Guest Jury Members
In addition to our core team, the esteemed jury also welcomes different industry professionals as guest judges for each event.
Adrian Kwan
Chair of Jury
(L3000, Deathzone, Find Your Voice, Little Big Master, Team of Miracle: We Will Rock You, The Miracle Box, 6 Am, If You care, Life is a Miracle)
Adrian Shun Fai Kwan is a multi award-winning director and screenwriter who has written and directed 9 feature films. He has been a director, screenwriter and producer for over twenty years and has worked with major international filmmakers, such as Jackie Chan, Peter Greenaway, Ewan McGregor, Claude Van Damme, Benny Chan, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, Louis Koo, Leslie Cheung, and Tony Leung. Adrian has worked across the globe, including in the UK, Hong Kong, USA, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, South Africa, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Adrian’s feature film, ‘Little Big Master’ was the number one rated movie at the box office in Hong Kong in 2015 and nominated for 5 awards at the ‘35th Hong Kong Film Awards’ - the biggest movie ceremony in Asia - including ‘Best Movie’, ‘Best Actress’, ‘Best Supporting Actor’, ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Screenplay’. In 2015, Adrian produced and directed a short documentary, titled ‘My Daughter’s Story’, for Joshua Hellmann Foundation for Orphan Disease, The Vital Step Program, and Mead Johnson Nutrition, which won 9 awards across 6 Major PR ceremonies in Hong Kong & The Region in 2016. He has been a lecturer at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Digital Media: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, given hundreds of seminars at universities and high schools, and been judge and guest-speaker at several academic film festivals. Adrian’s mission is to share his knowledge, experience, and passion with the next generation of filmmakers and have a positive impact on the world through his work.
Hannah Chang
Creative Lead
(Agata, L3000, Find Your Voice, Little Big Master, Fearless, A Dream Team, Team of Miracle: We Will Rock You, The Room)
Creative producer, director, and screenwriter of over ten years. Hannah has written short and feature-length movie scripts and won international awards for her work. She is an expert at weaving her academic knowledge of psychology into her characters, using several different types of media.
One of her latest feature films, ‘Find Your Voice’, premiered in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia. Also, ‘Little Big Master’, ranked number one at the box office in Hong Kong in 2015 and was nominated for 5 awards at ‘35th Hong Kong Film Awards’, including ‘Best Screenplay’. In 2019, the committee of ‘38th Hong Kong Film Awards’ invited Hannah to become a creative consultant. Hannah was the supervisor of a renowned counselling centre in Hong Kong, where she also hosted the counselling segment for TV programs for ten years, with Creation TV. In 2012, she was invited to become CEO of a local Charity Fund to help underprivileged children and their families. Hannah has run several large-scale charity events in Hong Kong, which encourage neighborly love and caring for the less fortunate.
Will Turner Brett
Art Director / Event Manager
(Deathzone, L3000, Agata, The Gold, Top Chef S20, The Courtship, The Great Season 2, Suspicion)
Experienced filmmaker, screenwriter and author, Will has worked in various departments in TV production and produced a collection of award-winning short films and feature screenplays. Being a familial descendant of J.M.W. Turner at least partly inspired his 2023 book “The Movie Wheel: How to Choose What to Watch Using Colour,” which explores the relationship between cinematic genre and emotion in today’s culture, using colour as a visual guide.
With a 1st-class Film degree from Kingston University and screenwriting MA from MetFilm, Will has overseen more than 50 independent productions as a freelance filmmaker for clients ranging from Central and Northwest London N.H.S. services to the Runnymede Trust, addressing issues such as young offending and racial equality. He has also directed and edited many privately commissioned videos for UK-based and international music artists, such as Macka B, Aricia Mess, Skinnyman and many more. Will’s mission is to help foster a supportive and diverse community and to inspire empathy and connection through creativity.
Guest Judge
Andrew Bethell
Andrew Bethell founded an independent production company, Double Exposure Ltd., one of the country’s leading producers with shows like “Culloden” - the highly praised but controversial series about an inner-city primary school - and “The House,” his BAFTA and Emmy award-winning BBC series. Double Exposure was recognized as the UK’s most successful producer of programming for teachers and schools, winning further awards around the world. Andrew joined the consortium bidding for Teachers TV as Director of Programmes and also became the founding director, responsible for devising programming and scheduling strategy. He was the creative and editorial driving force behind the success of the first genuinely public digital channel. He then became Chief Executive and Creative Director and, in 2010, took on the role of Vice-Chair and Director of External Affairs. This made him responsible for the global development of the Teachers TV model, as well as promoting the use of high quality video in the improvement of teaching and learning in schools around the world.
Andrew was lead consultant for Pico Thailand in its successful bid to secure government funding for ThaiTeachers TV and supported the provision of the service. He was appointed C.E.O. Of Teaching Channel and led the team that established the ‘Teachers TV-style’ service in the U.S.A., funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Hewlett Foundation. He is also a founding director of WorldTeachers.tv - a global project currently in development.