Sanjna Selva is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and multimedia journalist born and raised between Malaysia and Singapore, and now based in New York City. She has been supported by Firelight Media, Chicken & Egg, Open Society Foundations, and Gotham Market. Sanjna’s directorial debut, “Call Me Anytime, I’m Not Leaving the House,” was distributed by PBS POV Shorts. She is producing a feature documentary exploring the rise of Hindu nationalism in India directed by Peabody award-winning journalist Anjali Kamat.
Ash Goh Hua is a Singaporean filmmaker utilizing both documentary and narrative forms to tell personal stories that reveal the inherently embodied politics of relation, society and culture. Named one of the 25 New Faces of Film by Filmmaker Magazine in 2022, a 2024 Berlinale Talent, and 2025 Creative Capital Award recipient, Ash has been supported by institutions such as Sundance, Jerome Foundation, and ITVS.
Emi is a Venezuelan producer focused on impact-driven storytelling. She’s worked at Participant Media, Esperanto Filmoj, and co-founded both JEVA, a nonprofit for Venezuelan womxn in film, and DISCORDIA, a studio with films premiering at top festivals. Her work spans Apple TV+, Disney+, and international features, always rooted in community and bold, independent cinema.
Brahmantyo Putra is a documentary filmmaker and impact producer. He co-founded Seven10 Media in Jakarta and Stories of Us to support visual artists in Indonesia. Recognizing challenges in Indonesian film distribution, he now focuses on impact campaigns.
Brahmantyo participated in Good Pitch Indonesia (2023-2024) and presented his films, Teguh (2022) and To Face My Father in Jambi (2024), at Movies that Matter Festival 2024. He is also part of Klub Alteraksi, a platform for film screenings and insightful discussions.
Riani is a Documentary filmmaker based in Indonesia. Riani has always been interested in telling stories about identity and the idea of ‘home’. She has participated in IDFAcademy, Ji.hlava New Visions Forum, Doc Toolbox by EFM Berlinale, Docs by The Sea, IF/Then SEA Shorts, and Yamagata Documentary Dojo.
Her documentary short films in the past have played in over 50 film festivals worldwide.
She co-founded Seven10 Media, an Indonesian production house focusing on documentary storytelling for impact.
Dhanesh Gopal is a documentary editor and filmmaker from India, and a graduate of FTII. His work has screened at IDFA, Vision du Réel, UNICEF Innocenti, MIFF, DIFF, MAMI, and IDSFFK. Recent films include Lost Songs of Sundari (2024), Mahalle’s School (2021), and Kambadwane (2022), exploring themes of childhood, cultural memory, and disappearing traditions. Known for his observational style, Dhanesh brings emotional precision and a sensitivity to rhythm and silence in his approach to non-fiction storytelling.
Pooja Ingle is a producer from India with a background in engineering. Her debut documentary, Mahalle’s School – Family Going Live, premiered in the 34th IDFA Youth Documentary Competition, DIFF, MAMI, IDSFFK and won awards at 25th Film SouthAsia and PSBT. She began producing to support her brother, filmmaker Akshay Ingle. Growing up in Vidarbha, they listened to folklore and mythological stories from their grandmother. Through a children’s trilogy, they’re revisiting the world they once lived.
Akshay Ingle is an independent filmmaker and a cinematography graduate from the FTII, Pune. His debut Mahalle’s School – Family Going Live premiered at the 34th IDFA Youth Documentary Competition and won Best Film on Children’s Issues at the 25th Film SouthAsia. He received the Lumiere Award from Docedge Kolkata in 2022. His cinematography has featured at Cannes’ La Fabrique Cinémas du Monde. He is currently working on the second film of a children’s trilogy set in his hometown.
Chan Hau-chun is an independent filmmaker and multi media artist based in Hong Kong.
Graduated from The City University of Hong Kong in 2015, her work, 32+4 was
nominated for Golden Horse Best Documentary in 2015 and was awarded the Principal Prize at the 61st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
Wong Lok Yiu is a Goldsmiths BFA student. He wanders between moving images, sound and music. Growing up in the troubled time of Hong Kong shaped Lok Yiu’s creative focus. His short documentary “From the void of Time” was selected for the 29th edition of the IFVA Open Category, CineYouth2024, HK.Kino.Berlin.
Chongyan Liu, born in Guizhou, China, is a visual artist and filmmaker working between France and China.
Chongyan’s work across diverse media—including video installation, sculpture, and painting—her practice explores the interplay between experience and power structures, within the broader framework of post-human existence.
Her work has been featured in prominent international film festivals, including IDFA, Jogja-NETPAC, Beijing International Short Film Festival. Her upcoming documentary, Niche of the Dragon, was selected for the Doc Station Talent Lab at the 74th Berlinale.
Xiaoran CHEN, founder of Chinese film media platform DIRECTUBE, has worked as a journalist covering film festivals for nearly a decade. The platform DIRECTUBE boasts 2 million followers in mainland China. As a curator, organized film exhibitions and screenings in China for nearly a decade, presenting over 600 screenings of arthouse films. Producer credits include Tracing Her Shadow (directed by Peng Fei; executive produced by Jia Zhangke and Naomi Kawase) and About the Pink Cocoon (directed by Wang Binyu).
Binyu WANG (1998, China) received his M.A. in Film Directing from the School of Film Art, China Academy of Art. His debut short film ABOUT THE PINK COCOON (2025) was selected for the Competiton and received the Tënk Short Film Award at Cinéma du réel.
Christine Seow is a Singaporean filmmaker based in London. Her short films have won Best Documentary at the Asia Web Awards 2018, Best Student Short at the KASHISH Pride Film Festival 2025, and was nominated for the Grierson Awards 2024, British Short Film Awards 2024, and the One World Media Awards 2025. She is drawn to stories that explore the path less travelled, and is developing her debut feature documentary ‘Two Travelling Aunties’.
Working as a documentary producer since 2022. I believe everything is connected. And truly love sound design, tea, and cats.
