People
The AFA is a grassroots initiative driven by individuals who are building a home for Asian films and a haven for independent filmmakers, to share, inspire and create.
Board of Directors
Glen Goei
Chairman
Co-Artistic Director, Wild Rice
Oh Chong Onn
Deputy Director, National Library Board
Prof Adam Knee (PhD, NYU)
Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts, Media & Creative Industries, LASALLE College of the Arts
Alicia Yeo
Director, National Library
Han Minli
Director, Filmgarde Cineplexes
Julia Chee
Director, National Archives of Singapore
William Phuan
Executive Director, National Book Council
International Advisory Panel
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Filmmaker
Aruna Vasudev
(PhD, University of Paris)
President of NETPAC (Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema)
Chris Berry (PhD, UCLA)
Professor of Film and Television Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Chua Beng Huat (PhD, York)
Professor of Sociology, National University of Singapore
Chua Tat Seng (PhD, Leeds)
Professor, School of Computing, National University of Singapore
David Bordwell (PhD, Iowa)
Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hou Hsiao Hsien
Filmmaker
Howard Besser
(PhD, UC Berkeley)
Director of New York University’s Moving Image Archiving & Preservation Program
Jan Uhde (PhD, University
of Waterloo)
Professor of Film Studies, University of Waterloo
Kenneth Chan (PhD, Florida)
Professor of English, University of Northern Colorado
Kenneth Paul Tan
(PhD, Cambridge)
Professor, Academy of Film and Department of Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
Lim Song Hwee
(PhD, Cambridge)
Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ray Edmondson (PhD, Canberra)
Founding Chair of Southeast Asia Pacific Audio Visual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) and Honorary Curator Emeritus of National Film and Sound Archive
Rey Chow (PhD, Stanford)
Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Duke University
Trinh T. Minh-ha (PhD, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign)
Professor of Women’s Studies and Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley
Asian Film Archive
Karen Chan
Executive Director
Christina Mak
Operations Executive
Low Koon Yen
Outreach Senior Executive
Natalie Ng
Marketing & Communications Executive
Chew Tee Pao
Archivist
Tan Yi Ping
Archive Officer
Michelle Poon
Theatre Manager
Viknesh Kobinathan
Programmer
Benjamin Yap
Archive Officer
Rahim Bin Rahmat
Theatre Services Technician
Natalie Khoo
Programmes & Engagement Executive
