Audience Choice Cash Worth
USD $2,ooo
Jury Award Cash Worth
USD $5oo
Someone in the dark is sneakily watching her home alone the whole night.
Singapore
“Tackling thrillers as a short is incredibly difficult. And with the clever use shadows, uncomfortable close-ups, sound direction, jump scares and the unseen, Inhuman manages to accomplish what many others with much bigger budgets and feature lengths cannot. ”
Genevieve is a veteran journalist and experienced media and communications specialist with a combined 18 years of experience in content creation – on both sides of the editorial/ PR and marketing fence.
You can find her passion for film, entertainment and pop-culture presented across the multiple platforms of digital, television, print, radio and social media where she has consistently delivered engaging and strategic content to target audiences.
Serving as one of Singapore’s foremost film journalists and high-profile movie critics for over a decade, Genevieve is well-known for her in-depth yet fun on camera interviews with international, award-winning actors and filmmakers, as well as on-the-ground coverage of big-ticket events such as the Oscars (Academy Awards), Cannes Film Festival, Venice Biennale, Golden Globes and blockbuster red-carpet movie premieres.
Well-versed with multi-channel content development, digital media trends and visual storytelling, she brings 15 years of experience writing and editing news across genres, including entertainment, tech, lifestyle and food.
Genevieve was part of the founding team that started CNA Lifestyle – the lifestyle and entertainment unit of Channel NewsAsia – Singapore’s largest media company and national broadcaster.
“For me curiosity is key. Watching and making films is a gift. It is a continuous exploration of the world and of us humans. And the journey never ends. There’s always plenty to discover and learn. My passion is fed by curiosity.”
Josune Hahnheiser is producer and Head of Development of Black Forest Films, a company for high-quality international feature films. The company’s portfolio covers a wide range of genres and budgets, and most of its films have premiered at major festivals such as Cannes and Venice.
Recently, the hybrid film EAMI by Paz Encina won the Tiger Award of the Rotterdam Film Festival and the debut film A MALE by Fabian Hernández premiered at the prestigious Director’s Fortnight in Cannes. Furthermore, Black Forest Films is developing a Mini Series with Ufa Fiction and a feature film with Sony Pictures International Productions, among others. Josune Hahnheiser also works as a Script Consultant where she collaborates closely with the acclaimed writer/director Emily Atef (“Competition” Berlin Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard, 7 German Film Awards) with whom she also co-writes a screenplay for a feature film.
Germany
Sri Lanka
a very compact and profesional execution of short movie production. The cinematography is superb yet poetic for each of scenes. The use of different color capture the emotions on screen. The acting department also very good and the actors deliver the script very well.
Indonesia
Mayu Nakamura is a Japanese writer/Director who earned an MFA from the Graduate Film Program at New York University.
She makes both documentary and fiction films. She made a directorial debut with a fiction feature, “The Summer of Stickleback” (Busan 2006).
Her documentary “Alone Again in Fukushima 2020” (Yamagata 2020) and her fiction features include “Intimate Stranger” (2021 Tokyo IFF), and “She is me, I am her” (2023 Udine).
Her 2022 psychological thriller Intimate Stranger is also available on CinemaWorld.
Catch her interview exploring the inspiration behind the film on CinemaWorld’s YouTube channel.
Leslie has over two decades of experience and expertise in the entertainment industry in Asia across marketing communications, content curation, channel management, content development, and media distribution.
His career includes spells at MediaCorp (Kids and Arts Central), Viacom (Nickelodeon Asia Pacific), The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia, and Warner Bros Discovery Asia Pacific.
His roles have included programming, operations, brand and franchise management, and content direction for leading brands such as Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Nickelodeon, Nick JR, Pogo, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang.
He also spearheaded the creation of Mickey Go Local and Tom & Jerry In Singapore, two award-winning original animated series that took iconic characters and put them in stories set in Southeast Asia.
He was also the executive producer of the series Lamput for Cartoon Network, which was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Animated Series in 2019.
He volunteers his time mentoring media students in various Singapore-based institutes of higher learning and is a board member of Centre 42, a non-profit arts organisation that documents, promotes, and develops playwriting in Singapore.
Mark Peregrino, more commonly known online as Mick Pilgrim, is a creative producer by trade and a film enthusiast at heart.
With over 15 years of experience in the media industry, he currently serves as the head of creative for Nickelodeon Asia.
Overseeing creative operations in China, Japan, and Southeast Asia, he spearheads the production of local promotions, short-form content, and other creative requirements that support the brand’s various lines of business.
Before this role, he was the creative director for a youth-oriented cable entertainment network in the Philippines, where he oversaw the channel’s brand and program campaigns, broadcast design, and short and long-form production, including local formats such as Project Runway Philippines.
Outside work, he produces short-form content focused on cinema, from movie reviews to thematic watchlists, local film events, and worldwide cinemas.
His vertical videos regularly cover the latest movie releases while also highlighting Asian cinema, queer films, and lesser-known titles.
You can find his creative works on Instagram: @mick.pilgrim
Josune Hahnheiser is a producer and head of development for Black Forest Films, a company that produces high-quality international feature films.
The company’s portfolio covers a wide range of genres and budgets, and most of its films have premiered at major festivals such as Cannes and Venice.
She is also a freelance script consultant who collaborates closely with the acclaimed writer/director Emily Atef.
Josune was a judge at the CinemaSHORT Asian Shortfilm Competition 2023.
Quý is a Commercial Director and producer of multiple local and international film projects.
He is also the CEO and founder of Spring Auteurs, a Vietnamese-based community that connects Vietnamese and international filmmakers.
