Indonesia | 2024 | Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi | 15:10 min
Director: Jaime Morados
Country: Philippines
Runtime: 17 minutes 38 seconds
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Production Year: 2024
Director: Wendi Tang
Country: China/United States
Runtime: 17 minutes 3 seconds
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Language: English
Production Year: 2024
Director: Daffa Mangussara
Country: Indonesia
Runtime: 23 minutes 19 seconds
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Language: Bahasa Indonesian
Production Year: 2024
Director: Fish Cheng
Country: Malaysia
Runtime: 8 minutes 5 seconds
Genre: Drama
Language: Chinese, Cantonese
Production Year: 2024
Director: Tedd Felisco
Country: Philippines
Runtime: 12 minutes 19 seconds
Genre: Drama
Language: Filippino
Production Year: 2024
Director: Dhiwangkara Seta
Country: Indonesia
Runtime: 18 minutes
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Coming-of-Age
Language: Bahasa Indonesian
Production Year: 2024
Director: Schantelle Alonzo
Country: United States of America/Philippines
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Genre: Animation | Drama
Language: English
Production Year: 2025
Mayu Nakamura is a Japanese writer/Director who earned an MFA from the Graduate Film Program at New York University.
She makes both documentary and fiction films. She made a directorial debut with a fiction feature, “The Summer of Stickleback” (Busan 2006).
Her documentary “Alone Again in Fukushima 2020” (Yamagata 2020) and her fiction features include “Intimate Stranger” (2021 Tokyo IFF), and “She is me, I am her” (2023 Udine).
Her 2022 psychological thriller Intimate Stranger is also available on CinemaWorld.
Catch her interview exploring the inspiration behind the film on CinemaWorld’s YouTube channel.
Leslie has over two decades of experience and expertise in the entertainment industry in Asia across marketing communications, content curation, channel management, content development, and media distribution.
His career includes spells at MediaCorp (Kids and Arts Central), Viacom (Nickelodeon Asia Pacific), The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia, and Warner Bros Discovery Asia Pacific.
His roles have included programming, operations, brand and franchise management, and content direction for leading brands such as Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Nickelodeon, Nick JR, Pogo, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang.
He also spearheaded the creation of Mickey Go Local and Tom & Jerry In Singapore, two award-winning original animated series that took iconic characters and put them in stories set in Southeast Asia.
He was also the executive producer of the series Lamput for Cartoon Network, which was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Animated Series in 2019.
He volunteers his time mentoring media students in various Singapore-based institutes of higher learning and is a board member of Centre 42, a non-profit arts organisation that documents, promotes, and develops playwriting in Singapore.
Mark Peregrino, more commonly known online as Mick Pilgrim, is a creative producer by trade and a film enthusiast at heart.
With over 15 years of experience in the media industry, he is currently a Creative Producer, overseeing creative operations in China, Japan, and Southeast Asia, and spearheading the production of local promotions, short-form content, and other creative requirements.
Previously, he was the Creative Director for a youth-oriented cable entertainment network in the Philippines, where he oversaw the channel’s brand and program campaigns, broadcast design, and short and long-form production, including local formats such as Project Runway Philippines.
Outside work, he produces short-form content focused on cinema, from movie reviews to thematic watchlists, local film events, and worldwide cinemas.
His vertical videos regularly cover the latest movie releases while also highlighting Asian cinema, queer films, and lesser-known titles.
You can find his creative works on Instagram: @mick.pilgrim
Josune Hahnheiser is a producer and head of development for Black Forest Films, a company that produces high-quality international feature films.
The company’s portfolio covers a wide range of genres and budgets, and most of its films have premiered at major festivals such as Cannes and Venice.
She is also a freelance script consultant who collaborates closely with the acclaimed writer/director Emily Atef.
Josune was a judge at the CinemaSHORT Asian Short Film Competition 2023.
Phạm Gia Quý is a film director and producer from Saigon and an alumnus of the Savannah College of Art and Design and Asian Producer Network (SGIFF).
He is the CEO and Founder of Spring Auteurs, a Vietnam-based film company dedicated to showcasing local stories on the global stage.
He is producing two period-piece feature films: Portrait of a Misty Sun, set in Indochina, Vietnam, and The Chameleon Woman (Asian Project Market 2024, BIFF), set in Cold War-era Thailand.
Quý’s portfolio includes music videos for Ngọt – “Bartender” and “(Tôi) Đi Trú Đông,” and his film “Vô Thường,” which has been screened at the LA Shorts Film Festival and the Brisbane International Film Festival.
His commitment to authentic Vietnamese narratives and innovative storytelling has earned him recognition in the international film community.
