宋文 SONG Wen

“FIRST” 創始人、導演、出品人。 “FIRST”創辦十七年來，致力於藝術電影策展事業的革新。 2021年平行開啟專注類型電影發展的驚喜影展。 “FIRST”交融電影、音樂、科技、數字影像等多元藝術領域，創造性的輸出城市公共文化內容。

宋文先生於香港中文大學獲得碩士學位，並擔任中國傳媒大學研究生業界導師。參與製作的作品包括《抵達之謎》、《暴裂無聲》、《四十四個澀柿子》、《不會說話的愛情》、《當我們決定放棄的夜晚》、《遊者多未懼》、《悟空》、《法茲》、《夏風沉醉的晚上》、《下午過去了一半》、《我的朋友》等。

The founder of FIRST International Film Festival, director, producer. FIRST International Film Festival has been dedicated to revolutionizing the industry of arthouse film programming and curation for 15 years. Since 2021, FIRST Fantastic Film Festival has been founded in Chengdu to focus on the boosting of genre films in parallel. FIRST bridges film, music, technology, digital art, and other diverse art forms to create urban cultures.

Song Wen received his Master’s degree at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is an industry mentor of Communication University of China. THE ENIGMA OF ARRIVAL is his feature debut. The films he produced include WRATH OF SILENCE, SI SHI SI GE SE SHI ZI, DAY IS GONE.

陳惟真 Esther CHEN

台北藝術大學藝術行政管理研究所碩士，2010年開始投入影展工作，現於金馬影展執行委員會中負責金穗獎及金穗影展統籌及參與金馬獎等系列活動策劃。金穗獎為台灣第一個且著名的短片競賽，培育扶植了大量影視創作人才，鼓勵交流、產業接軌，透過影像觀看和思考的啟蒙，見證台灣每一代電影人的成長，是極重要的新銳交流平台。

Graduated from Taipei National University of the Arts with a master’s in Arts Administration and Management. She has been engaged in film festivals fields since 2010 and join Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee in 2013. Now in charge of the Golden Harvest Awards and film festival and also participates in planning Golden Horse Awards. Golden Harvest Award is the first and most famous short film competition in Taiwan. This award promoted the development of numerous TV and movie creative personnel, encouraged exchanges and industry connections, and witnessed the growth of each generation of Taiwanese filmmakers through the enlightenment of image viewing and thinking, making it an important and progressive communication platform for new talent in Taiwan.

范可琪 Kattie FAN

范可琪，策展人、監製，活躍於電影、媒體藝術及文化界。自2015年出任ifva獨立短片及影像媒體節總監，ifva由香港藝術中心創辦，為目前亞洲其中一個最具規模的短片及影像展。任期內除了籌辦ifva年度影展及短片競賽、媒體藝術展覽、放映及露天影院等大型節目外，更開展兩年一度戶外媒體藝術節「ifva Everywhere影像嘉年華」、「影像無國界電影節」，與TONE Music聯乘頒發MV音樂錄像獎，及獲Meta支持舉辦香港首個VR虛擬實景特別獎。她監製的VR舞蹈影像作品《無舞之間》為首個入選威尼斯雙年展學院VR單元，及於2022年於威尼斯國際電影節上作世界首映。她現為大學兼職講師，於香港城市大學創意媒體學院任教數碼媒體策展，及香港中文大學新聞及傳播學院任教VR敍事。

Kattie FAN is a curator and producer working across the field of film, new media arts, culture, and technology. Since 2015, she has been the Festival Director of ifva Awards and Festival (www.ifva.com), one of the most mature short film and media arts festival in Asia, founded by the Hong Kong Arts Centre. She has curated and led the annual festival and competition since 2015, organises over 30 events ranging from film screenings, media art exhibitions, and education activities every year.  Her latest produced work, Chroma 11, a virtual reality dance film experience directed by Tsang Tsui-shan, was the first HK’s VR project selected in the Biennale College Cinema VR under La Biennale di Venezia in Italy, and had its world premiere at the 79th Venice Film Festival.  With a mission to offer real-life practical experience to the next generation, she is also serving as an industry-based adjunct lecturer teaching Storytelling in Virtual Reality in the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Digital Media in Curating at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.   (www.kattiefan.com)