JUDGING CRITERIA
Entries will be assessed in preliminary selection and final judging by the jury composed of industry professionals, based on the following criteria:
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Short Film Category:
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Animation Category:
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AI Creation:
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*For more details of judging critiria, please refer to the complete version of the 30th ifva Awards "Details and Regulations" at: Click here
*The final list of finalists and award recipients will be decided by the jury, and the Organiser reserves the right of final decision.
JUDGING PANELS
In no particular order. Updated as at 25 Feb 2026, more jury line-up will be updated on website.
Detailed jury introduction will be updated soon.
Open Group & Asian New Force:
Andy Lau (Actor, Producer, and the Founder of Infinitus Entertainment Limited)
Norman Chan (Film Producer, Film Director, Screenwriter, Production Manager)
Sébastien Simon (Filmmaker and the programmer of Busan International Short Film Festival)
Terry Lam (Dean of the School of Film and Television at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)
Open Group & Asian New Force (Preliminary Selection):
Charlie Fung (Independent film producer, Lecturer in film programmes at tertiary institutions)
Jeffrey Lam (Director of the Shadow of Death)
Lawrence Kan (Producer of television drama Before The End, Director of television drama In Geek We Trust and In Broad Daylight)
Li Mei Ting (Lecturer in the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Youth Group & Tertiary Students Group:
Felix Tsang (Sales & Acquisitions Manager of Golden Scene)
Jill Li (Hong Kong documentary filmmaker)
Leong Puiyee (ProgrammeHead (Film) of Objectifs Centre for Photogrpahy and Film, from Singapore)
Mani Man Pui Hing (Hong Kong film producer and screenwriter)
Youth Group & Tertiary Students Group (Preliminary Selection):
Fung Wai Sze (Hong Kong Film Producer, Production Manager)
Nicole Chu (Hong Kong Film Director)
Terence Choi (Distribution Manager at We Distribution Limited, Hong Kong Film Producer)
Tim Lui (Multimedia creator, Lyricist, Screenwriter, Short films director)
Animation:
Lo Che-ying (Veteran animator)
Dr. Chi-sui Wang (Professor in the Department of Animation at Taipei National University of the Arts)
Polly Yeung (Producer of Animation Another World)
Albert Yu Ka Ho (Animatior, Effects artist)
Irving Cheung (Video Director, Production and Costume Designer)
Animation (Preliminary Selection):
Andrew Chen Wei Wen (Animation director, Art director)
Jay Wong (Director, animator, and illustrator/comic artist)
Kevin Tsang (Animation Director and AI Art Generator)
Nic Ho (Animation director)
AI Creation:
Andy Lau (Actor, Producer, and the Founder of Infinitus Entertainment Limited)
Prof. Hung Keung (Digital media artist, Researcher, Scholar and Designer)
Terence Wong (Head of Academic Development, HKDI Knowledge Centres, Hong Kong Design Institute)
Victor Wong (Multimedia artist)
AI Creation (Preliminary Selection):
Emilie Choi (Researcher and film programmer)
Isaac Leung (Practicing artist, curator, and scholar in art and culture)
Timmy Chih-Ting Chen (Assistant professor in cultural studies at Hong Kong Metropolitan University)
