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2021 Features Jury

Shelly Kraicer

Shelly Kraicer was born in Toronto, Canada, and received a BA in philosophy at Yale University. He lived in Beijing, China, for 11 years, where he studied Chinese language and researched contemporary Chinese language cinema. A frequent visitor to Hong Kong, he has written extensively on Hong Kong cinema and curated retrospectives on the Fourth Generation of Chinese directors and on Hong Kong director Johnnie To. Kracier has published in Cinema Scope, Cineaste, the Village Voice, and The New York Times, as well as translated subtitles for over 40 recent Chinese films. He is currently a programmer at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Lee Won-suk

Head of Incheon Film Commission, Lee Won-suk is also a film director from South Korea. Lee made his filmmaking debut with the romantic comedy How to Use Guys with Secret Tips (2013), which won the Golden Mulberry Award (Audience Award) at the 15th Far East Film Festival and the Bronze Prize for Best Asian Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival in 2013. His second film is the period drama The Royal Tailor (2014). Lee’s upcoming comic thriller musical feature Killing Romance tells the story of a retired actress who marries an island chaebol and meets a 3-time-test-taker who lives next door. 

Jan Wong

Jan Wong is a journalist and academic. Her first of six books, Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now, was named one of Time magazine’s top ten books of 1996. It remains banned in China. A third-generation Canadian born and raised in Montreal, she first went to China in 1972 at the height of the Cultural Revolution as one of only two Westerners permitted to enrol at Beijing University. Wong later was China correspondent for the Globe and Mail. Her coverage included the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. She lives in Toronto.

2021 Shorts Jury

Puiyee Leong

Puiyee Leong is an arts manager and film programmer based in Singapore. She was the Programme Manager of the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) from 2014 – 2019, taking lead of the Short Films programme. She was part of the Short Films pre-selection team with the Busan International Film Festival 2020, and the 2020-2021 Short Films selection team of the Bangkok-ASEAN Film Festival. Leong is currently the Senior Manager at Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, where she manages the film programmes and projects.

Rupali Morzaria

Rupali Morzaria is a designer and film programmer currently based in Tiohti:áke/ Montreal. She is the founder of SanghumFilm, a film collective and resource dedicated to celebrating the range of cinematic forms from and about the Indian subcontinent.

Tim Chiou

Tim Chiou is an actor from Los Angeles, known for his roles in shows such as Seal Team, Silicon Valley, iZombie, and Interrogation. He is honoured to be a part of the festival, appearing in three different features this year:I Was a Simple Man, Definition Please, and See You Then.

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