Jianhao An is a film producer and founder of 28ST Films. His recent works include *Love Is a Gun*, *Dwelling by the West Lake*, and *The Botanist*, each achieving critical acclaim and commercial success. Jianhao is dedicated to nurturing emerging talent and bridging cultural storytelling through international collaborations.

Her directorial work won the Best Short Film Award from the Austin Film Festival jury, receiving high praise for its creativity and storytelling. Additionally, the film was shortlisted for the prestigious St. Louis International Film Festival.

Young director. She holds a degree in Film and Television from the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. She has worked as a lighting technician for Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures. She holds the City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Electrical Installations and is currently developing his artistic and technical career within the UK film industry.

Documentary director. He has held senior editorial positions at major Chinese media outlets, including Deputy Editor-in-Chief of The Paper, Vice President and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Pear Video, and Deputy Editor of the Shanghai Oriental Morning Post. He is the founder of the online documentary platform "Bonfire Stories." His photography project Chinese Zoo was awarded at the World Press Photo Contest.

Zhihu Premium Columnist and Fiction Writer. Her work Gifts for Future has been optioned for film adaptation and is currently in development by Beijing Tuboshu Pictures. She also created the large-scale immersive live-action role-playing game Shadow of the Mystery Valley for Shanghai Happy Valley.

MA in Film Production from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, member of the Shanghai Film Critics Society. He is the writer and director of films such as Daughter of Shashi, Stinkbug, and About Ting. His accolades include the National Scholarship awarded by the Ministry of Education, as well as honors from the Shanghai International Film Festival, Beijing College Student Film Festival, and the First Prize at Cine Next Youth Film Festival.

Film producer based in South Korea. Since 2016, she has held positions at major Korean film investment, production, and distribution companies, including SIDUS, Megabox, and CJ ENM. She has been involved in the planning, production, and investment of various film and television projects, such as The Vanished, Tazza 3, Time to Hunt (Netflix), Urban Myths (Netflix), and Hunt.

Director and Screenwriter. He graduated in Film Production from Toronto Film School. Completed the feature film Gone with the Boat, which won the Best Screenplay Award in the Asian New Talent section at the Shanghai International Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Director in the same section. Additionally, received the Best New Director Award and Best Actor Award at the 10th Silk Road International Film Festival.

MFA from the School of Film at Hong Kong Baptist University. His directorial works have been awarded and selected at dozens of film festivals both in China and internationally, including the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, Macau International Film Festival, Chinese Youth Film Week, Chongqing Youth Film Exhibition, Silk Road International Film Festival, and Beijing International Short Film Festival.

Director, with representative works including Traces Disappearing, Cold Spring, and Offshore Tide. Her films have been selected for screenings at Hishorts! Xiamen Short Film Week, ReelFocus, and the Beijing International Short Film Festival, among others.

Screenwriter and director. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Tsinghua University and a Master's degree in film production from Hong Kong Baptist University. Selected for the Golden Horse Film Academy and Berlinale Talents. His first feature film, Suburban Birds, won the Best Narrative Feature at the FIRST International Film Festival and was selected for the Locarno Film Festival.

Film producer, curator, and documentary director. He founded Dangmai Films. His first production, Kaili Blues, received numerous prestigious awards, including Best New Director at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards, the FIPRESCI Prize, and the Golden Montgolfière at the 37th Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes. His subsequent production, Long Day's Journey into Night, was selected for the 71st Cannes Film Festival and achieved global distribution.

Her creative work spans poetry, playwriting, and stage performance. She has performed at venues such as Judson Memorial Church and Dixon Place in New York City. She conducts workshops in various communities, focusing on open-form writing, improvisational performance, body language studies, and queer culture.

Production Designer. Deng has developed a distinctive aesthetic perspective through observation and practice. She has contributed to the production of the feature film Gone with the Boat, the documentary Let's Go!, and the short film Back to Reality in various capacities, including as production designer, assistant director, and documentary cinematographer.

Her produced works have been officially selected and showcased at prominent cultural events, including the Festival Croisements (Sino-French Cultural Spring) and the Shanghai International Small Theater Festival, gaining recognition for their artistic merit and cross-cultural appeal.

Animation director. She has collaborated with brands including Disney Animation, Amazon, TEAM WANG DESIGN, BBC, and Coca-Cola. Her independently produced animated short films have been selected for numerous international film festivals, earning multiple awards from BAFTA and the National Society of Film Critics.

She has worked on online feature films such as Gan Jiang and Mo Ye: Heroic Glory & Twin Swords, BMW's microfilm Magic Daddy, the animated film Mermaid, and the theatrical release Super Molly. Additionally, she served as a film development coordinator on theatrical films including When Larry Met Mary and The Founding of a Republic.

Screenwriter, director, and producer. She directed and wrote the short film Separation, which was a semi-finalist at the 2021 Student Academy Awards. As a producer, she worked on the feature film The Skin of Love, which was selected for the 2022 Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) Work-in-Progress (WIP) program. Shee also served as co-producer for the feature film All, or Nothing at All.

Graduated from Columbia University. Formerly worked in market research at Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment Group. Playwright of the musical Pear Garden Opera House in New York; playwright and director of Coke at Zero Degrees at the Wuzhen Theatre Festival. Wrote the musical Li Qingzhao, which was shortlisted for the Shanghai Grand Theatre’s Incubation Program.

Chief Technical Support Officer at Come Rental. Certified technical support specialist for brands including RED, Canon, Sony, and ATOMOS, and a guest lecturer for MOVCAM. With over a decade of experience in the film and television industry, he pursued further training at the Beijing Film Academy and has provided professional equipment and shooting solutions for hundreds of production teams.

Director and cinematographer. His short film Will You Look at Me was selected for the Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received the Queer Palm for Best Short Film, and later won the Short Film Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Another short film, Goodbye First Love, was selected for the Berlin International Film Festival. As a cinematographer, he worked on Borrowed Time and Farewell, My Hometown.

Curator, independent film producer, and barista. He holds a Master of Arts in Religion and Literature from Yale Divinity School. He serves as a curator for the CineCina Film Festival in New York. In 2019, he founded Fangtan Culture in Shanghai, which has invested in and produced several films, including A New Old Play, Yanagawa, The Shadowless Tower, and the VR project Diagnosia.

After completing the first year of his graduate studies at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, he decided to take a leave of absence. His student short film The Other Shore was selected for festivals including the Premiers Plans d’Angers in France and the Beijing Independent Film Festival. His first feature film All About ING (original title: Mu Ling, Yi Ming, Wei Ming) won the Jury Grand Prize at the FIRST International Film Festival.

Independent producer, documentary filmmaker, and director. Founder of Cotton Sand Studio. His work focuses on marginalized groups such as left-behind children, and World War II veterans. His notable documentaries include Children at a Village School and Miners, the Horsekeeper and Pneumoconiosis. His films have been selected for both domestic and international film festivals, including the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Justin Scholar is a producer from New York. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, majoring in Film/TV Production. Currently, he resides in Chengdu as an artist-in-residence.

Director. She directed the short film Xiaohui and His Cows, which received a Special Mention in the Generation Kplus section at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. Her work focuses on portraying the unspoken vulnerabilities of individuals in contemporary society.

MA from Nanjing University of the Arts. His 2022 work That Bridge · That Water · That Gate won Best Student Feature at the Barcelona Planet Film Festival and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the New Vision International Film Festival in the Netherlands. His film Oh Wind, Oh Wind, Return to Hometown was selected for the Youth Video Showcase at the Silk Road International Film Festival.

Her acting works have been selected for prestigious film events such as the Shanghai International Film Festival and the Shanghai Youth Original Short Drama Exhibition Season. These selections highlight her talent and versatility as an actress, gaining recognition and acclaim within both the film and theater communities.

Documentary director and professor. He holds a Ph.D. and is a professor at the College of Arts and Media, Tongji University. His major works, including Ballad of Roaming Spirits and Land of Black Gold, have been featured in both domestic and international film festivals such as the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, and Busan International Film Festival.

Majored in Broadcasting and Television at Fudan University. Currently working as a management trainee at the script center of Ningmeng Pictures, coordinating the needs of marketing, screenwriters, and directors.

Screenwriter and director. He holds an MFA in film production from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. His first feature film, Brief History of a Family, was selected for both the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, marking the first Chinese-language debut feature to be featured in both festivals.

Director and screenwriter. He has directed narrative short films such as Wandering and Deep Sea Solitude, which were selected for the Beijing College Student Film Festival. His screenplay Letter Bird received the "China's Good Story" award from Tencent Pictures at the inaugural Golden Rooster Film Festival Project Market.

Founder of the original musical theatre team “Rongxiong Has Culture.” Playwright and composer of the musical Slash Evolution Theory, which was shortlisted for the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation’s Young Playwrights Program, the Chinese Musical Awards, and the China Grand Theatre Micro-Theatre Showcase.

MA in Performing Arts at Dankook University, film magazine editor. While in South Korea, she participated in a film screening collective founded by international students and has planned and executed numerous film-related screening events.

Screenwriter. She graduated from the Department of Dramatic Literature at Shanghai Theatre Academy. Her independently written feature film script Drive! received support from the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation's Young Screenwriters Fund and was shortlisted for the final round of the 13th Beijing International Film Festival Project Pitching.

Director. She holds an MFA in Film Production from Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. She is a recipient of the UAE Golden Visa for Creatives in Arts and Culture. Her short films The Somnium and Shallow Grave, as well as the documentary A Great River, have been selected for numerous international film festivals, including A-list and Academy Award-qualifying festivals.

Co-founder of DeepFocus, a film media platform, and head of PARALLAX Fi l m s, an international sales label. She has been involved in the production and international distribution of films including A New Old Play and Wisdom Tooth. She produced the film Vanishing Days, which was selected for the New Currents competition at the Busan International Film Festival and screened at the Berlin International Film Festival.

MA in Media and Communications from Sichuan University of , emerging film director. His works have received awards at film festivals such as FIRST and Spring Light by Western Film Group. Born and raised in Yan’an, northern Shaanxi, he studied under Mr. Wei Longbiao and is a graduate of the 8th cohort of Xi’an Spring Light Film Academy.

The short film Ash directed by him was showcased at international film festivals including the New Era Youth Film Festival. He has worked as a director and director of photography on various projects, with extensive collaboration experience with brands and companies such as Disney, Xiaomi, RADO, GAP, and Bilibili.

He served as a Visual Effects Supervisor Supervisor at DNEG, contributing to films such as Interstellar and The Jungle Book, both of which won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. He has also taught at the University of Southern California and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Director and screenwriter. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics from Brown University and a Master's degree in film production from the American Film Institute (AFI). His short film Eternal Sunday was selected for the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia and the Asian American International Film Festival. Another short film, Gold Fortune, won Best Short Film awards at the NEW ERA Film Festival, UK film festival, among others.

Director. He completed his first feature film, Go Fishing, in 2021, which was selected for the "Debut Spotlight" section at the 16th FIRST International Film Festival and the International Competition at the 37th Entrevues Belfort Film Festival in France. In 2023, he directed the film Go Photo Shooting, which was selected for the Main Competition Feature Films section at the 17th FIRST International Film Festival.

Social media influencer, emerging short film director. He enjoys the creative process and storytelling through visual media. His greatest joy comes from developing compelling ideas, while his biggest frustration is being unable to bring them to life on screen.

Graduate of the American Film Institute, she is currently the Head of Sales at EST N8. She has previously worked at Dadi Film, and Blue Box Financing. She has made significant contributions to several major film productions, including Only Fools Rush In, Tiger Mom, as well as 40 ACRES (R.T. Thorne) and KILL OR BE KILLED (Nick Zigler). As an independent producer, her work has received support from the Sloan Foundation.

Screenwriter and director. She graduated from the 3iS International Institute of Image & Sound in Paris. Her feature film script The Cord of Life was selected for the 2019 FIRST International Film Festival's Financing Forum and the 2nd HAF Film Lab at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. Her first feature film, The Cord of Life, was selected for the "Asian Future" section at the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival.

Director. His works include narrative films such as Ajami, which received the Caméra d'Or Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards. He is a professor in the film department at New York University and has served on the organizing committees of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival and the Istanbul International Film Festival.

Young director. She serves as the head teacher of the Acting Advanced Training Program at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, a lecturer in acting and directing at the Shanghai Oriental Culture and Art Training College, and is the founder of the Yujian Theatre Workshop.

She holds an MFA from the Producers Program at UCLA. After working as a certified public accountant at Deloitte Hong Kong, she transitioned to the film industry in Hollywood. She is currently an Acquisition Executive at EST Studios, a company specializing in the distribution of Asian and Asian-American films. She has contributed to the development of a Bruce Lee biopic directed by Ang Lee and has been involved in the production of several HBO series.

Based in London, engaged in photography, writing, and filmmaking. Her artistic practice focuses on personal spiritual experiences and is dedicated to exploring the truths of life. Bridging the personal and the universal, the known and the unknown, the transient and the eternal, her works center on the intertwined spaces across multiple dimensions.

Composer and sound designer. She holds a Ph.D. in Electronic Music Composition and a Master's degree in Sound Direction from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She serves as a graduate supervisor at the Shanghai Film Academy. She is a council member of the Immersive Space Art and Technology Alliance and the founder of M-techFusion.

Graduate of the NYU Tisch/Stern dual-degree program, she is a director and screenwriter supported by the New York Women’s Foundation and the BAFTA Global Talent Initiative. Her directorial works have been selected by international film festivals including SXSW, and the Rhode Island International Film Festival. Her latest short film, Fishtank, is an award-winning project supported by the Tribeca Women’s Filmmaker Program.

Director and Screenwriter. She holds degrees from the School of Journalism and Communication and the School of Arts at Peking University, as well as an MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage from Northwestern University. Her short film Canker was selected for the Short Film Competition at Cannes Critics' Week as part of the "Mountain One" Female Director Short Film Support Program.

Film consultant for Illumination Entertainment, member of the Shanghai Language Association, and member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association of America (SFPA) and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Former host at Shanghai Television.

Poster designer. He works across various creative fields, including fashion branding, magazine and book covers, and film posters. He has designed key visuals for several domestic and international film festivals, such as the 86358 Short Film Festival. His notable works include the international poster for Yanagawa, the Chinese edition cover for Beasts of No Nation, and the retrospective poster for director Lou Ye at the CineCina Film Festival.

Documentary director, director, and cinematographer. She has been deeply involved in the production of humanistic documentaries such as Life’s Second “Lack” and Level One Response.

BA and MA in Broadcasting and Television at Fudan University. Currently employed at Youku's Drama Evaluation Center.

Cinematography works include SHe, Art Is Dead, SWAT, and The River of Fury, which have been selected by international A-list film festivals such as the Shanghai International Film Festival, FIRST International Film Festival, and the Montreal World Film Festival.

Experienced Project Development Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the media production industry. Currently working at Alibaba Pictures, with a MA focused in Drama and Film Study from Fudan University.

Creative producer. She graduated with a degree in Neuroscience from UCLA, and earned her MFA in Creative Producing from Columbia University. She has worked at various film production and distribution companies in both China and the US. Her producing credits include short films such as In the Dusk, as well as the feature film My Heavenly City. Her works have been selected for film festivals including the Atlanta Film Festival.

Director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. He holds an MFA in Directing from Columbia University. In 2023, he was an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University's School of the Arts. His first feature film, Eight to Nine O'Clock, was selected for the Industry Screening section of the FIRST International Film Festival. His short film, Summer Swing, was shortlisted at the Cannes Film Festival and the Shanghai International Film Festival

Film and Television Producer, Screenwriter. She is the head of ZiCulture. Her involvement in the development and production of feature films has led to multiple awards at the Shanghai International Film Festival and the China Golden Rooster Awards.

Bachelor in Drama Directing from NYU Tisch and Master in Arts and Public Policy. Director of the New York premiere of the Chinese version of Me, Don Quixote, artistic director of MandarinWorks at the New York Original Drama Festival, and playwright of the original dramas Diffusion of Sound, The Desert Is Not a Closed Loop, and film Paradise Lost. Recipient of the NYFA City Artist Corps award and the first prize winner of the NFFTY Editing Challenge.

Director. He holds degrees from Emerson College and the American Film Institute Conservatory. His short film The Chef received the Student Academy Award and the NOWNESS China New Talent Award. He was selected for Disney's Launchpad program and directed the short film Dinner Is Served.

Young director, screenwriter, and editor. He holds a Master in Directing from the Beijing Film Academy and a Bachelor degree from Fudan University. His notable works include See You Again and Lisa. He has received the Best Short Film Award at the All Asia Independent Film Festival and the Best Narrative Feature Award at the Beijing College Student Film Festival. He currently teaches at the Shanghai Film Academy.

He produced the feature film Shanghai Story, served as the producer of the stage play The Fund Manager, and was the producer and co-director of the documentary Bunk Beds, created for the 120th anniversary of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Previously, he served as Chairman of the Investment Decision Committee at Franklin Templeton Sealand.

Founder of the film media platform [voice_over_]. She established a screening label in South Korea focusing on showcasing and facilitating exchanges of works by emerging Chinese and Korean filmmakers. As a producer, she has developed and produced several award-winning short films, which have been recognized and selected by various film festivals across Asia.

An international young actor and director, and former contracted performer with Japan’s SCOT Theatre Company (Suzuki Company of Toga). Holds an MFA in Acting from Columbia University. Trained in Shakespearean performance at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), as well as in the Suzuki Method and The Lucid Body actor training techniques.

Graduated from the Chinese Department of Fudan University and has been working in the screenwriting industry ever since. One of the credited screenwriters of My Heroic Husband. Currently still striving to establish a firm foothold in the industry, and deeply understands the struggles and confusion faced by newcomers. Passionate about helping aspiring screenwriters find their direction.

Former president of the NYU Chinese Students and Scholars Association, head of business development at New York Chinese Language Film Festival, and founder of the New York Chinese Original Drama Festival. She served as associate producer for the New York Off-Broadway musical Me, Don Quixote, worked as BD at ACIST, and worked as executive producer for the BOND International Virtual Live Performance Festival.

Her works include The Good Woman of Sichuan, Nini, What Time Is It There?, and Vicky, I and Herself. The Good Woman of Sichuan was screened at the Berlinale Forum, MoMA's Documentary Fortnight, and the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival .

Independent short film producer. Her works include Abdullah. She contributes to media outlets such as Deep Focus and The Paper. Holding a Ph.D. in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California, she has also worked with programming teams at various independent film festivals both domestically and internationally.

Producer. He has over a decade of experience in film production. He produced the feature film Brief History of a Family, which was selected for several top international film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival.

Born in Changsha, Hunan. His notable works include SHe, Art Is Dead, Let's Fall in Love, and the animated series Perfect City.

Documentary filmmaker whose works have been broadcast on major international networks such as Japan’s NHK Television and Al Jazeera on the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network. His documentaries have reached diverse global audiences, reflecting his strong storytelling ability and commitment to shedding light on important social and cultural issues.

His first feature film, Vanishing Days, was selected for the Berlinale Forum and the New Currents section at the Busan International Film Festival, among others, and received several awards. His second film, Who Is Sleeping on My Pillow, won the Artention-Vanke Film Award at the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF). Additionally, his installation art project Vanishing Novel Series was exhibited at the China Academy of Art Museum

Video creator with 160,000 followers on Bilibili and over 15 million total views across platforms. Has four years of experience producing short- to mid-form online videos. Skilled in low-budget video planning and production, with hands-on expertise in writing, directing, performing, and editing independently.

Jianhao An is a film producer and founder of 28ST Films. His recent works include *Love Is a Gun*, *Dwelling by the West Lake*, and *The Botanist*, each achieving critical acclaim and commercial success. Jianhao is dedicated to nurturing emerging talent and bridging cultural storytelling through international collaborations.

Her directorial work won the Best Short Film Award from the Austin Film Festival jury, receiving high praise for its creativity and storytelling. Additionally, the film was shortlisted for the prestigious St. Louis International Film Festival.

Young director. She holds a degree in Film and Television from the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. She has worked as a lighting technician for Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures. She holds the City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Electrical Installations and is currently developing his artistic and technical career within the UK film industry.

Documentary director. He has held senior editorial positions at major Chinese media outlets, including Deputy Editor-in-Chief of The Paper, Vice President and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Pear Video, and Deputy Editor of the Shanghai Oriental Morning Post. He is the founder of the online documentary platform "Bonfire Stories." His photography project Chinese Zoo was awarded at the World Press Photo Contest.

Zhihu Premium Columnist and Fiction Writer. Her work Gifts for Future has been optioned for film adaptation and is currently in development by Beijing Tuboshu Pictures. She also created the large-scale immersive live-action role-playing game Shadow of the Mystery Valley for Shanghai Happy Valley.

MA in Film Production from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, member of the Shanghai Film Critics Society. He is the writer and director of films such as Daughter of Shashi, Stinkbug, and About Ting. His accolades include the National Scholarship awarded by the Ministry of Education, as well as honors from the Shanghai International Film Festival, Beijing College Student Film Festival, and the First Prize at Cine Next Youth Film Festival.

Film producer based in South Korea. Since 2016, she has held positions at major Korean film investment, production, and distribution companies, including SIDUS, Megabox, and CJ ENM. She has been involved in the planning, production, and investment of various film and television projects, such as The Vanished, Tazza 3, Time to Hunt (Netflix), Urban Myths (Netflix), and Hunt.

Director and Screenwriter. He graduated in Film Production from Toronto Film School. Completed the feature film Gone with the Boat, which won the Best Screenplay Award in the Asian New Talent section at the Shanghai International Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Director in the same section. Additionally, received the Best New Director Award and Best Actor Award at the 10th Silk Road International Film Festival.

MFA from the School of Film at Hong Kong Baptist University. His directorial works have been awarded and selected at dozens of film festivals both in China and internationally, including the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, Macau International Film Festival, Chinese Youth Film Week, Chongqing Youth Film Exhibition, Silk Road International Film Festival, and Beijing International Short Film Festival.

Director, with representative works including Traces Disappearing, Cold Spring, and Offshore Tide. Her films have been selected for screenings at Hishorts! Xiamen Short Film Week, ReelFocus, and the Beijing International Short Film Festival, among others.

Screenwriter and director. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Tsinghua University and a Master's degree in film production from Hong Kong Baptist University. Selected for the Golden Horse Film Academy and Berlinale Talents. His first feature film, Suburban Birds, won the Best Narrative Feature at the FIRST International Film Festival and was selected for the Locarno Film Festival.

Film producer, curator, and documentary director. He founded Dangmai Films. His first production, Kaili Blues, received numerous prestigious awards, including Best New Director at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards, the FIPRESCI Prize, and the Golden Montgolfière at the 37th Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes. His subsequent production, Long Day's Journey into Night, was selected for the 71st Cannes Film Festival and achieved global distribution.

Her creative work spans poetry, playwriting, and stage performance. She has performed at venues such as Judson Memorial Church and Dixon Place in New York City. She conducts workshops in various communities, focusing on open-form writing, improvisational performance, body language studies, and queer culture.

Production Designer. Deng has developed a distinctive aesthetic perspective through observation and practice. She has contributed to the production of the feature film Gone with the Boat, the documentary Let's Go!, and the short film Back to Reality in various capacities, including as production designer, assistant director, and documentary cinematographer.

Her produced works have been officially selected and showcased at prominent cultural events, including the Festival Croisements (Sino-French Cultural Spring) and the Shanghai International Small Theater Festival, gaining recognition for their artistic merit and cross-cultural appeal.

Animation director. She has collaborated with brands including Disney Animation, Amazon, TEAM WANG DESIGN, BBC, and Coca-Cola. Her independently produced animated short films have been selected for numerous international film festivals, earning multiple awards from BAFTA and the National Society of Film Critics.

She has worked on online feature films such as Gan Jiang and Mo Ye: Heroic Glory & Twin Swords, BMW's microfilm Magic Daddy, the animated film Mermaid, and the theatrical release Super Molly. Additionally, she served as a film development coordinator on theatrical films including When Larry Met Mary and The Founding of a Republic.

Screenwriter, director, and producer. She directed and wrote the short film Separation, which was a semi-finalist at the 2021 Student Academy Awards. As a producer, she worked on the feature film The Skin of Love, which was selected for the 2022 Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) Work-in-Progress (WIP) program. Shee also served as co-producer for the feature film All, or Nothing at All.

Graduated from Columbia University. Formerly worked in market research at Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment Group. Playwright of the musical Pear Garden Opera House in New York; playwright and director of Coke at Zero Degrees at the Wuzhen Theatre Festival. Wrote the musical Li Qingzhao, which was shortlisted for the Shanghai Grand Theatre’s Incubation Program.

Chief Technical Support Officer at Come Rental. Certified technical support specialist for brands including RED, Canon, Sony, and ATOMOS, and a guest lecturer for MOVCAM. With over a decade of experience in the film and television industry, he pursued further training at the Beijing Film Academy and has provided professional equipment and shooting solutions for hundreds of production teams.

Director and cinematographer. His short film Will You Look at Me was selected for the Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received the Queer Palm for Best Short Film, and later won the Short Film Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Another short film, Goodbye First Love, was selected for the Berlin International Film Festival. As a cinematographer, he worked on Borrowed Time and Farewell, My Hometown.

Curator, independent film producer, and barista. He holds a Master of Arts in Religion and Literature from Yale Divinity School. He serves as a curator for the CineCina Film Festival in New York. In 2019, he founded Fangtan Culture in Shanghai, which has invested in and produced several films, including A New Old Play, Yanagawa, The Shadowless Tower, and the VR project Diagnosia.

After completing the first year of his graduate studies at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, he decided to take a leave of absence. His student short film The Other Shore was selected for festivals including the Premiers Plans d’Angers in France and the Beijing Independent Film Festival. His first feature film All About ING (original title: Mu Ling, Yi Ming, Wei Ming) won the Jury Grand Prize at the FIRST International Film Festival.

Independent producer, documentary filmmaker, and director. Founder of Cotton Sand Studio. His work focuses on marginalized groups such as left-behind children, and World War II veterans. His notable documentaries include Children at a Village School and Miners, the Horsekeeper and Pneumoconiosis. His films have been selected for both domestic and international film festivals, including the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Justin Scholar is a producer from New York. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, majoring in Film/TV Production. Currently, he resides in Chengdu as an artist-in-residence.

Director. She directed the short film Xiaohui and His Cows, which received a Special Mention in the Generation Kplus section at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. Her work focuses on portraying the unspoken vulnerabilities of individuals in contemporary society.

MA from Nanjing University of the Arts. His 2022 work That Bridge · That Water · That Gate won Best Student Feature at the Barcelona Planet Film Festival and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the New Vision International Film Festival in the Netherlands. His film Oh Wind, Oh Wind, Return to Hometown was selected for the Youth Video Showcase at the Silk Road International Film Festival.

Her acting works have been selected for prestigious film events such as the Shanghai International Film Festival and the Shanghai Youth Original Short Drama Exhibition Season. These selections highlight her talent and versatility as an actress, gaining recognition and acclaim within both the film and theater communities.

Documentary director and professor. He holds a Ph.D. and is a professor at the College of Arts and Media, Tongji University. His major works, including Ballad of Roaming Spirits and Land of Black Gold, have been featured in both domestic and international film festivals such as the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, and Busan International Film Festival.

Majored in Broadcasting and Television at Fudan University. Currently working as a management trainee at the script center of Ningmeng Pictures, coordinating the needs of marketing, screenwriters, and directors.

Screenwriter and director. He holds an MFA in film production from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. His first feature film, Brief History of a Family, was selected for both the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, marking the first Chinese-language debut feature to be featured in both festivals.

Director and screenwriter. He has directed narrative short films such as Wandering and Deep Sea Solitude, which were selected for the Beijing College Student Film Festival. His screenplay Letter Bird received the "China's Good Story" award from Tencent Pictures at the inaugural Golden Rooster Film Festival Project Market.

Founder of the original musical theatre team “Rongxiong Has Culture.” Playwright and composer of the musical Slash Evolution Theory, which was shortlisted for the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation’s Young Playwrights Program, the Chinese Musical Awards, and the China Grand Theatre Micro-Theatre Showcase.

MA in Performing Arts at Dankook University, film magazine editor. While in South Korea, she participated in a film screening collective founded by international students and has planned and executed numerous film-related screening events.

Screenwriter. She graduated from the Department of Dramatic Literature at Shanghai Theatre Academy. Her independently written feature film script Drive! received support from the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation's Young Screenwriters Fund and was shortlisted for the final round of the 13th Beijing International Film Festival Project Pitching.

Director. She holds an MFA in Film Production from Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. She is a recipient of the UAE Golden Visa for Creatives in Arts and Culture. Her short films The Somnium and Shallow Grave, as well as the documentary A Great River, have been selected for numerous international film festivals, including A-list and Academy Award-qualifying festivals.

Co-founder of DeepFocus, a film media platform, and head of PARALLAX Fi l m s, an international sales label. She has been involved in the production and international distribution of films including A New Old Play and Wisdom Tooth. She produced the film Vanishing Days, which was selected for the New Currents competition at the Busan International Film Festival and screened at the Berlin International Film Festival.

MA in Media and Communications from Sichuan University of , emerging film director. His works have received awards at film festivals such as FIRST and Spring Light by Western Film Group. Born and raised in Yan’an, northern Shaanxi, he studied under Mr. Wei Longbiao and is a graduate of the 8th cohort of Xi’an Spring Light Film Academy.

The short film Ash directed by him was showcased at international film festivals including the New Era Youth Film Festival. He has worked as a director and director of photography on various projects, with extensive collaboration experience with brands and companies such as Disney, Xiaomi, RADO, GAP, and Bilibili.

He served as a Visual Effects Supervisor Supervisor at DNEG, contributing to films such as Interstellar and The Jungle Book, both of which won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. He has also taught at the University of Southern California and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Director and screenwriter. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics from Brown University and a Master's degree in film production from the American Film Institute (AFI). His short film Eternal Sunday was selected for the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia and the Asian American International Film Festival. Another short film, Gold Fortune, won Best Short Film awards at the NEW ERA Film Festival, UK film festival, among others.

Director. He completed his first feature film, Go Fishing, in 2021, which was selected for the "Debut Spotlight" section at the 16th FIRST International Film Festival and the International Competition at the 37th Entrevues Belfort Film Festival in France. In 2023, he directed the film Go Photo Shooting, which was selected for the Main Competition Feature Films section at the 17th FIRST International Film Festival.

Social media influencer, emerging short film director. He enjoys the creative process and storytelling through visual media. His greatest joy comes from developing compelling ideas, while his biggest frustration is being unable to bring them to life on screen.

Graduate of the American Film Institute, she is currently the Head of Sales at EST N8. She has previously worked at Dadi Film, and Blue Box Financing. She has made significant contributions to several major film productions, including Only Fools Rush In, Tiger Mom, as well as 40 ACRES (R.T. Thorne) and KILL OR BE KILLED (Nick Zigler). As an independent producer, her work has received support from the Sloan Foundation.

Screenwriter and director. She graduated from the 3iS International Institute of Image & Sound in Paris. Her feature film script The Cord of Life was selected for the 2019 FIRST International Film Festival's Financing Forum and the 2nd HAF Film Lab at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. Her first feature film, The Cord of Life, was selected for the "Asian Future" section at the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival.

Director. His works include narrative films such as Ajami, which received the Caméra d'Or Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards. He is a professor in the film department at New York University and has served on the organizing committees of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival and the Istanbul International Film Festival.

Young director. She serves as the head teacher of the Acting Advanced Training Program at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, a lecturer in acting and directing at the Shanghai Oriental Culture and Art Training College, and is the founder of the Yujian Theatre Workshop.

She holds an MFA from the Producers Program at UCLA. After working as a certified public accountant at Deloitte Hong Kong, she transitioned to the film industry in Hollywood. She is currently an Acquisition Executive at EST Studios, a company specializing in the distribution of Asian and Asian-American films. She has contributed to the development of a Bruce Lee biopic directed by Ang Lee and has been involved in the production of several HBO series.

Based in London, engaged in photography, writing, and filmmaking. Her artistic practice focuses on personal spiritual experiences and is dedicated to exploring the truths of life. Bridging the personal and the universal, the known and the unknown, the transient and the eternal, her works center on the intertwined spaces across multiple dimensions.

Composer and sound designer. She holds a Ph.D. in Electronic Music Composition and a Master's degree in Sound Direction from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She serves as a graduate supervisor at the Shanghai Film Academy. She is a council member of the Immersive Space Art and Technology Alliance and the founder of M-techFusion.

Graduate of the NYU Tisch/Stern dual-degree program, she is a director and screenwriter supported by the New York Women’s Foundation and the BAFTA Global Talent Initiative. Her directorial works have been selected by international film festivals including SXSW, and the Rhode Island International Film Festival. Her latest short film, Fishtank, is an award-winning project supported by the Tribeca Women’s Filmmaker Program.

Director and Screenwriter. She holds degrees from the School of Journalism and Communication and the School of Arts at Peking University, as well as an MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage from Northwestern University. Her short film Canker was selected for the Short Film Competition at Cannes Critics' Week as part of the "Mountain One" Female Director Short Film Support Program.

Film consultant for Illumination Entertainment, member of the Shanghai Language Association, and member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association of America (SFPA) and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Former host at Shanghai Television.

Poster designer. He works across various creative fields, including fashion branding, magazine and book covers, and film posters. He has designed key visuals for several domestic and international film festivals, such as the 86358 Short Film Festival. His notable works include the international poster for Yanagawa, the Chinese edition cover for Beasts of No Nation, and the retrospective poster for director Lou Ye at the CineCina Film Festival.

Documentary director, director, and cinematographer. She has been deeply involved in the production of humanistic documentaries such as Life’s Second “Lack” and Level One Response.

BA and MA in Broadcasting and Television at Fudan University. Currently employed at Youku's Drama Evaluation Center.

Cinematography works include SHe, Art Is Dead, SWAT, and The River of Fury, which have been selected by international A-list film festivals such as the Shanghai International Film Festival, FIRST International Film Festival, and the Montreal World Film Festival.

Experienced Project Development Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the media production industry. Currently working at Alibaba Pictures, with a MA focused in Drama and Film Study from Fudan University.

Creative producer. She graduated with a degree in Neuroscience from UCLA, and earned her MFA in Creative Producing from Columbia University. She has worked at various film production and distribution companies in both China and the US. Her producing credits include short films such as In the Dusk, as well as the feature film My Heavenly City. Her works have been selected for film festivals including the Atlanta Film Festival.

Director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. He holds an MFA in Directing from Columbia University. In 2023, he was an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University's School of the Arts. His first feature film, Eight to Nine O'Clock, was selected for the Industry Screening section of the FIRST International Film Festival. His short film, Summer Swing, was shortlisted at the Cannes Film Festival and the Shanghai International Film Festival

Film and Television Producer, Screenwriter. She is the head of ZiCulture. Her involvement in the development and production of feature films has led to multiple awards at the Shanghai International Film Festival and the China Golden Rooster Awards.

Bachelor in Drama Directing from NYU Tisch and Master in Arts and Public Policy. Director of the New York premiere of the Chinese version of Me, Don Quixote, artistic director of MandarinWorks at the New York Original Drama Festival, and playwright of the original dramas Diffusion of Sound, The Desert Is Not a Closed Loop, and film Paradise Lost. Recipient of the NYFA City Artist Corps award and the first prize winner of the NFFTY Editing Challenge.

Director. He holds degrees from Emerson College and the American Film Institute Conservatory. His short film The Chef received the Student Academy Award and the NOWNESS China New Talent Award. He was selected for Disney's Launchpad program and directed the short film Dinner Is Served.

Young director, screenwriter, and editor. He holds a Master in Directing from the Beijing Film Academy and a Bachelor degree from Fudan University. His notable works include See You Again and Lisa. He has received the Best Short Film Award at the All Asia Independent Film Festival and the Best Narrative Feature Award at the Beijing College Student Film Festival. He currently teaches at the Shanghai Film Academy.

He produced the feature film Shanghai Story, served as the producer of the stage play The Fund Manager, and was the producer and co-director of the documentary Bunk Beds, created for the 120th anniversary of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Previously, he served as Chairman of the Investment Decision Committee at Franklin Templeton Sealand.

Founder of the film media platform [voice_over_]. She established a screening label in South Korea focusing on showcasing and facilitating exchanges of works by emerging Chinese and Korean filmmakers. As a producer, she has developed and produced several award-winning short films, which have been recognized and selected by various film festivals across Asia.

An international young actor and director, and former contracted performer with Japan’s SCOT Theatre Company (Suzuki Company of Toga). Holds an MFA in Acting from Columbia University. Trained in Shakespearean performance at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), as well as in the Suzuki Method and The Lucid Body actor training techniques.

Graduated from the Chinese Department of Fudan University and has been working in the screenwriting industry ever since. One of the credited screenwriters of My Heroic Husband. Currently still striving to establish a firm foothold in the industry, and deeply understands the struggles and confusion faced by newcomers. Passionate about helping aspiring screenwriters find their direction.

Former president of the NYU Chinese Students and Scholars Association, head of business development at New York Chinese Language Film Festival, and founder of the New York Chinese Original Drama Festival. She served as associate producer for the New York Off-Broadway musical Me, Don Quixote, worked as BD at ACIST, and worked as executive producer for the BOND International Virtual Live Performance Festival.

Her works include The Good Woman of Sichuan, Nini, What Time Is It There?, and Vicky, I and Herself. The Good Woman of Sichuan was screened at the Berlinale Forum, MoMA's Documentary Fortnight, and the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival .

Independent short film producer. Her works include Abdullah. She contributes to media outlets such as Deep Focus and The Paper. Holding a Ph.D. in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California, she has also worked with programming teams at various independent film festivals both domestically and internationally.

Producer. He has over a decade of experience in film production. He produced the feature film Brief History of a Family, which was selected for several top international film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival.

Born in Changsha, Hunan. His notable works include SHe, Art Is Dead, Let's Fall in Love, and the animated series Perfect City.

Documentary filmmaker whose works have been broadcast on major international networks such as Japan’s NHK Television and Al Jazeera on the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network. His documentaries have reached diverse global audiences, reflecting his strong storytelling ability and commitment to shedding light on important social and cultural issues.

His first feature film, Vanishing Days, was selected for the Berlinale Forum and the New Currents section at the Busan International Film Festival, among others, and received several awards. His second film, Who Is Sleeping on My Pillow, won the Artention-Vanke Film Award at the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF). Additionally, his installation art project Vanishing Novel Series was exhibited at the China Academy of Art Museum

Video creator with 160,000 followers on Bilibili and over 15 million total views across platforms. Has four years of experience producing short- to mid-form online videos. Skilled in low-budget video planning and production, with hands-on expertise in writing, directing, performing, and editing independently.