Theme Entertainment
India
Post-graduated with a specialization in Film Direction at the SRFTI in Kolkata. Subsequently, he completed his further studies in Film Production in France. In spite of his being a Director by training, Debu works uniquely as a Producer in the professional arena. His current interests include the creation of a documentary fund that Asian Directors/Producers can have access to.
Lensa Srikandi
Malaysia
Norhayati Kaprawi is a Malaysian Muslim woman activist and also a documentary filmmaker. Amongst her films are "Mencari Kartika" (on the issue of a Muslim woman sentenced to be whipperd for drinking alcohol in Malaysia), "Aku Siapa / Who Am I" (on the hijab issue in Malaysia).
Voyage Studios
Philippines
A visual storyteller from the Philippines who began his career shooting short films and emerging as a cinematographer for documentary and narrative feature films. He shot some of the most celebrated films in the Philippines that traveled to different international film festivals.
Red Bridge
Vietnam
Film Producer — CEO REDBRIDGE TV & FILM PRODUCTION, Vietnam.Born in 1975 into an artist family in Vietnam and educated in UK. Acquired M.A in International Management, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
Van Ha has become unique and the most famous as the youngest successful producers in Vietnam.
Red Bridge
Vietnam
Born in 1977. Studied at Institute of Journalism and Communication, Ha Noi Academy of Theatre and Cinema and The University of Southern California in 2009. Began the film career in 2003. Directed two series of sitcom about teen (300 episodes) “Foursome 10A8”.Began to work with documentary sector in 2009. Have done 6 documentaries for 6 years.
Red Bridge
Vietnam
Born in 1975.Graduated from Ha Noi University of Science and Technology and Ha Noi Academy of Theatre and Cinema.
Working in Vietnam Feature Film Studio from 1997 to now.
Filmed a variety of films including documentary films, feature films and feature-length drama.
Goopy Bagha Productions Limited
Bangladesh
Md. Arifur Rahman's documentaries have been showed at the prestigious Sheffield Doc/Fest and International Human Rights Liberation Film Festival. He has produced short documentaries in collaboration with BBC, Scottish Documentary Insti-tute, Bangladesh Documentary Council, and NHK TV.
Goopy Bagha Productions Limited
Bangladesh
Bijon is a Film Production/Directing MFA- graduate from the prestigious Film, Television, and Theatre Department of University of California, Los Angeles. He has received numerous awards for his filmmaking. He has just fin-ished his first feature film “Kingdom of Clay Subjects”.
Sir Film a Lot
Cambodia
Sopheak’s films have screened at numerous international festivals in Asia & Europe. In February 2013, she was the first female Cambodian filmmaker ever to be invited to Berlin Film Festival. Her films also screened at IDFA, Amsterdam.
Independent Documentary Filmmaker
China
*Worked for CCTV9 documentary channel.
*Passionate about discovering stories of ordinary people.
*Work in processing: The Attack of Jellyfish(Lives under the threat of jellyfish)
The Hermits in Zhongnan Mountain(seeking a spiritual life with inner peace).
The flower of magic beans.
Personal Assistant of David Guanming Wang
China
*Language: English and Mandarin;
*Point of contact for international co-production.
Ryhana Productions
India
Raja Shabir Khan is the winner of 60th National Film Awards, India. He won three awards for his film “Shepherds of Paradise” in the category of best non-feature film and best cinematography. His first documentary film “Angels of Troubled Paradise” was telecast on NHK, Japan. "Delhi - Fear and Freedom" is his recent film which was co-produced by NHK, Japan.
Gambar Bergerak
Indonesia
His first film Ga Semudah Itu, Brur (2009) get Jury's Choice award at Hellofest 2009, a finalist in Europe on Screen Short Film Competition 2011. His 2nd music documentary Iblis Jalanan (2014) managed to get special mention in 2015 XXI Short Film Festival and won as best short film in 2015 Europe on Screen Short Film Festival.
Gambar Bergerak
Indonesia
UCU produced and directed Ragat’e Anak which is a part of the anthology Pertaruhan shown at Berlinale Film Festival. Farewell My School (2013), was shown in the IDFA 2013, session Kids & Docs. Ucu has made more than 10 short documentaries and two feature documentaries, Conspiracy of Silence (2010) and Behind the Frequency (2013).
Lao New Wave Cinema Productions
Laos
Xaisongkham is a Lao independent filmmaker. He is a co-founder of Lao New Wave Cinema and has been working with the team since 2012. In September 2012, he was selected to participate in ‘Asian Film Academy’ as part of the Busan International Film Festival, Korea.
Dosfellas
Malaysia
Fara oversees production and content development at Dosfellas. She has over 10 years of experience having produced programmes for Al Jazeera, National Geographic Channel, NHK and Channel NewsAsia. She developed the series “Secret Tribes” for Channel News Asia. In 2014, her film “Ida’s Choice” was awarded the Best Documentary at the Freedom Film Festival.
Area 51
Myanmar
As I now work as a digital video editor at PSI/Myanmar, I am also a documentary filmmaker, my first documentary named A Piece of Eden 2006 and directed NGO's films and others documentaries. My awarded film named Behind the Screen. I am now currently working on the project named A Girl from Yellow Camp.
CLOUD FILMS
Cambodia
Lida Chan is a 35-year-old Cambodian film director, who worked as an independent journalist before being trained in documentary filmmaking at the Cambodian Film Commission with Rithy Panh. Also a former fellow of the Sundance Institute, she made her first short film “My Yesterday Night” in 2010 and her mid-length film “Red Wedding” has received several awards.
Jin Se Dao Tian (金色稻田)
China
As a documentary director, his film the Next Life is a co-production with NHK & Al Jazeera English and in competition at IDFA 2011. My Land was selected in 2012 Berlinale Talent Campus and supported by Busan Asian Cinema Fund and Sundance documentary fund. Manufacturing Romance was selected for feature length documentary competition in Visions Du Reel 2015.
Youku Tudou Inc.
China
Chief Editor of Youku Tudou Inc. She was the producer of On the Road and Ji Lu. On the Road won a Golden Panda award at the Sichuan International Television Festival, a JinTong Award, and the Neweekly’s 2014 Best Video Program Award. Ji Lu was given the Best Program Award by the Chinese Documentary Association, and won a Jin Tong Award and the Best Promotion Award at the Xi’an International Video Festival.
Youku Tudou Inc.
China
She worked in CNEX as a producer before. Films she’s worked on include documentary film Plastic China (in production) supported by IDFA Bertha Fund and feature film (Sex) Appeal selected for 2014 Busan International Film Festival New Currents Competition. Leer holds an MBA degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
NeoMedia Investment (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
China
Born March 1985, in Xinjiang, China, Shen PengFei is an author & documentary director at NeoMedia Investment (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
NeoMedia Investment (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
China
Wang Jin has worked in Beijing TV station for 23 years. She was responsible for TV program, events and live shows, as an art performance planner, director and documentary producer. She won more than thirty awards.
Ricochet Productions
India
Sneha is a graduate of SRFTI film school in Kolkata, India. While there she edited the documentary 'Towards the Silver Lining' which won India’s prestigious National Film Award in 2015 and was also selected for the Beijing International Student Film Festival in 2013.
She is currently working towards making her debut as professional director.
Southern Lantern Studios
Philippines
Sheron is an alumnus of the Asian Film Academy in Korea, NEXT Master of the 2010 Tokyo Filmex and the 2011 Sundance Institute. His debut feature film “Halaw/Ways of the Sea” won the Special Mention NETPAC at the 2011 Berlinale, NETPAC Development Prize at the 2011 Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Australia and travelled across three dozen film festivals.