JUDGES

PARK Sungho is a programmer at the Busan International Film Festival, where he programs feature films from Southeast Asia, West Asia, and Latin America, as well as Asian short films. Born in Seoul, Korea in 1977, he majored in Editing at the Department of Cinematography at Chung-Ang University. Before beginning his career in film, he traveled as a backpacker to more than 40 countries and worked at an NGO supporting underprivileged communities. He joined BIFF in 2007, and in 2016, he joined Cambodia-based film production company Anti-Archive as a producer. He also serves as Head of the CHANEL x BIFF Asian Film Academy, a selection committee member for the Asian Cinema Fund, Asian Project Market, and a supervisor for Platform Busan. He is additionally a committee member for the Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival.

"Born in Italy, Sarah Arnold arrived in France at the age of 7. After studying at the Ecole Supérieure d'Audiovisuel de Toulouse, Sarah Arnold made her first short film in 2010, Leçon de ténèbres, which won an award at the Turin Film Festival. She continued with Totems in 2014, selected at the Locarno Festival where he won the Pardino d'Oro. His film L'Effort commercial, presented at Clermont-Ferrand, received the France TV Award for best short film in 2021. She is presenting her first feature film, Too Many Beasts, at Director Fortnight 2026, which won the
Europa label award."

"Aryo Danusiri is an anthropologist and documentary filmmaker whose work explores the intersection of anthropology, critical media, and visual practice. He earned his doctorate in Social Anthropology and Critical Media Practice from Harvard University and is affiliated with the Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab. His research examines the relationships among politics, technology, ethics, religion, public space, and the climate crisis. As a documentary filmmaker, Aryo has developed a multimodal approach to documenting contemporary social issues, including the “Fire Play” project on indigenous fire governance in Indonesia. He also serves as an editor for the
series Knowhow in a Shifting World, which discusses epistemology and the transmission of knowledge across global contexts. His films and writings position him as a figure bridging academic anthropology with artistic practice and political advocacy."