Im Kwon-Taek
 Born in 1936. Since his first feature film
in 1962, Im has made over ninety-four films. Having received several
international film awards in the 1980's, he is reputed as the representative
Korean director.
His major works include <Genealogy>(1980),
<Mandara> (1981), <Kilsoteum>(1985), <Sibaji>(1986),<Aje
Aje Bara Aje>(1989) and <Sopyonje>(1993)
Sergei BODROV
Studied at VGIK. Made his debut as film
director with . Awarded the Grand Prize for at the 1989 Montreal Film
Festival and for at the 1996 Karlovy Vary festival.
Erika GREGOR
A member of the selection commitee of many
film festivals including Cannes and special programs for film museums.
Artistic adviser at Ciby 2000 on such films as and / He contributed
to introducing Asian filmmakers including Lino Brocka, Ritwick Ghatak
to the prestigious film festivals.
Pierre RISSIENT
Studied German and French literature, history
and philosophy. Co-founder and programmer of the association "Friends
of the German Film Archive" since 1963. She is also the programmer
for cinematheque "Arsenal". She has organized "International
Forum" of the Berlin Festival and the German film retrospectives.
Jhang Yuan
Born in Nanjing in 1963, he graduated from
the Beijing Film Academy in 1989. Since his debut in 1990. he made
consecutive award-winning features: (1990), (1992), (1994), (1995).
His latest feature is (1996). He is also an active MTV producer and
director.
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Max TESSIER
Studied Japanese language and civilization,
and English literature. Film critic for several main journals including
Le Monde, Positif, since 1965. Specialized in the Asian cinema and
wrote numerous articles and books on Japanese film history. A jury
member and artistic adviser of film festivals including Cannes.
AHN Seong-Ki
Born is 1952. Ahn graduated from Korea University
of Foreign Studies. He began his acting career as a child star of
the 1950's and has since emerged as a revered lead actor of Korean
cinema today. Some of his film-credits include <Misty Village>,
<Mandara>, <To the Starry Island> and <Eternal Empire>
Shu MAEDA
Born in 1956. A graduate of Kyushu University.
Maeda established the independent film group. Office Nouvelle Vague.
In 1987, he started the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival, in its tenth-year
run, which he is currently director of.
KANG Soo Yeon
 Born in 1966, she began her career as a
child star. In 1986, she won the Best Actress award at the 44th Venice
Film Festival for <Sibaji> and in 1988, at the 16th Moscow Film
Festival for <Aje Aje Bara Aje>. She was a member of jury at
the 1989 Tokyo Film Festival. Recently, she starred in <Their Last
Love Affair>(1996).
Chris BERRY
Born in London, Berry studied at Leeds University
and UCLA. In 1994, he co-curated the first season of Korean films
to be screened in Australia. He currently teashes Cinema Studies at
La Trobe University in Mellbourne, Austrailia.
BYUN Young Joo
Born in 1966, she studied Law at Ehwa Women's
University and Film at Chung-Ang University. She made a full-length
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