In Depth With: Jessica Kiang

4:00 PM, Monday August 12 @ Innis Town Hall

Host: LIU Yuetong, Assistant Programmer, MulanIFF
Language: English with Chinese translation

Jessica Kiang is a film critic whose writings have been featured in major industry publications such as Variety and Sight & Sound, as well as the International Programmer for Belfast Film Festival. In this session, she will share insights on what happens after a film is completed—how to get selected for international film festivals and attract media attention, and the programming trends of film festivals in recent years.

Speaker

Jessica Kiang

Jessica Kiang is a Berlin-based freelance film critic with regular bylines in Variety, Sight & Sound, The Criterion Collection, The New York Times, The LA Times, Film Comment, The Playlist, Rolling Stone, and Mubi. She has served on festival juries from TIFF to IDFA to the BFI London Film Festival and recently became the International Programmer of the Belfast Film Festival.

Price

Regular: $10
Student: $5

Access included in Filmmaker Pass

Schedule

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM: Talk with Jessica Kiang
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM: Q&A

Host

LIU Yuetong

Yuetong Liu is a Toronto-based filmmaker who previously lived in Beijing and Guangzhou. In addition to her filmmaking career, she serves as an Assistant Programmer, curating year-round programmes at the Mulan International Film Festival.

Co-Presenter