Bianca Balbuena
Filipina producer, general manager of Kroma Entertainment’s Anima Studios, which produced Leonor Will Never Die (Special Jury Award at Sundance and at KVIFF the same year). She was previously CEO of Epicmedia, producers of such films as Engkwentro (Best Debut in Venice), A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery and Cu Li Never Cries (both awarded at the Berlinale), Viet and Nam (Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes) and In My Mother’s Skin (Sundance and KVIFF). Balbuena has served on the jury at a number of festivals, she has mentored at various workshops, and she holds important distinctions, such as Producer of the Year, conferred upon her by the Asian Film Commissions Network.