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Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan (1996) is a Filipino filmmaker born of Ifugao and Visayan descent. Eblahan’s works explore themes of trauma, spirituality, and nature told through the cosmic lens of post-colonial spaces and Indigenous identities. His films Umbilical Cord to Heaven, Hilum, and The Headhunter's Daughter have been shown in international film festivals such as the Sundance Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, and Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival—where he won the International Student Jury Prize as well as the Special Mention of the International Jury for his 2020 short film Hilum. In 2022, his film The Headhunter’s Daughter was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. In 2023, he was one of six participants in the Festival de Cannes’ ‘La Résidence’ program for his debut feature in development, titled Hum.

Siyou Tan (1988) is a Singaporean filmmaker, partly based in Los Angeles. She studied film and art at Wesleyan University before completing a directing fellowship at the American Film Institute. She is an alumna of Berlinale’s Talents Tokyo, Busan’s Asian Film Academy, and Universal’s Director Initiative. Her short films Hello Ahma (2019) and Strawberry Cheesecake (2021) have screened at festivals including the Berlinale, Toronto, and Locarno. She is currently working on her debut feature Amoeba, with support from the Hubert Bals Fund and Torino Script Lab. To date, Amoeba has been awarded Most Promising Project at Singapore’s SEA Film Lab and the Open SEA Fund Award at Thailand’s SEAFIC Lab. Most recently, it was selected for Berlinale’s 2023 Co-Production Market and the Far East Film Festival’s 2023 Focus Asia, where it won the TAICCA/Focus Asia Co-production Award.