Alexandre O. PHILIPPE of 78/52 confirmed along with 4 others

 

The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival's(Festival Director: CHOI Yongbae, hereafter BIFAN) 11th Network of Asian Fantastic Films(NAFF) have confirmed the lecturers for NAFF's 2018 Fantastic Film School - the world's first educational program for fantastic films.

NAFF Fantastic Film School is a solid educational program where participants will learn about the rapidly changing film production environment through lectures from five global film industry experts and team pitching sessions. The lecturers for this year include Tom DAVIA, founder and CEO of CINEMAVEN and producer; John HEINSEN, owner and executive director of Bunnygraph Entertainment and previous transmedia producer/showrunner of the Academy Awards; and CHANG Sanling, a prominent producer from Taiwan and expert on marketing, PR, and overseas sales.

This year's program will be headed by Alexandre O. PHILIPPE, the director who took an in-depth look at the iconic shower scene in Alfred HITCHCOCK's Psycho in his documentary 78/52(2017) and opened up new horizons for cinephile documentaries with titles such as The People vs. George Lucas(2010) and The Life and Times of Paul the Psychic Octopus(2012). Annick MAHNERT, who produced 78/52(2017) and Dearest Sister(2016) and is also the acquisitions consultant and festival programmer for Screen Division, will also be providing her expertise for the Fantastic Film School.

The Fantastic Film School will be held for 6 days from July 13 to July 18 at the Koryo Hotel in Bucheon; a total of 28 participants from 19 countries have been selected to take part in the program. Over the 6 days, the participants will take part in a class on script doctoring, a master class, and workshops. They will also participate in lectures that cover a wide range of topics such as transmedia, co-producing packaging, and OTT/SNS marketing. Through the various lectures and programs, the aim is to help create an effective global network that will allow the participants - who are composed of promising filmmakers - to go out into the global film market.

The 22nd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival will be open for 11 days from July 12 (Thu.) to July 22 (Sun.), with B.I.G being in session for 5 days from July 14 (Sat.) to July 18 (Wed.) in Bucheon.

   

Name	Company	Career
CHANG Sanling	- Producer - Expert on marketing, PR, overseas sales	- Mon Mon Mon Monsters(2017), overseas sales - Holiday Dreaming(2004), producer
Tom DAVIA	- Founder and CEO of Cinemaven - Producer	- Previous vice president of Shoreline Entertainment - Producer of El Aprendiz(2016), Are We Not Cats(2016), La Granja(2015)
John HEINSEN	- Owner & Executive Producer of Bunnygraph Entertainment	- Producer of Return to Le Cateau(in pre-production) - Previous Transmedia Producer / Showrunner of the Academy Awards
Annick MAHNERT	- Acquisitions consultant and festival programmer of Screen Division - Programmer of Fantastic Fest - Producer	- Producer of 78/52(2017), Dearest Sister(2016), Guachicolero(in post production)
Alexandre O. PHILIPPE	- Creative Director of Cinema Vertige and Exhibit A Pictures - Co-owner & co-creator of Fried Comics	- Director of 78/52(2017), The People vs. George Lucas(2010), The Life and Times of Paul the Psychic Octopus(2012)

   

Name	Nationality
Jermaine YUEN	Australia
Ce LIANG	China
Taobike NIZHAMIDING	China
Aurélien LAINE	France
Rony Kong Ka YIU	Hong Kong
Jackie Ho Chung KEN	Hong Kong
Eric Tsang Hing WENG	Hong Kong
YEUNG Leung-chuen	Hong Kong
Nitesh BHATIA	India
Gerry FAIRUS	Indonesia
Pourya MORADI	Iran
Minji KANG (°­¹ÎÁö)	Korea(South)
Joohee CHOI (ÃÖÁÖÈñ)	Korea(South)
Min-a SUNG (¼º¹Î¾Æ)	Korea(South)
Mien LOR	Malaysia
Adrienne SEET	Norway
Raja saad ejaz KHAN	Parkistan
Ser En LOW	Singapore
Rifyal GIFFARI	Singapore
Albert VENTURA	Spain
Shiang-an CHUANG	Taiwan
Shih Han TSAO	Taiwan
Napat TANGSANGA	Thailand
Arden rod CONDEZ	The Philippines
Dominic LIM	The Philippines
Phyllis grae GRANDE	The Philippines
JUSTIN Ambrosino	USA
Anh LE	Vietnam