Thailand
Pre-Jury

Dr. Varoth Chotipitayasunondh (Dr. Nat) is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and holding the position of the Spokesperson for the Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health. He works primarily in the care of mental health issues in children and is also responsible for communicating with Thai society about various matters of mental health. Personally, Dr. Nat has always been interested in media and communication, especially in relation to mental health. Therefore, he had received scholarships to study master's and doctoral degrees in Media psychology abroad. After that, he has worked in media and mental health for the Ministry of Public Health and served as a consultant and lecturer in media psychology for a number of agencies. Furthermore, he has co-produced more than 10 mental health advertisements and short films over the past three years.

A Fine Art graduate from Goldsmiths University of London (United Kingdom) in 2017. She later started her career in Thailand as a cultural officer at the Ministry of Culture, where she gained experience in managing an art space and coordinating art and cultural projects at Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center in Bangkok. Natasha is currently pursuing a distance learning master's degree in the UK and working as an educator at Science Center for Education (Bangkok Planetarium), where she represented as the main project coordinator for the Science Film Festival in 2020.

Waree Auswakiatruksa graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University. She has worked in various fields of science. In the meantime, she saw that if people can apply their specialized knowledge in a scientific way, it could improve their quality of life and also help with their career. Therefore she decided to switch her study field until she graduated with a master's degree from the Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University. Then, she has been working as a science communicator at the National Science Museum since 2001 to assist in various forms of science communication such as exhibitions, activities, works, as well as various media works such as radio programs and Youtube channel of the NSM.

Surasak Suksiri graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Faculty of Political Science, Ramkhamhaeng University. He currently works in the Department of Media and Product Creation (MPC), Product Creation (PCS), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA). Surasak has a passion for music, sports and movies. He was delighted to be honored as part of Science Film Festival, the activity that promotes scientific learning through films to give young people the opportunity to enter the fantasy world of learning, so that they can grow as young scientists.

Wachiraporn Khwakhong graduated from Silpakorn University with a master's degree in Educational Technology. Currently, she is holding a position at Thai Film Archive as a Film Program Coordinator who is responsible for the selection and screening of youth films for students from elementary school level until high school. Her responsibility includes the dissemination of film knowledge. Wachiraporn has been participating in the Science Film Festival since 2015. She feels challenged with new topics every year since they open up a view of science beyond textbooks by using movies for young learners, so that they understand a wide variety of scientific issues.

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