NAKANISHI Mai
Born in Tokyo but spent most of her youth abroad, Mai Nakanishi is a filmmaker whose work focuses on genre films with particular emphasis on horror. Her directorial debut HANA (2018), a supernatural horror short which was shot entirely in South Korea was invited to over 30 film festivals including Sitges, Bifan and Mumbai Film Festival, winning multiple awards. In 2019, she won the Korean Award at Bifan's It project market with her feature project HANA which is currently in development.