Jury Members

CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE IN ASIAN CINEMA

INAUGURATED IN 2007, THE ASIAN FILM AWARDS CELEBRATES EXCELLENCE IN ASIAN CINEMA THROUGH THE ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF AWARDS TO TALENTS AND FILMS THAT MAKE UP THE DYNAMIC FILM INDUSTRIES OF ASIA.

JURY MEMBERS

Sabrina BARACETTI

Italy President, Udine Far East Film Festival and Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche

Sabrina BARACETTI is a founding member and president of Udine Far East Film Festival and president of cultural organisation and arthouse exhibition company Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche, head of acquisitions of the distribution company Tucker Film, co-founder and consultant for Ties That Bind and member of the Board of Directors at Friuli Cinematheque. She served as a jury member on various film festivals dedicated to Asian Cinema.

ISHIZAKA Kenji

Japan Senior Programmer, Tokyo International Film Festival

ISHIZAKA Kenji is the Senior Programmer of Tokyo International Film Festival. He is a film critic. He was Film Coordinator at the Japan Foundation and serves as Dean/Professor at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image (a.k.a. Imamura Shohei Film School).

Jennifer JAO

Taiwan Vice Chairman and Director, Taipei Film Commission

Jennifer JAO obtained her M.A. from University of Colorado Boulder of U.S.A. JAO joined the Central Motion Picture Corporation at the management department and participated in more than 60 films. JAO worked as a producer of Taipei Factory I & II, Torokko, and HBO Asia Original Series Dream Raider, The Moon is Always Full and Love Talk. Currently she is also the Vice President of Asian Film Commissions Network, Vice Chairman and Director of Taipei Film Commission, and member of several other film related organisations.

NAM Dong-chul

South Korea Program Director, Busan International Film Festival

NAM Dong-chul began as a staff writer in 1995 for the Korean weekly film magazine Cine21, and has been editorin-chief since 2004. He served as General Manager of Asian Film Market from 2008 to 2013. He worked as Programmer of Busan International Film Festival from 2013 and as Program Director since 2019.