Filmmakers Talk on Co-Production

Jay Wu
Creative Producer, Writer & Director

Named to Playback’s 10 to Watch in 2024, Jay Carolyn Wu is a creative producer who leads scripted series and features, including a sitcom with CBC Comedy and Tyra Banks’s SMiZE Productions, and other projects with partners like Crave, Pageboy Productions, and Bruce McCulloch, with two features shooting in 2026.

Mayumi Yoshida
Director, AKASHI

Mayumi Yoshida 吉田真由美 is a Vancouver-based director, actor, and writer whose global upbringing shapes her “in-betweener” storytelling. An alum of TIFF Writer’s Studio and Warner Bros. Discovery Access, she directed the Juno-nominated Different Than Before, has won SXSW’s Jury Award, and screened at Oscar- and BAFTA-qualifying festivals.

Janus Victoria
Director, DIAMONDS IN THE SAND

Janus Victoria, a Manila-based writer-director, creates documentaries and films on human-place connections. She’s made six shorts, including Myth of Manila, as well as the documentary Encounters with Silence. Diamonds in the Sand is her debut feature.

Timothy Yeung
Director, FINCH & MIDLAND

Timothy Yeung is a Canadian-born Chinese filmmaker and holds a master of fine arts from New York University. A TIFF Filmmaker Lab alumnus, his short 90 Days was acquired by Sundance Selects. He won the MAS Award at the Busan Asian Project Market in 2018.

Nach Dudsdeemaytha
Producer, AKASHI

Nach Dudsdeemaytha is a Thai-Canadian filmmaker based in Vancouver, BC. He holds over a dozen producer credits on award-winning films and web series. Nach is a recent alumni of the NSI / EAVE ACCESS Producer Program. Outside of Musubi Arts, Nach works as a Line Producer and Production Manager for independent feature films.