Kim Soyoung is a filmmaker, writer and academic. She directed two documentary trilogies, the first on Korean women’s history comprising Koryu: Southern Women, South Korea (2001), I’ll Be Seeing Her (2002) and New Woman: Her First Song (2004), and the second titled Exile Trilogy, that includes Goodbye My Love, North Korea (2014-2018). She also directed the fiction feature Viewfinder (2010). Her recent published works include Korean Cinema in Global Contexts: Post-Colonial Phantom, Blockbuster and Trans-Cinema (2022) and she edited the 10-volume History of Korean Cinema. Kim is the director of Trans:Asia Screen Culture Institute and a professor of cinema studies at Korea National University of Arts.

Zakiah (Kiki) co-founded Minikino in 2002, a short film festival organisation with an international network. It runs three festivals including Minikino Film Week in Bali, held annually since 2015. Minikino aims to create a short-filmmaking culture in Indonesia by holding regular screenings and discussions of an international selection. She also established the Indonesian Film Centre, a film preservation facility. Zakiah is currently the deputy director of In-Docs, a non-profit institution dedicated to developing the art of documentary storytelling across Southeast Asia.