With our finalists now announced, we‘re proud to officially introduce the jury panel of the 2nd HKUST AI Film Festival ✨
This year’s competition was reviewed by an exceptional group of top‑tier scholars, renowned industry leaders and pioneering creative practitioners, whose perspectives span AI research 🧠 filmmaking 🎥 animation 🎶 music, VFX and digital culture.
We are honored to have the following prominent figures in our jury lineup:
- Prof. Yike Guo (Provost, HKUST)
- Tia Carrere (award‑winning actress and musical artist)
- Ruihan Zhang (MIT PhD, filmmaker & technologist at Google)
- Richard Chuang (co‑founder of PDI, now DreamWorks Animation)
- Paul Debevec (Director of Research, Creative Algorithms & Technology, Netflix)
- Lei Wang (Dean, School of Animation and Digital Arts, CUC)
- Jacob Adler (composer and filmmaker)
alongside an esteemed AI Music Jury Panel led by experts from China’s music and creative‑technology ecosystem.
Their insight, rigor and vision have been instrumental in shaping the outcomes of this year‘s festival, and in defining ”New Boundaries, New Life“ for storytelling in the age of AI ✨
Register now: https://luma.com/p1bh7pyo
