H. Jay worked at a university institute of film in Seoul after a doctoral course of film aesthetics. He had an interest in an unique ways to create meaning of film, so that studied to establish the principle of its signification using conceptual blending theory from the cognitive linguistics while working at the institute. However, all of a sudden, he left to Himalaya so as to pursue his old dream as a film creator. After coming back to Korea, he is still trying for it.

Oh Young-Hoon is anthropologist, mountaineer, and administator. He has climbed extensively, from rocks and ice in South Korea to Everest in Nepal, and now serves at both of the Management Committees for Korea Alpine Federation and for International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation. He is currently a researcher in the Institute of Social Science at Seoul National University.

A film critic, Han Song-yi has completed a PhD degree in film studies and has created films and instructed scenario writing for a while and is still teaching filmmaking in Seoul. She takes a part in preliminary jury based on her personal experience of climbing club years ago.

Javier Barayazarra is the founder and director of the Bilbao Mendi Film Festival which he founded in 2008. He is also the president of the International Alliance for Mountain Film, an association composed of 26 Festivals of Mountain Film and a Mountain Museum, which represent 20 countries of Europe, Asia, Oceania and North and South America. He is a mountaineer, cameraman and director. His documentaries with Eneko and Iker Pou are some of his most well-known works.

Graduated in Art History at the Università Statale in Milan, he is an award-winning documentary director and a university professor. His first film, Hand Gestures, was presented at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015 where it won the FIPRESCI award. His works have been presented in Busan International Short film festival, Viennale, Sarajevo film festival, London Film festival.

Kim Hye-na graduated from the Acting Department of the Korea National University of Arts. She debuted in the film Flower Island (2001). She has been active in a variety of genres, appearing in works such as Suyeong Bakery (2024), Take Care of My Mom (2022), A Long Day (2021), The CMR (2020), Voice 3 (2019) and Psychopath Diary (2019). She directed the short film Errand (2023), her first directorial work.

As an enthusiast of climbing and mountain culture, I have taught camping and sport climbing at universities and mountaineering schools. I pioneered the new route on McKinley and have extensive climbing experience on Kanchenjunga, Gasherbrum II and IV, Annapurna, Cho Oyu, Shishapangma, Chomolungma, and Thalay Sagar. I am a member of the Keimyung University Mountaineering Club and the Corean Alpine Club.

He majored in philosophy and worked as a assistant director, music producer before studying Documentary at the University of Paris 8 in France. In 2005, he started working as a programmer at the Jeonju International Film Festival and worked as a programmer at the Jecheon International Music & Film Festival from 2006 to 2019. Since 2020, he has been working as a programmer at the Jeonju International Film Festival.

Basanta Thapa is the Founding Chair and now Advisor of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival(KIMFF), the pioneering mountain festival of Asia that debuted in 2000 and twenty first editions of the festival have been held so far. Thapa used to be the editor and later a columnist of a popular Nepali magazine for many year in the past. A well-known writer, translator and book publisher, Thapa lives in Kathmandu.

Kalash Nanda Kumar is a filmmaker, critic and journalist from Malaysia. He graduated with a degree in filmmaking and has worked on several major productions. In 2022, he became the first Malaysian member of FIPRESCI and was recently selected as an international voter for the Golden Globe Awards. Kalash has also participated in various regional and international film festivals, serving as juror, programmer, and facilitator. As a journalist, he covered current affairs with bylines in various national outlets.

Korean actress performing actively in TV series and films, appearing in many works such as Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, Marry My Husband, Kim Ji Young: Born 1982 and Little Women. She is beloved for her natural and sincere acting and hopes to continue to act ever after as she loves to act.

Born in Jeonju, she majored in sociology and has been filmmaking steadily. She is the director, producer, writer and editor of her works Mary & Retty, Nagwondong, The Half-day, Yeonhuidong, and The Slug which were screened at the Busan International Film Festival, Jeonju International Film Festival, Busan International Short Film Festival and Seoul International Women's Film Festival. The Slug was released in 2022.

Kim Young-jo graduated at Paris 8 University in France majoring in film. He founded the independent film production company Monday morning and produced and directed several documentaries. Currently he teaches students at the Digital Content Department of Dong-eui University.

Born in 1978, she graduated with a doctorate in Theater and Film at Hanyang University. She debuted as a critic at the 13th Cine 21 Film Criticism Awards and is the CEO of Longmetragefilm production. She produced Winter Garden(2014), 70mK-Just simply Korea(2018), Mornings of the World(2020), Chasing Wires(2021) and so on.

Yu-jin graduated from University with a Bachelor of History and obtained her master degree of Business Administration in Cultural Studies in 2007. As a professional, Yu-jin had been invited as committee member of several film festivals and writes article and report regularly. She was general manager of Korean Independent Animation Filmmakers Association from 2007 to 2023. She is festival director of Indie-AniFest from 2017.

He is the CEO of Cinema Dal producing and distributing independent films such as An Omnivorous Family's Dilemma, Yellow Ribbon, Night Flight and Nobody's Lover.

Head of K-Dragon Pictures. She produced the drama Finland Papa in 2023. She produced the feature film Cafe Midnight: Missing Honey, which was invited to the Spotlight on Korea section of the Hawaii IFF in 2022. Her drama series Cafe Midnight won the best director and best picture awards at Die Seriale and other drama festivals in 2020~2021. Now in 2024, she is preparing to release the thriller film VILLA Wonjeong. Prior to found K-Dragon Pic, she was an executive producer at the Korean VFX studio, Macrograph and worked as a film industry reporter at the Seoul Economic Daily Newspaper.

Choi Yoon was Director of the Busan Film Commission, Director of the Busan Asian Film School, and professor at Dong-Eui University(Department of Film Studies). He has worked as a producer and executive producer in a number of films, and has been a judge at various film festivals and institutions, including the 24th Jeonju International Film Festival. He is currently serving as the CEO of Ubicontent2 and the general director of contents at Barunson Labs.

Kim Young-jo graduated at Paris 8 University in France majoring in film. He founded the independent film production company Monday morning and produced and directed several documentaries. Currently he teaches students at the Digital Content Department of Dong-eui University.

Began working with films with ISKRA21 in 2005. In 2009, began producing documentaries about Koreans living abroad. Participated as assistant director in Course - Jeju, Joseon, Osaka, and continues to document the lives of overseas Koreans. Directed I Remember the Village of Utoro(2020), and co-directed Discrimination(2023) with director Kim Ji-woon, receiving the Asia Development Foundation Award at the 13th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival.

Founded the documentary creative community Ozifilm in 2011 at Busan. Identifies himself as a Cine Activist. Main works include Between Me and I, a short biographical documentary about his turbulent 20s, and GIPEUSIL, a documentary about a grandmother’s house that was submerged by the Youngju Dam. Currently directing feature length documentaries, Daughters of GUMI and #with you, while also engaged in various activities such as film screening planning and media education.

Seen Na-ri's documentaries provide an in-depth look into the hidden stories in life and cities. Her first short That Place won first place in the My City section at the Fish Eye Festival and the other films are Heaven's Touch, September which was introduced at 14 film festival around the world, The Red Cave which was shown at UMFF 2018, and The Rust which received the Special Jury Prize at the Busan Independent Film Festival.