Aditya Assarat (Thailand)
Producer & Director of Sunset
Ten Years Thailand
SeaShorts 2019 Opening Film
Aditya is a film director and producer from Thailand. He directed Wonderful Town and Hi-So, which won the New Currents Award at Busan Film Festival and the Tiger Award at Rotterdam Film Festival.
Aditya is also the producer of many Thai independent films including Eternity by Sivaroj Kongsakul (Tiger Award at Rotterdam), Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, and W by Chonlasit Upanigkit, which premiered at Busan Film Festival.
His most recent film Ten Years Thailand, a Thailand-Hong Kong-Japan co-production, premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
Pete Teo (Malaysia)
Producer
15 Malaysia
SeaShorts 2019 Closing Film
Pete Teo is an award-winning musician, actor, and filmmaker. His recent work include principal roles in the Hollywood blockbuster Ghost In The Shell as well as A Family Tour by Chinese director Ying Liang. He is currently co-producing and co-directing a feature film with Liew Seng Tat entitled The Girl With No Head.
“It is easy to forget how much Malaysia has changed in the decade since 15Malaysia was first released. The fear of speaking out publicly against political abuse and bigotry, so insidious in Old Malaysia, seemed to have dissipated in the so-called New one. To the extent that 15Malaysia contributed to this development, I am immensely proud of it. That these raw little political films continue to provoke even now speaks for the universal power of cinema and the talents of the filmmakers who made them. Thank you all for your voices.”
Liew Seng Tat (Malaysia)
Director
Halal, part of 15 Malaysia,
SeaShorts 2019 Closing Film
Woo Ming Jin (Malaysia)
Director
Slovak Sling, part of 15 Malaysia,
SeaShorts 2019 Closing Film
Khairil M. Bahar (Malaysia)
Director
Healthy Paranoia, part of 15 Malaysia,
SeaShorts 2019 Closing Film
Linus Chung (Malaysia)
Director
House, part of 15 Malaysia,
SeaShorts 2019 Closing Film
Rox Lee (Philippines)
Animator Director
Special Focus: Animation Short Films by Roxlee
Roxlee is an animator, director, cartoonist, painter, and all-around rock star of Philippine cinema. First making his name with cult favourite comic strip Cesar Asar, he then made the foray into filmmaking where his influence is still most keenly felt today. His early works were done in Super 8mm film—divided between hand-drawn, scratchy works like The Great Smoke, and pixellated live-action pieces like Juan Gapang. Both are now considered classics of the independent film movement of the 1980s.
Lolita Arboleda (Philippines)
Filmmaker
One of the film showing in Special Focus: Animation Short Films by Roxlee
Sorayos Minimal Prapapan (Thailand)
Director
Special Focus on Sorayos Minimal Prapapan
Based in Bangkok, Sorayos had worked as a sound technician and foley artist before taking his place at the director’s seat. His short films have won local acclaim and shown internationally at film festivals including Rotterdam, Venice, Locarno, Fribourg, and Winterthur. In 2015, he received the prestigious Hubert Bals Script Development Fund for his feature debut, Arnold is a Model Student.
Amanda Nell Eu (Malaysia)
Director
Vinegar Bath
SeaShorts Competition & Next New Wave Competition
Audrie Odd (Malaysia)
Producer
Vinegar Baths
SeaShorts Competition & Next New Wave Competition
Thanh Doan (Vietnam)
Director
Cold Fish
SeaShorts Competition & S-Express Vietnam 2019
Phan Gia Thịnh (Vietnam)
Production Assistant
Cold Fish
SeaShorts Competition & S-Express Vietnam 2019
Regina Tan (Singapore)
Director
Pencil
SeaShorts Competition
Jeremy Emang Jecky (Malaysia)
Director
To Work
SeaShorts Competition, Next New Wave Competition
M. Reza Fahriyansyah (Indonesia)
Director
Rest In Peace
SeaShorts Competition
Jeldin Loh (Malaysia)
Director
The Life We Live
SeaShorts Competition & Next New Wave Competition
Andri Firmansyah (Indonesia)
Director
The Bird That’s Not Allowed to Chirp
SeaShorts Competition
Hasanul Isyraf Idris
Director
Nasi Mah Bali K Rumah
SeaShorts Competition & Next New Wave Competition
San Danech (Cambodia)
Director
A Million Years
SeaShorts Competition
Thamsatid Charoenrittichai (Thailand)
Director
Qinlang De TianKong
SeaShorts Competition
Anwar Johari (Malaysia)
Director
Forget Me Not
Next New Wave Competition
LIM Kean Hian (Malaysia)
Director
Langit Budak Biru
Next New Wave Competition
Chan Jie Min (Malaysia)
Director
Football
Next New Wave Competition
Vikster Chew Chin Wai (Malaysia)
Director
Simon and Ah Bou
Next New Wave Competition
Sim Seow Kee (Malaysia)
Director
Light Of Memories
Next New Wave Compeition
Won Jun Yap
Director
Block A-2-15
S-Express Malaysia 2019
Oktivani Anggia Rachmalitta (Indonesia)
Director
Llop Mougn
S-Express Indonesia 2019
Robin Estargo (Philippines)
Director
Fireflies
S-Express Philippines 2019
Jayvery Renzel Lorenzana
Producer
Fireflies
S-Express Philippines 2019
Jarell Serencio (Philippines)
Director
City of Gold
S-Express Philippines 2019
Yit Chuan Lee (Brunei)
Writer / Director / Editor
Mr. Rook
S-Express Brunei 2019