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A journalist at Cine21 covering film criticism, the film industry, and policy. A recipient of Cultura’s Film Criticism Award, he also works as a film critic, contributes to film-related institutions, and serves on juries at major Korean film festivals.

Grounded in painting, he works across diverse media including sculpture and moving image. He took part in special scene direction for films such as Your Name. (2016) and In This Corner of the World (2016), and continues his creative work across fields including music videos, publishing, and advertising.

An Associate Professor in the Division of Humanities at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, specializing in the transnational history and culture of Chinese animation. She is the author of Animated Encounters: Transnational Movements of Chinese Animation, 1940s–1970s, lead editor of Chinese Animation: Multiplicities in Motion, and founder of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies.

CEO of studio ANIMAL and Chairman of the Korea Animation Industry Association. He directed Beauty Water (2020) and currently serves as executive producer on multiple animation projects.

A media critic and researcher focusing on comics, film, and animation. He won the Grand Prize in the Korea Independent Animation Filmmakers Association’s animation criticism competition and currently writes on Korean comics and animation for IGN Korea. He is also the author of a book on contemporary independent comics.

Managing Director of CoMix Wave Films. Since Voices of a Distant Star (2002), he has overseen the global expansion of Makoto Shinkai’s works and supported CWF’s domestic and international business, including overseas distribution and business development.

A film director known for his delicate portrayals of relationships and emotions in Worst Woman (2016), The Table (2017), Josée (2020), and Shades of the Heart (2021). His latest film, The Table: Day and Night (2026), was selected as the Opening Film of the 31st Busan International Film Festival.

Director of the Digital Content Division at Cine21, where he plans and produces a wide range of online and offline film content. He received the Democratic Media Practice Award for the web feature “Confessions of a New Writer” and is the author of Designers of Light.

CEO of Jin Pictures and Mi-in Pictures and an adjunct professor at Seoil University. He produced films including Montage (2013) and The Deal (2015), and previously served as President of the Producers Guild of Korea (PGK).

CEO of LEEHWABAE Company and a lecturer at Chugye University for the Arts. He previously handled Korean film investment and distribution as well as foreign film acquisition and distribution at Cinema Service and Sidus, and is the author of a book on film distribution strategy and practice.

A producer whose credits include The Girl on a Bulldozer (2021), The Other Child (2022), My Best, Your Least (2024), and Home Behind Bars (2025). Working through creator-centered collaboration, he has produced projects across a range of scales and platforms.

CEO and producer of Bluefire Studio, where she develops and produces films and drama series. She previously worked in Korean film marketing at Sidus FNH and in content investment and fund management at Solaire Partners.

From 2001 to 2005 she worked at Sidus, and since 2005 she has been with the Showbox Movie Business Division.

A film director who studied design at Hongik University and screenwriting at Korea National University of Arts. She directed An Old Lady (2019) and Ms. Apocalypse (2024).