Jerzy Skolimowski, Polish filmmaker, scriptwriter, and actor. He played a pivotal role in the Polish New Wave cinema movement. He directed more than 20 films, notably The Departure (1967), Moonlighting (1982) and EO (2022), which won Golden Bear at Berlinale, Cannes Jury Prize and Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival. He was also nominated twice at the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film/International Film.

Director, screenwriter. In 2019, Gu made his film debut at Cannes Film Festival with Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains; He became the third Chinese-language director to win the Kurosawa Akira Award in 2023, and his latest work Dwelling by the West Lake was selected for main competition section of the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Prof. Kees Van Oostrum, ASC, Former President of the American Society of Cinematographers and currently Professor at the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Graduate of the Dutch Film Academy and the American Film institute in Los Angeles with an emphasis on both directing and cinematography. As a cinematographer, Van Oostrum has an eclectic range of 80 credits, including Emmy award-winning movies for television, the cinema, and documentaries. His diverse body of work includes the classic feature films Gettysburg and Gods and Generals. As a director/producer, he has been responsible for the films: CHRISTINA, DARK HEARTS, and A PERFECT MAN.

Yang Lina, screenwriter/director, Representative Figure of Chinese independent documentary. Her documentary Old Men won SCAM Award of 2000 Cinéma du Réel, New Asian Currents Award of excellence of 1999 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, and Golden Dove Award of 2000 Leipzig DOK Festival. Her feature films “Women’s Trilogy” - Longing for the Rain (2013), Spring Tide (2019) and Song of Spring (2022) won different film awards home and abroad.

Yang Zishan, Chinese actress. She was nominated as Best Actress on Golden Rooster Award and Hundred Flowers Award; and won Oustanding New Actress Award of the 15th Huabiao Film Award. Her major work includes Miss Granny (2015), Walking Past the Future (2017), and Till the End of the World (2018). She also starred in Wu Hai (2020) and Ripples of Life (2021), which won different film awards home and abroad.