), BETTER DAYS (2019), CHONGQING HOTPOT (2017), ONLY FOOLS RUSH IN (2022), SOULMATE (2016), DEAREST (2014), etc. He was nominated three times and won Best Recording at the 31st Golden Rooster Awards with the film CHONGQING HOTPOT (2017). He was also nominated for Best Sound Effects at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards with the film MOUNTAIN CRY (2015).

ZHANG JINYAN

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Zhang Jinyan, graduated from Beijing Film Academy with a bachelor's degree in sound recording, and from the Communication University of China with a master's degree in art. He is the sound director of the National Film Digital Production Base. He is a member of China Film Association, the Sound Committee of China Film and Television Technology Association, and MPSE. Filmography: THE LOOMING STORM, THE MASTER, WU HAI, WISDOM TOOTH, SUMMER OF CHANGSHA, OCEAN HEAVEN, SHANGHAI DREAMS, YOU AND ME. TV series: DOUBLE TAP, ROMANCE OF OUR PARENTS, BLACK HOLE. He was nominated for Best Sound Recording at the 28th China Golden Rooster Awards and for Best Sound Effects at the 55th Golden Horse Award with the film THE LOOMING STORM, and won Annual New Sound Engineer at the 11th YGIFF with the film THE MASTER.

TU YIRAN

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Tu Yiran is the executive director of the Chinese Film Editing Society. He graduated from the Directing Department, Beijing Film Academy in 2001. He has been working in film and TV editing for more than 20 years. Filmography: DESIGN OF DEATH, LOST IN THAILAND, BEIJING LOVE STORY, THE BREAKUP GURU, BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES, A HERO OR NOT, LOST IN HONG KONG, BIG FISH&BEGONIA, SOME LIKE IT HOT, BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES, CITY OF ROCK, TILL THE END OF WORD, HELLO MR. BILLIONAIRE, THE ISLAND, THE EIGHT HUNDRED, etc.

LIU XINZHU

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Editor. Born in Jilin, a city in Northeast China, Liu went to study fine arts at 15 in Beijing. She explores the possibility of writing with moving images and works mainly as an editor. Liu edited her feature film debut in OLD BEAST (2017), directed by Zhou Ziyang. The film won the Asian Future Special Mention at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival, amongst other awards. In 2019, she edited the feature film DWELLING IN THE FUCHUN MOUNTAINS (2019), directed by Gu Xiaogang, which was selected as the closing film of the International Critics’ Week at the 72nd edition of Cannes International Film Festival. In 2020, she collaborated with director Zhou Ziyang again on WU HAI (2020), which was nominated for the Golden Seashell award at the 68th San Sebastian International Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Prize. She also won the Best Artistic Originality Award at the 15th FIRST International Film Festival, for her work in THE CLOUD IN HER ROOM, directed by Zheng Lu Xinyuan.

KONG JINLEI

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Editor. Since 1997, she has participated in the creation of more than 40 films as the editing director, and has also given lectures in many art colleges and universities. In 2012, she served as a judge for the 49th Golden Horse Awards. In 1999, her editing work CHUNTIAN DE KUANGXIANG was nominated for Best Editing at the 19th Golden Rooster Awards. She was also nominated for Best Editing at the 46th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards in 2009 with the film COW. In 2014, she won the Best Editing Award at the 51st Taiwan Golden Horse Awards for BLIND MASSAGE. In 2018, she was nominated for Best Editing at the 55th Golden Horse Awards with US AND THEN. Her main works include CALA, MY DOG, NUAN, PLATFORM, STILL LIFE, US AND THEM and THE WILD GOOSE LAKE.