Narendra BANDABE

Narendra Bandabe is a dynamic media professional with over two decades of experience in television journalism, film criticism, and academic leadership. A respected voice in global cinema, he is an international voter for the Golden Globe Awards from 2024 to 2026 and has served on international film festival juries, including the Cinema for Peace Dove Jury in 2025.
He was a member of the FIPRESCI Jury at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2022, evaluating notable works of international and regional cinema. As a member of FIPRESCI, he has contributed to film criticism and research, presenting papers on Asian cinema and its evolving market.
Author of the Marathi book Kubrick (2023), Bandabe has been a columnist for leading publications, championing cinematic storytelling that explores cultural and social narratives.
With expertise in film criticism, academic research, and media strategy, Bandabe continues to inspire meaningful conversations on cinema, society, and the arts.

Sofía FERRERO CÁRREGA

Sofía Ferrero Cárrega is a film critic from Argentina with a dedicated interest in Asian and Latin American cinema. Since 2022, she has served as the Artistic Director of the Al Este Film Festival in Perú. Sofía has been researching Korean cinema since 2010 and currently teaches at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba in Argentina, where she lectures on film criticism, Latin American cinema, and Asian cinema and culture.

KIM Meehyun

Kim Meehyun has conducted extensive research on film screening policies and has also built a career as a film critic. Over the course of 23 years at the Korean Film Council(KOFIC), from joining as a researcher in 2001 to retiring as a Head of the Research Division in 2023, she played a pivotal role in the development of the Korean film industry. During her tenure, she led key initiatives such as the coordination of the Korea Box-office Information System(KOBIS) and the Korean Film Industry Statistical Information System. She also contributed on the implementation of support policies for arthouse cinemas and the enactment of the standard contract for the Korean film industry. Her notable publications include Korean Cinema History (2006), for which she served as chief editor, as well as Film Industry (2014), and Growth of the Korean Film Industry and Institutional Achievements of Industrial Policies (2021).