International Jury for Asian New Talent Award

President  JEKYU KANG(South Korean,Director)

Juries    Vincent Ward(New Zealand,Director, Screen Writer)

               Lieh Lee(China/Taiwan,Director, Producer,Actress)

               Bingyan Yan(China,Actress)

              Adolfo Alix Jr.( Philippines,Director)

 

President: JEKYU KANG(South Korean Director)

 

Biography:
Born in South Korea in 1962, JEKYU KANG began his filmmaking career as an award-winning screenwriter. He made his sensational debut as a director with “The Gingko Bed” in 1996. His second film “Shiri (1999)” became the biggest success in Korean film history, captivating 6.5 million viewers nationwide. This made “Shiri” the most watched film, a title previously held by “Titanic” with 4.3 million in Korea, as well as it made “Shiri” lead the Korean film industry to its renaissance. In addition, “Shiri” made an exceptional box office success in Japan as the most watched Asian foreign film ever, followed by the success in other Asian markets such as Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. This made “Shiri” the start of Korean Wave, pronounced “Hallyu” in Korean, which refers to the current surge of popularity of South Korean popular culture in its East and Southeast Asian neighbor countries. 
Following the success of “Shiri,” Kang’s next film “Tae GukGi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)” smashed box office records with 12 million viewers in Korea. 
Kang’s reputation as one of the greatest auteurs in Asia has meant he has often been compared to Luc Besson and John Woo, indicating his influence is not only limited to the domestic film industry. 

 

 

Juries:Vincent Ward(New Zealand Director, Screen Writer)

 

Biography：
New Zealand filmmaker Vincent Ward is best known for What Dreams May Come (1998) which won an Academy Award for its visual effects and was nominated for Best Production Design.
Three of his films were Officially Selected for the Cannes Film Festival. The Boston Globe called him “one of film’s great image-makers”, while Roger Ebert, one of America’s foremost film critics, hailed him as “a true visionary.”
During his time in LA, Vincent was storywriter for Alien 3, and executive producer on The Last Samurai which he developed the underlying story for.
His recent docudrama Rain of the Children (2008) was voted by the audience from 250 feature films to win the Grand Prix at the Era New Horizons Film Festival. River Queen (2006) won the Golden Goblet at the Shanghai Film Festival 2006.
He also received the New Zealand order of Merit for his services to film in 2007.

 

 

Lieh Lee(China/Taiwan Producer,Director, Actress)

 

Biography：
LEE Lieh (born in 1958) was well-known in the 70s and 80s as an actress in Taiwan. She had taken parts in many TV series and movies. Later, she worked as a TV producer while being a talent agent. In her 50s, LEE Lieh started her career as a film producer. 
Orz Boyz (2008), directed by YANG Ya-che, is the first film that LEE Lieh produced. It centers on the growth and friendship of children, which is rarely seen in Taiwan cinema. The movie is not only a box-office hit but also widely acclaimed among audiences. 
Monga (2010, dir. Doze NIU), Lee Lieh’s second film production work, is a gangster youth movie. This movie was selected in the Panorama program in Berlin Film Festival and later achieved huge box office success in Taiwan.
Jump Ashin! (2011, dir. LIN Yu-Hsien), which was released in August 2011, is not only a success at the box office but also gained much acclamation as well. 
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (2013, dir. Arvin Chen) is selected for Panorama at Berlin Film Festival in 2013. As the only Taiwanese film selected in this program, the film was critically acclaimed and wins great applause. 
Zone Pro Site (2013, dir. CHEN Yu-Hsun) explored Taiwanese cuisine and showcased veteran director CHEN Yu-Hsun and experienced actors and actresses like LIN Mei-Hsiu. It is a box office hit and established another chapter of success for LEE Lieh. 
The Rice Bomber (2014, dir. CHO-Li) is based on the true story of YANG Ru-Men, who put bombs made by rice to seek media attention as a voice for local agricultural issues. It is selected in the Panorama program in the Berlin Film Festival in 2014.
With her great vision and sense in marketing, Lee Lieh has proven that she is not only a celebrated actress but also an outstanding producer.

 

 

Bingyan Yan(China Actress)

 

Biography：
A Chinese actress, Yan Bingyan was born in Beijing, China year 1972. After 10 years hard training from an early age in Beijing Song and Dance Troupe, she became a professional dancer.
In 1994, Yan Bingyan turned to a new career as an actress appearing in several films and TV series. She received critical acclaim for her different types of roles in over 50 films and TV dramas, such as a tough and smart special police woman in Chase (1994) and Lal’s Revenge(2003); a simple-minded and kind-hearted country girl in Tempestuous Waves (2003); a figure at the bottom of the society in Knitting (2007); a struggle woman who lost her memory between two men in Memory of Love (2008); a kind-spirited police woman who take care of a prisoner’s son but lost her own in Close To Me (2009) and etc.
She won a “Golden Rooter Award for Best Actress” which is the highest honor for Chinese film, and “Rookie of the Year Award of Chinese film” for her role of a Beijing girl named Qian Yehong from her teens to 40s in the film of Teeth of Love(2005).
In recent years, she acted the part of a conscientious dean of a rest home in Full Circle(2011) and a female coolie who had a life fraught with hardship in Feng Shui(2012) also got a favorable reception from the critics.
She played leading roles in several films which won high praise at France Cannes Film Festival, France Deauville Asian Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival, Canada Montreal International Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Beijing International Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival and some other famous international film festivals.

 

 

Adolfo Alix Jr.( Philippines,Director)

 

Biography：
Adolfo Alix, Jr. was born in 1978 in Makati City, Philippines. He graduated magna cum laude at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (University of the City of Manila) with a degree in Mass Communications. He started as a screenwriter for film and television before starting to direct features in 2006. His first film, DONSOL (2006), was the Philippines’ official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the Academy Awards. Since then, he has become one of the most promising young filmmakers from the Philippines. His subsequent films were screened and acclaimed in various international film festivals including Cannes, Toronto, Rotterdam, Locarno, Moscow, Pusan, Warsaw, and Mar del Plata. Alix has recently been listed in The Hollywood Reporter‘s “Next Generation Asia 2010,” which features the top 20 young entertainment personalities in the region deemed “the best and the brightest among their peers.”