Awards Jury

WANG Yu-xuan is an acclaimed Taiwanese actress working across film, television, and theater. She won Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Horse and Taipei Film Awards for Goddamn Asura, and Best Actress from the Taiwan Film Critics Society for Little Blue. She continues to explore diverse roles through theater, independent film, and features including Mei Mei (2025).

SHIEH Meng-ju is a Taiwanese film editor and director who has won Best Editing at the Taipei Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards. His notable editing works include Detention, Bad Education, and Copycat Killer. He made his feature debut in 2025 with Mudborn.

CHONG Keat-aun is a Malaysian filmmaker. His debut feature The Story of Southern Islet won Best New Director at the 57th Golden Horse Awards. His 2023 film Snow in Midsummer premiered at the 80th Venice Film Festival and earned nine Golden Horse Award nominations. His 2025 film Mother Bhumi won three Golden Horse Awards.

Essay LIU is a Taiwanese author and screenwriter. A Golden Horse Award and Taipei Film Award winner, her notable screenwriting credits include the films Seven Days in Heaven and Salli, as well as the hit television series Mr. Right Wanted and Rock Records In Love.

Amir NADERI is a key figure of the Iranian New Wave. His early films focus on street youth and marginal figures, using spare narratives and vivid visual language to capture survival and youthful longing. Since leaving Iran in the 1990s, he has continued to explore cinematic form across cultures.

Antoine Cayrol is a French producer and entrepreneur, internationally recognised as a pioneer in immersive storytelling. With over 20 years of experience, his work spans virtual, augmented and mixed reality, as well as transmedia documentaries, short films, music videos and high-end branded content.
He is the co-founder and CEO of Atlas V, an award-winning studio dedicated to the development, production and distribution of immersive works.

After studying film history and aesthetics, Anaïs began her career as an independent cinema programmer before directing the sci-fi convention Utopiales in France. She co-founded the NIFFF and served as its artistic director from 2006 to 2020. She also launched FutureStoryWorlds@CERN, devoted to immersive storytelling, and served as the General and Artistic Director of the Geneva International Film Festival and Digital Market. Currently, she is the Vice President of Fondation Création Numérique.

Wu is an artist, curator, and writer. He served as the Director of the Treasure Hill Artist Village, Founding Chairman of the Taiwan Arts Space Alliance, and Chief Curator of the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts. His creative practices have bridged technological media and social participation, using a unique artistic language to reflect on contemporary society. He continuously explores the possibility of ""art without borders"" in the context of globalization and neoliberalism.