JURY MEMBERS

GLOBAL SHORT AWARD JURY MEMBERS

Yow Chong Lee
Yow Chong Lee
Yow Chong Lee is a film lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. Apart from teaching, researching, and making films, he curates and is currently the director of the longest-running short film festival in Malaysia, the Mini Film Festival. He wishes to contribute to building a vibrant and healthy film ecosystem in Malaysia Borneo by gelling all concerted efforts that bring audiences and filmmakers together through film festivals and film appreciation.
M Reza Fahriyansyah
M Reza Fahriyansyah
Reza is an Indonesian writer and director who graduated from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta. He consistently highlights social class issues and portrays real-life stories, most of which are his own experiences or observations in his short film. As a filmmaker, he believes that the film helps him learn the meaning of life. His short films have been selected and competed in various film festivals around the world, including Locarno, Clermont Ferrand, Tampere, and Shorts Shorts. Currently, he is developing his first feature film.
Asmara Abigail
Asmara Abigail
Asmara Abigail is an actress from Indonesia. She was chosen to participate in Berlinale Talents 2023 – Acting Studio. In the 2019 Macao International Film Festival and Awards, Asmara was one of the recipients of Variety Magazine Asian Stars: Up in December 2022. For her portrayal of "Zahara in Stone Turtle" directed by Woo Ming Jin, she won the Penjor Award for Southeast Asian Feature Best Actress at the Bali Makarya Film Festival 2022 with Benjamin Illos – Programmer at Cannes Quinzaine des Réalisateurs as one of the juries.