June 5, 2026
Introducing our distinguished jury members for the 13th MAiFF 2026! We are honoured to welcome a diverse range of filmmakers and media arts professionals in our jury this year.
Yiou Wang
William Ging Wee Dere
Park Ri-Woong
Sarah-Maude Lemieux
Our 4 jury members will officially select the films for our DANCHEONG Competition and the Jury's Choice Silk Thread Awards. Bringing together bold cinematic voices from across the Asian diaspora and beyond, this selection highlights powerful storytelling, diverse perspectives, and visionary filmmaking from around the world.
DANCHEONG COMPETITION
• In The Sea of Strange Thoughts — CHOI Jeongdan
• Loney & Havender — Claudia Tuyết Scheffel
• JET LAG IN SUMMER — Yan Kunao
• Dad vs Bees — David Quach
• Broken Dawn — PARK Hae-Oh
JURY’S CHOICE — SILK THREADS AWARD
• The Final Semester — LEE Ran-Hee
• There Are No Words — Min Sook Lee
• Landscapes of Home — Alice Shin
• In the Blood — Nungshimeren Longkumer
• The Golden Village — Karen Cho
• Only for a Day — Kyungbin Park
MAiFF celebrates these remarkable filmmakers and looks forward to sharing their works with audiences during our 2026 festival edition. We thank our jury members for their time.
