English film director Tony Kaye has achieved recognition as an artist in diverse fields, including commercials, music videos, video art etc. He was praised by critics for his debut film, American History X (1998), which relentlessly criticizes racism in America. He has made films focusing on other social issues in America too, such as Lake of Fire (2006), which deals with abortion, and Detachment (2011), which highlights the collapse of the education system. Tony Kaye also showcased his talent through music videos for which he received 6 Grammy nominations including the music video for ‘God’s Gonna Cut You Down’ sung by Johnny Cash, which went on to win a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video. This year at BIFAN as a juror for Bucheon Choice, Tony Kaye will meet filmmakers from home and abroad through a master class during the festival period

Meenakshi Shedde is South Asia Delegate, Berlin Film Festival, pre-selecting films since 1998, and independent film curator, based in Mumbai, India. Winner of India’s National Film Award for Best Film Critic, she has been on the jury of 20 film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin and Venice. She has been international programmer/curator/ consultant to the Berlin, Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, Toronto, Locarno and many others. She has been Mentor on Script Labs and Film Critics' Labs worldwide. A journalist, she freelances for Variety, Screen International, Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Cahiers du Cinema and has written for/ edited 19 books.

Jarod Neece is a former Partner, Film Programmer, and Event Producer for the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX. Over the past 20 years he helped guide the strategic direction and provided team leadership and was one of the festival's Senior Film Programmers with an emphasis on Feature Film and Genre Programming. He has been a juror or panelist at a number of events, including Cannes, Sundance, and TIFF. He is the co-author of bestselling books, Austin Breakfast Tacos and The Tacos of Texas published by UT Press and co-host & co-producer of the PBS & ITVS documentary series, The Tacos of Texas and United Tacos of America on Univision’s El Rey Network.

She studied acting at the Korea National University of Arts, School of Drama. She made her debut in the play Blood Brothers in 1998. She has acted in plays, musicals, dramas, and movies, and became recognized with her outstanding acting skills. She has appeared in many films and won awards including Best Supporting Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for Deranged (2012), Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Cinematography for Hide and Seek (2013), and Best Supporting Actress at the Buil Film Awards for Cart (2014). Recently, she has been active in genre dramas such as Vagabond, Search, and Times.

Jo Sung-hee studied film directing at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA). In 2008 he wrote 43-minute short film Don't Step Out of the House and won several awards including Third Prize at the Cannes’ Cinéfondation section. He made his feature debut with End of Animal (2010), and directed A Werewolf Boy (2012) and Phantom Detective (2016). His most recent movie Space Sweepers (2021), the first Korean sci-fi blockbuster set in space, launched on Netflix and reached the top of the Netflix worldwide movie chart.