Anthony Chen trained at film school in Singapore and at the National Film and Television School, UK. His shorts have screened and been awarded at numerous prestigious festivals. Chen's debut feature ILO ILO debuted at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded the prestigious Camera d'Or for best first feature, making history again as the first Singapore feature awarded at Cannes. His sophomore feature film, WET SEASON, premiered in competition at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019 and was once again lauded critically, garnering 6 Golden Horse nominations and 12 international awards. Both of his films were Singapore's official submission for Best International Film to the Oscars.

Peter Ho-sun CHAN is a director, producer, and a leading figure in the Chinese language film industry. He has directed a string of critical and commercial hits and co-founded United Filmmakers Organization (UFO) in 1992. His Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996) won nine awards, including Best Film and Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and was named one of the Top 10 Best Movies of 1997 by Time magazine. His acclaimed filmography includes Perhaps Love (2005), The Warlords (2007), American Dreams in China (2013), Dearest (2014) and Leap (2020).