Bonnie WILLIAMS is a pitch and public speaking coach and consultant for industry professionals. She specializes in supporting international speakers in finding their own voice and speaking with impact. She consults and mentors on pitching, presenting, networking and collaboration for filmmakers, creatives, heads of industry, moderators and experts. She also runs workshops and panels on the "Human Side of International Coproduction: Communicating with Impact".
She is a returning consultant at Series Mania Institute & Forum; IDFA Forum; IFFR; TIFF & TIDF Agora Docs; Movies that Matter; NFF-HFM; New Producers Academy (Netflix supported); and CEE Animation Forum. She works with TAICCA; Conecta Fiction; TIFF-Ro; AFID Amman; Midpoint Inst.; WEMW; Serial Killer; EAVE Ties That Bind, etc.
An Amsterdam-based, American-born (former) actress and stage director, she also coaches and advises documentary filmmakers on their personal voiceovers.
Website: www.speakingwithimpact.nl
Nicolas BRIGAUD-ROBERT is a producer and exporter. In 1997, he founded the company Playtime, which he now runs with his partners. Playtime is a Paris-based company specializing in financing, producing, and selling films and television programs. The company has played a crucial role in bringing over 400 projects to life and distributing them worldwide, including titles such as "Ma' Rosa", "Two Mothers", "The Voyage of the Red Balloon", "Black Dog", and "Son of Saul" (for which Playtime won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film). The Playtime Group is involved as a producer, co-producer, and distributor of about 60 projects per year. He is also an associate professor at Sorbonne University, where he teaches socio-economics and co-directs the selective master's program "Digital, Media, Cinema". He studied in the USA as a Fulbright Scholar and holds a PhD in Sociology (EHESS).
Yating CHANG is an experienced producer known for her work on award-winning Taiwanese films. She has also produced Netflix series such as "Light the Night" and "At The Moment". Her credits include major films like "Silence" and "The Spy Gone North".
MIYAGAWA Eriko is an Emmy-winning film and television producer with decades of experience in prestigious international productions. Her notable producing credits include "Silence" by Martin SCORSESE, and the FX/Disney series "Shōgun".
Hsinyi LIU is the Head of Production at Me & You Productions in London with over 20 years' experience in film and TV. Credits include the multi-BAFTA-winning "This Is Going to Hurt", and two Golden Globe and Emmy-winning TV shows, "Fleabag" and "A Very English Scandal".
Kiki YU is a marketing and PR leader with a two-decade career across Asia spanning Disney, Netflix, and Amazon, and a strong track record of connecting regional audiences to global and Asian content across all genres.
Dennis ALME DE VISSCHER is a freelance scriptwriter and media consultant with extensive experience in creating content for TV series, films, and children's animation. His work has been featured on platforms including Netflix, YouTube, F5, BBC, Rai, Disney+, and CBC.
Before freelancing, he served as Vice President of Acquisitions Europe at HBO and Acquisitions Executive at TV 2 and NRK (Norway). His strategic acquisitions have contributed to the success of various high-profile projects.
He is the long-standing moderator for the Mifa Pitch Sessions at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, showcasing top international animation projects in development. Additionally, he acts as an expert and moderator for Creative Media Europe, the European Union's program supporting the cultural and creative sectors. He also teaches the art of pitching to master's students in animation schools and to business corporations. His multilingual skills and diverse portfolio reflect his ability to adapt across different genres and markets.
Martin VANDAS is the producer of eight feature animated films, 50 short animated films, and several documentaries and TV programs. He is a member of the European Film Academy, an expert of Czech and Slovak Audiovisual Funds, and a lecturer at Film Academy Prague.
Sharon WU-COFFEY is an internationally renowned animation curator based in Los Angeles, and has consulted and collaborated with many animation festivals, news media, studios, organizations, and colleges.
Gugi GUMILANG is currently based in Jakarta and Berlin, serving as the Program Director for In-Docs, the award-winning non-profit organization behind initiatives like Docs by the Sea, Good Pitch Indonesia, and VitaminDocs. Since 2022, he has been elected to the Executive Board of the Documentary Association of Europe (DAE), and he recently joined Hot Docs as an International Film Programmer.
His work encompasses mentoring and consulting on projects and impact campaign strategies, and he frequently delivers talks on equitable international coproduction practices, with a focus on Asia.
His extensive experience includes serving on selection committees for several prestigious film funds, such as the IDA Enterprise Fund, Chicken & Egg Pictures, IDFA Bertha Fund, Purin Pictures, and SGIFF Film Fund. He has also been a jury member for festivals like DOK Leipzig, Cannes Docs, IDFA Forum, Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), CPH:DOX, Dokufest, Ji.hlava IDFF, and more.
Heather HAYNES is the Director of Festival Programming at Hot Docs. She has been with Hot Docs for close to two decades.
CHEN Wan-ling was a programme executive for CCDF in 2012 and 2013. She joined TIDF in 2013 and is a programmer for TIDF and the Head of Documentary for TFAI. She has been Sharon WU-COFFEY invited to various events at home and abroad in different roles.
LIAO Chien-hsing is a senior producer. He holds the Golden Bell Awards record for the producer whose works earned the most nominations in a single year. He is one of a few producers whose experience spans production crews, TV channels, and international streaming platforms.
Sam YUAN Tzu-hsiang is a producer and a PhD candidate in communication studies. Currently, he serves as the Secretary-General of the New Media Entertainment Association (NMEA). Before starting his filmmaking job as a producer, he had several years of experience in film marketing and distribution.With his practical and educational background, he is adept at integrating market insights and the principle of art creations to produce profound film works. His recent works include the Netflix TV series "Shards of Her", and the films "Our Times", "Missing Johnny", "Secrets in the Hot Spring", "The 9th Precinct", "My Missing Valentine", and "Mickey on The Road". He won the Culture and Creativity Award at the UK Alumni Awards presented by the British Council Taiwan in 2022.
Steve WANG is actively involved in the film distribution industry, having distributed more than 200 Taiwanese films and foreign films. He has experience in theater distribution, festivals, creative agents, copyright sales, and film production. In 2011, he co-founded Activator Co., Ltd. with well-known producer and actress LEE Lieh, and entertainment entrepreneur MA Tien-tsung. He has supervised the production of many films, including "Formosa 3D", "Late Life: The Chien-ming Wang Story", "Chen Uen", "i WEiRDO", and "Papa Fuji's Unexpected Journey" (Grand Prize winner of the of 2021 Golden Horse FPP). He was also a co-planner of the film "Detention".
Tiffany Yu-Chia Chen is a Taiwanese producer with a background in finance and marketing, having worked at UBS AG and L'OREAL: Giorgio Armani Cosmetics. Transitioning to the film and TV industry, she utilized her expertise at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and Warner Bros., focusing on Chinese market development. In 2017, Tiffany co-founded Each Other Films to produce top-tier Chinese-language content, including feature films, TV dramas, and web series. In 2019, Tiffany produced Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu's debut feature, Little Big Women, which topped Taiwan's box office in 2020 and is now available on Netflix worldwide. The latest feature from Each Other Films, Penguin Girl, will be released in the spring of 2025.
