Awards Jury

Barry Gene MURPHY is an award-winning filmmaker and artist with over

20 years' experience in animation filmmaking, 3D and special effects, and

a decade in XR creation. Writer and Director of the Playing with Reality

series, MURPHY has worked with Anagram as a creative director and artist

since 2017. In that time, his projects have won multiple awards, including

two Venice Lions and an Emmy Nomination.

MACHIBA Katsutoshi is a producer and director of XR content, and a

part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo

University of the Arts. He founded Beyond the Frame Festival, Japan's

first international XR film festival. After studying filmmaking in the U.S.,

he worked as a TV director and producer for 20th Century Fox Home

Entertainment Japan and Samsung Electronics Japan (Gear VR). His VR

works have been showcased at major festivals, with five consecutive

nominations in Venice Immersive (2020–2024).

Jimmy is Vice President of Operations at Digital Domain Holdings,

overseeing SSD and memory trading across the Americas and Greater

China. He also focuses on immersive content distribution, concurrently

serving as Director of International Partnerships at Sandman Studios. In

this role, he represents a global network of over 100 immersive and XR

studios (including Atlas V, City Lights, and Faber Courtial) collaborating

with streaming platforms, physical venues, and international showcases to

connect outstanding immersive works with the right audiences.

TSENG Pei-yu is an actress and model. After earning acclaim for TV commercials, she won Best New Talent at the Taipei Film Awards for Parking. Notable roles include A Taiwanese Tale of Two Cities and The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon.

Laha Mebow is the first Taiwanese Indigenous female director and the first Taiwanese female to win a Golden Horse Award for Best Director. In 2016, her film Hang in There, Kids! was Taiwan’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.

UGANA Kenichi is a prolific award-winning Japanese director, writer, and producer. He is best known for his independent horror and underground culture films, including Ganguro Gals Riot, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Visitors-Complete Edition, Extraneous Matter-Complete Edition, and The Gesuidouz.

Programmer of the Jeonju International Film Festival, Sung MOON previously worked as a representative for Latin America at the Korean Film Council for eight years. She has edited seven books, including What Will Be of Cinema? (2021) and Tsai Ming-Liang: Walker Series (2024).

Born in 1971, YANG Ya-che’s works range from fiction to advertising, television, and film, earning him honors at the Golden Bell Awards, Taipei Film Awards, and Golden Horse Awards. Long or short, they are all stories. Through storytelling, he seeks to understand the journey of life.