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IDF Academy is aimed to cultivate the emerging documentary talents. This program opens to universities, documentary filmmakers and documentary scholars. Under the theme of “The New Generation of Documentaries” it aims to attract and train more talented Chinese directors and to encourage fascinating stories to develop further. IDF Workshop conducts master classes, tutorials and one-on-one sessions, broadening the horizons of the participants while sharing the experience on documentary by the international filmmakers, inspiring Chinese directors and the local talents from Zhejiang, enhancing the quality and professionalism of Chinese documentaries through the founding of a viable incubator for career development and talent training.

 

*This section is not included in IDF2023

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Consultant & Advisor
  • Ruby CHEN
    Consultant
  • Chang Chaowei
    Consultant
  • Bo Li
    Tutors
  • CHOW WING KEUNG
    Tutors
  • Hsiao Ju-kuan
    Tutors
  • Xiaochuan YU
    Tutors

Ruby Chen is the Co-Founder and CEO of the non-profit CNEX Foundation Limited, the CEO of CNEX Studio. She is also the Senior Advisor of Executive Education of CEIBS (China Europe International Business School). She was invited to be Distinguished Professor, School of Film and Animation, China Academy of Art in 2021 .She had been working in McKinsey & Company since 1992, and left as the Director of Leadership Institute in China prior to joining Peking University in its Business School (GSM) as the Executive Director for Executive Education in 2009. With her passion to explore talent, support and promote Chinese documentary films internationally, she is the executive producer for almost 90 documentaries, including the award-winning "KJ: music and life", "Chinese Mayor", "A Young Patriot" and "Plastic China." She is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the selection committee of documentary for the Oscars.

  • Doug Blush
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  • David Teague
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  • KONG Jinlei
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  • CHOW Keung
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Doug Blush is an award-winning director, producer, editor, writer and cinematographer whose work includes over 130 feature and television projects, and is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as well as the American Cinema Editors (ACE).

His recent credits include, as consulting editor and co-producer, the 2019 Academy Award winning Period. End of Sentence, the 2018 Academy Award winning Icarus, and, as supervising editor, the 2013 Oscar-winning 20 Feet From Stardom, for which he also received the ACE Eddie Award for Best Documentary Editing. He was Co-Editor and Associate Producer of Kirby Dick's The Hunting Ground in 2014, and the Oscar nominated and Emmy winning The Invisible War in 2012. Other major recent films include Mr. Soul! (IDA Award Winner, 2018), JIM: The James Foley Story (HBO Emmy winner, 2017), The Music of Strangers (HBO Best Editing Emmy nominee, 2018) Chasing Coral (Netflix Emmy Winner, 2018), The Mars Generation (Netflix, also as executive producer), On Her Shoulders and Dark Money (both Oscar Shortlisted for 2019) and King In The Wilderness (HBO). He is also a longtime film educator with classes and seminars at USC, UCLA, Syracuse University and the YoungArts Foundation in Miami, as well as exchanges and panels in Indonesia, Brazil, New Zealand, Armenia, Malaysia, Nigeria, China, the Netherlands and more.

  • Ruby CHEN
    Consultant
  • LIAO Chingsong
    Advisor
  • Carol Dysinger
    Advisor
  • Doug Blush
    Advisor
  • Hsiaoming HSU
    Advisor

RUBY CHEN is the Co-founder and CEO of the non-profit CNEX Foundation Limited, the CEO of CNEX Studio. She is also the Senior Advisor of Executive Education of CEIBS (China Europe International Business School). She had been working in McKinsey & Company since 1992, and left as the Director of Leadership Institute in China prior to joining Peking University in its Business School (GSM) as the Executive Director for Executive Education in 2009. With her passion to explore talent, support and promote Chinese documentary films internationally, she is the executive producer for almost 90 documentaries, including the award-winning KJ: music and life, Chinese Mayor, A Young Patriot, Plastic China etc.

She is the Executive supervisor of Chinese Image Visual Industry and Creation Society. Her profession and experience has been recognized by the global. She is also a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), as well as the selection committee of documentary in the Oscars.

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2021  Workshop Selected Projects
Happiness film
  • Country/Area of Production： China
  • Language of Dialogue： Chinese
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  • Director： Du Fan
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Introduction: Synopsis 2020 is a special year, with the Novel Coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world. The owners of Plot 4 of The Unique Happy City, faced with unemployment and reduced income due to the coronavirus, have to moving into half-finished buildings in order to saving costs. Chen Yanchun is a single mother who is one of the owner that first …
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2021  Workshop Selected Projects
Flowers
  • Country/Area of Production： China
  • Language of Dialogue： Chinese
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  • Director： Jiaming SU
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Introduction: Synopsis Film synopsis: Many years ago, the coal mining industry of Shanxi caused environmental pollution. Many rural children were born disabled due to environmental problems. The huge unexpected expenses forced some families to discard these children. In Shanxi, Chen Tianwen and Guo Gairan adopted 39 disabled and abandoned babies like t…
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Fanatical Monologue
  • Country/Area of Production： China
  • Language of Dialogue： Chinese
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  • Director： Yang Hao
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Introduction: Synopsis Not only take you into the source of the product, but also show you the source of the spiritual world of Chinese marginal fingers through the product. Mr Ruan's historical mission. Mr Guan is a grassroots director who takes short videos to live commerce in Yiwu. Unlike the mainstream tone of Yiwu，which is called ，9.9yuan package …
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2021  Workshop Selected Projects
Where the Peach is in Bloom
  • Country/Area of Production： China
  • Language of Dialogue： Chinese
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  • Director： Jiang Chunhua
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Introduction: Synopsis "Once upon a time, there was a place called Peach Blossom Cave, where many naughty children and an old witch live there..." One day, a camera opened the gate of Peach Blossom Cave as if it's Pandora's Box. The love of families, partners, and friends all gets mixed up in this place. The camera is a witness, a participant, and, mor…
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