Jessica KIANG

Jessica Kiang is a film critic and festival programmer. She has written regularly for Variety, Sight & Sound, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Film Comment, Rolling Stone, MUBI and The Criterion Collection, and has contributed long-form essays to DVD/Blu-ray releases for Criterion, the BFI and Music Box Films, among others. She has served on numerous festival juries such as the Toronto International Film Festival, the BFI London Film Festival, The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam(IDFA), Film Fest Gent, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Taipei Film Festival and Copenhagen International Documentary Festival(CPH:DOX). She was previously the International Programmer of the Belfast Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival 2025 was her first edition as a member of the Berlinale Selection Committee.

Alexandre KOBERIDZE

Alexandre Koberidze, who studied film production and directing in Georgia and Germany, has directed several short films. His feature debut, Let the Summer Never Come Again (2017), received the Grand Prix and Best First Film Award at the Marseille International Film Festival, as well as the German Film Critics Award, gaining him significant recognition. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (2021) was invited to the Competition section of the Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize, and the following year, it was awarded Best Feature Film by the German Film Critics Association. His latest film, Dry Leaf (2025), in which his father plays the lead role, was invited to the Competition section of the Locarno Film Festival and received a Special Mention and won the FIPRESCI Prize. In addition to his filmmaking, Koberidze actively contributes film-related writings to various media outlets.

OH Seung Uk

Born in 1963, Oh Seung Uk studied sculpture at Seoul National University. He began his film career as part of the directing team for To the Starry Island (1993), and served as the assistant director and screenwriter for Green Fish (1997). While continuing to broaden his screenwriting portfolio with films such as Christmas in August (1998) and The Uprising (1999), he made his debut as a director with Kilimanjaro (2000). He further demonstrated his versatility by contributing to the screenplay of Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinary (2004). Notably, his directorial feature, The Shameless (2015), premiered in the Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. With his latest work, Revolver (2024), he continues to explore his creative voice as both director and screenwriter. He is also the author of Korean Action Cinema (2003).