Lai Weijie • Don Aravind • Alfonse Chiu
The international film festival creates a space for alternative cinematic voices to be heard. This dialogue session brings speakers from three vital elements of a film festival: the filmmaker, the programmer, and the critic, to discuss the importance of championing storytelling from home and the region, how to develop a strong local appetite for our own stories, and what lies in the future for our stories with the changes in distribution and funding.