Speaker: Lau Kok Rui 劉國瑞
Lau Kok Rui is a Malaysian writer-director, who is currently based in Hong Kong. His first short, ‘Let’s Get Lost’, utilises the thematic motif of a road movie genre to tell the story of identity crisis among Hong Kong youth, and was selected as the finalist of Local Competition in 11th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival. Recently, he won ‘Best New Director and ‘Best Original Screenplay’ at the 59th Golden Horse Awards for his debut feature film ‘The Sunny Side of the Street’.

Speaker: Jovi Lee 李宜珊
Jovi Lee, born in Taiwan, is an independent film producer and university lecturer. She graduated from the Graduate School of Applied Media Arts at the National Taiwan University of Arts. She won the Best Editing Award at the 49th Golden Bell Awards and the Best Live Action Short Film at the 54th Golden Horse Awards. Her works encompass both narrative and documentary films, often focusing on how women navigate in a patriarchal society. Jovi Lee is a rare emerging female director in Taiwan who possesses a strong individuality while also exuding a subtle healing energy.

Speaker: Fiona Roan 阮鳳儀
Feng-i Fiona Roan is a Taiwanese-American writer/director based in Los Angeles and Taipei. She received her Directing MFA degree from American Film Institute and was previously trained in classical Chinese Literature at National Taiwan University. Her semi-autobiographical short film JieJie won the HBO Asian Pacific American Visionary Award and was previously distributed online in the U.S. via HBO Go and HBO Now. JieJie also won the Audience Award at Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, and was an official selection at Melbourne International Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, and Taipei Film Festival.

Moderator: Kuo Ming-Jung 郭敏容
Kuo Ming-Jung has spent much of her career in film festival management, programming and talent support initiatives. Her work as Program Director for Taipei Film Festival (2014-2018), carried a balance of showcasing new talent and introducing narrative VR programs as well as celebrating cinema heritage. She also partnered with Produire au Sud and launched PAS Taipei in 2015 to help reinforce script development, co-production and sales strategies. Having worked as the program consultant from 2017, she joined the Singapore International Film Festival in 2019, first as the Program Director before becoming Artistic Director. Between 2019 and 2021, she was on the selection committee for the Locarno Festival Open Doors. She has also been extensively involved in the selection of projects for Taiwanese and Southeast Asian script development and regional funding schemes. She set up Island X Pictures in 2022 and is developing feature films. In 2022 she joined Directors’ Fortnight as a consultant covering Southeast Asia and Taiwan.

Important Notice

• This forum will be conducted in Mandarin without any English subtitles or interpreters present.
• The forum will commence promptly at 1100. Please note that registration will begin at 1000.
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