/ Jurors

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  Nobuo Mizuta
  Director

  Born on August 1958 in Hiroshima city.
  He has been involved to produce and direct mostly TV dramas since he joined Nippon Television Network Corporation in Tokyo,
  and He is now the director of the production department.
  Also he won numbers of awards for his production.
  He made his debut as a feature film director in 2006 and his outstanding films are highly credited.

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  Masato Kato
  Screen Writer

  President of the Writers Association of Japan
  A Guest Professor of the graduate school of Waseda University

  His film won Grand Prix in the 39th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greek), and the 8th Geneva International Film Festival (Switzerland), and the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival. And won the best screenplay at the 32nd and 34th Japan Academy Prize.

   

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  Mark Joseph
  Producer

  Mark Joseph is a multi-media producer, author, and founder of MJM Entertainment Group. From 2000-2005 he worked in development and marketing for Walden Media and Crusader Entertainment and oversaw a 9-member marketing team.

  He is the producer of the feature films Reagan, Tolkien & Lewis, and Max Rose. He previously produced the film Doonby and has worked in the development and marketing of 37 films including The Chronicles of Narnia, Ray, Holes, I Am David, Because of Winn-Dixie, Son of God and others. His honors include Frank Capra award for his work as producer of Doonby and a GMA Music Award for his role as producer of the rock soundtrack for The Passion of The Christ. He is co-founder and president of the board of directors of the Damah Film Festival, which began in Seattle, Washington and is currently held annually in Hiroshima, Japan.

  Mark produced the inspired by soundtrack for The Passion of The Christ and The Star Spangled Banner featuring Dave Mustaine of Megadeth for the film America, and has worked with artists like Lauryn Hill, P.O.D., Sixpence None The Richer, ZZ Top, Scott Stapp, Kirk Franklin and others.

  He authored the book The Lion, The Professor & The Movies: Narnia’s Journey To The Big Screen, is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and is the publisher of BullyPulpit.com. He lives in Southern California with his family.

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  Barbie Tung
  Producer

  Miss Barbie Tung is the director of China International Entertainment Limited and Pebble Stone Production Limited, Hong Kong.
  She has extensive experience in relation to film production, acquisition of intellectual properties, venture film co-production, film distribution and marketing.
  Barbie Tung is among the first Hong Kong filmmakers to work on location in mainland China when she supervised the production of "Disciples of Shaolin" in 1982. This was followed in 1993 by Jackie Chan's "Police Story 3" and Stanley Tong's "Project S" (aka "Once A Cop"), "Drunken Master II" in 1994, Andrew Lau's "Hero From China" in 1998, Stanley Tong's "China Strike Force" and “The Myth” in 2000 and 2004 respectively, and most recently, Jiang Wen’s “Let The Bullets Fly” in 2009 and Jackie Chan’s “Chinese Zodiac” in 2012. Barbie has worked closely with many film studios, including the Beijing Film Studios and Shanghai Film Studios - among the largest in the PRC. Barbie is currently in development of the sequel of “Chinese Zodiac aka CZ12”.
  Barbie is a member of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, U.S.A. and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy.

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  Nozomi Enoki
  Producer

  His ambition to get involved in the filming industry sparked by watching "Enter the Dragon" and "The Godfather". Then he became screen writer and later, as a producer for over 20 years. He produced numbers of feature films.

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