[3][4] Among its guests were many revered Asian filmmakers, including Fruit Chan, Noboru Iguchi, Miwa Nishikawa, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Pema Tseden and Midi Z.
[6][7] The People's Jury is composed of non-professionals (such as bloggers and film students of all ages) interested in Asian cinema and culture.
To participate, the volunteers apply by sending short essays or visual impressions on Asian film.
[8] This criterion for jury selection is quite unique among film festivals worldwide.
[10] Their awards went to Tharlo (Pema Tseden, China) in 2016 and Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (Mouly Surya, Indonesia) in 2017.