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Ann Hui · Proposed guest · One person. Three difficult choices.

Peter Chan · Proposed guest · A changed person. A believable transformation.

Sean Baker · Proposed guest · Why keep watching someone you dislike?

Stanley Kwan · Proposed guest · Twenty years of history at one dinner table.

Hirokazu Kore-eda · Proposed guest · A goodbye without tears.

Jia Zhangke · Proposed guest · Can an ordinary working life sustain a series?

Asghar Farhadi · Proposed guest · One conflict. Three defensible perspectives.

Bong Joon-ho · Proposed guest · Does the ending earn the suspense?

Walter Murch · Proposed guest · Can the choice speak without an explanation?

Celine Song · Proposed guest · Two endings. Two positions on the same story.

Stephen Chow · Proposed guest · Comedy beyond translation.

Liu Cixin · Proposed guest · When a science-fiction premise changes a life.

Jia Zhangke · Proposed guest · Find the conflict outsiders miss.

Ann Hui · Proposed guest · Give the overlooked family member a point of view.

Stanley Kwan · Proposed guest · A city’s tensions beyond its landmarks.

Wang Bing · Proposed guest · Whose voice is missing from local history?

Peter Chan · Proposed guest · Carry the heart of a book into a film.

Liu Cixin · Proposed guest · Build a world that keeps producing stories.

Ann Hui · Proposed guest · A protagonist beyond the over-fifty stereotype.

Sean Baker · Proposed guest · Which urban dilemma brings young viewers back?

Hirokazu Kore-eda · Proposed guest · One film, two generations, different readings.

Lulu Wang · Proposed guest · A Chinese story, understood across North America.

Anthony Chen · Proposed guest · Southeast Asian co-creation: make the relationship believable.

Guillermo del Toro · Proposed guest · Latin American drama: earn the intensity.

Hirokazu Kore-eda · Proposed guest · An original character for Japan or Korea.

Wim Wenders · Proposed guest · Find the European community that needs this film.

Christine Vachon · Proposed guest · Your first film service you can responsibly deliver.

Rory Sutherland · Proposed guest · Beyond features: why would the customer buy?

Errol Morris · Proposed guest · A customer story worth believing.

Lulu Wang · Proposed guest · One product. Three markets. Three reasons to care.

Jia Zhangke · Proposed guest · A small shop with a story that can continue.

Spike Jonze · Proposed guest · When a brand enters, does the story still work?

Sean Baker · Proposed guest · Take the commission. Keep your creative position.

Christine Vachon · Proposed guest · Show a producer why this film deserves development.

Ted Hope · Proposed guest · Why should an audience give this film its time?

Ted Hope · Proposed guest · Bring a film to an actual buyer.

Tilda Swinton · Proposed guest · A screening with a conversation that lasts.

Wim Wenders · Proposed guest · Why revisit this film now?

Issa Rae · Proposed guest · An original series with a reason to return.

Peter Chan · Proposed guest · Chinese authors and overseas distributors develop together.

Sam Barlow · Proposed guest · A branching story with one believable character.

Charlie Brooker · Proposed guest · A conversational character with boundaries and a past.

Issa Rae · Proposed guest · Audience participation without losing authorship.

Walter Murch · Proposed guest · Different openings, one shared core.

Robert Lepage · Proposed guest · Why come in person when images are everywhere?

Jenny Sealey · Proposed guest · Let another way of perceiving shape the film.

Liu Cixin · Proposed guest · Scientists and writers: make research worth following.

Christine Vachon · Proposed guest · When resources shrink, what must the producer protect?

Ann Hui · Proposed guest · A director, a performer and a funder disagree. What next?

Ted Hope · Proposed guest · From making work to being trusted with a role.