KIRI DALENA, Philippines

Born in 1975, Kiri Dalena is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Manila and Mindanao, Philippines. Her artworks and films focus on injustices, social inequalities and human rights. Dalena works both as an individual and in collectives, such as Southern Tagalog Exposure (active 2001-2008) and RESBAK (Respond and Break the Silence Against the Killings, 2016-present). She studied BS Human Ecology at the University of the Philippines Los Ba​ños and 16 mm documentary filmmaking at the Mowelfund Film Institute. She is the recipient of the Ateneo Art Awards (2009) and Thirteen Artists, Cultural Center of the Philippines (2012). Her works have been shown in multiple exhibitions internationally, such as the Singapore Biennale (2013), Yokohama Triennale (2014), Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale (2014), Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (2015), Busan Biennale (2016), Jakarta Biennale (2017) and the Shanghai Biennale (2018). Her works are in the collections of Singapore Art Museum, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art and the Ateneo Art Gallery.

Filmography (Selected works)

Life Masks (2018), Gikan sa Ngitngit nga Kinailadman (From the Dark Depths) (2017, in Oberhausen 2018), Erased in Our Image (2015), Mag-uuma (2014), Ang Kababaihan ng Malolos (2014, with Sari Dalena), The Guerrilla is a Poet (2013, with Sari Dalena), Tungkung Langit (Lullaby for a Storm) (2013), Washed Out (2012), Requiem for M (2010), Erased Slogans (2008), Red Saga (2004), Alingawngaw ng mga Punglo (Echo of Bullets) (2003)

MANOTHAM TIAMTIEBRAT, Thailand

Manotham Tiamtiebrat (in short & casual, 'Pop') despite a long time in his career, but he still regards himself as a young and new generation movie critic who d exposed and expanding a new frontier in writing film review contributions, that there re far more boundaries of cinema beyond main-stream outputs. Besides working restlessly on writing yet he d never seems to get tired, he s still a lecturer for training work-shop programs and film-school, he s also enthsiaste in looking for new talents as a jury member in compettitiveness in film festivals. 

CHAYANIN TIANGPITAYAGORN, Thailand

Chayanin Tiangpitayagorn is a cinephile and film critic. Apart from writing (in printing media and facebook) and going to cinema. He's also a jury member of annual Thai film awards for Starpics magazine and Bangkok Film Critics Assembly.