New Talent Award
【Jury】
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Wu Ke-Xi

Taiwanese actress and screenwriter. Nominated for Golden Horse Best Actress for her role in The Road to Mandalay. In 2019, she wrote the screenplay and starred in Nina Wu, which was selected in the Un Certain Regard at Cannes. In 2024, Ke-xi returned to Cannes with Blue Sun Palace as the leading actress, winning French Touch Prize of the Jury at Critics‘ Week.

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Teresa Kwong

Producer and curator for film and cross-disciplinary arts practices. Previously the Programme Director of the Hong Kong Arts Centre, she has produced award-winning works ranging from film, documentary, animation to VR which have been screened at Berlinale, Venice and other major film festivals.

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Viknesh Kobinathan

A cultural worker, whose practice is a constantly evolving exploration into the gathering around sound and image as an act of care, healing, rest and refusal. Based in Southeast Asia, they have programmed for the Asian Film Archive and Singapore International Film Festival. In 2024, they were named as one of Screen International's Future Leaders in programming and curation.
Nominees
Director:
Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Film:
City of Wind
Director:
Nelson Yeo
Film:
Dreaming & Dying
Director:
Kim Chang-hoon
Film:
Hopeless
Director:
Lee Hong-chi
Film:
Love is a Gun
Director:
Yui Kiyohara
Film:
Remembering Every Night
Director:
Patiparn Boontarig
Film:
Solids by the Seashore
Director:
Alan Zhang
Film:
This Woman
Director:
Amanda Nell Eu
Film:
Tiger Stripes