The SLATE International Film Festival is open to filmmakers from any backgrounds and aims to give everyone the opportunity to showcase their best work with an international audience, who share the same passion for films. Behind this film festival lies the idea that there is no need for expensive equipment or a big budget to make a movie. Some amazing award-winning movies have been made on a mobile phone, a lot of coffee and sandwiches. That's the spirit of Indie filmmaking and our motivation for SlateIFF.
HONG KONG
Actor, filmmaker, and the SlateIFF festival director. Philippe is an actor known for playing the bad guy in action movies in Hong Kong and Mainland China, and has shared the screen with some of Asia's biggest stars, including Chow Yun Fat, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and more. He is active in the independent film scene both in front and behind the camera, and created this festival to promote the most diverse community of filmmakers and talents from all over the world, and give them a space to showcase their work.
BEIJING
Actor and stuntman, member of the legendary Jackie Chan Stunt team. Temur is an accomplished actor and martial artists, who brings decades of experience working in films in the US and in Asia doing stunts, as well as acting and choreographing fight scenes and all sort of great action work.
HONG KONG
Casting Director, Producer. Mike has decades of experience casting talents for movies and has worked with the biggest names in the industry from Jean-Claude VanDamme, to Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Keanu Reeves, Scott Adkins, Yuen Woo Ping and many more.
NEW YORK
Actor, Filmmaker, Writer. Owen is an international best-selling author, globetrotting psychologist, NLP trainer and speaker from Dublin, Ireland. But he also has a passion for movies, and trained at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. He is regularly involved in independent film projects as a writer, producer, director, and actor.
HONG KONG
Actor, Former International rugby player. After a career in pro rugby, Semi started a new one as an actor in Hong Kong action movies and TV shows. He can be seen in action with Donnie Yen in Big Brother, with Scott Adkins and Andy On in Abduction, in Helios directed by Sunny Luk and Longman Leung, and more recently alongside Byron Mann in the film Hong Kong Love Story, which will be released later this year. Semi also hosts the Rugby Asia Channel.
PARIS
Actor, Indie filmmaker. Anthony trained at the Actors Studio in Paris for a couple of years. He took part in a few short films and theatre plays, and now works on his own film projects. As the youngest member of the jury, Anthony brings a pair of fresh eyes to our film selection process.
The selected films in each category are announced on September 5th.
