Ash Goh Hua is a New York based, Singapore born and raised filmmaker. They tell political stories personally through experimental leaning films, challenging dominant ideologies in order to imagine possibilities of other worlds. Named one of the 25 New Faces of Film by Filmmaker Magazine in 2022, Ash has been supported by programs and fellowships from institutions like Sundance, ITVS, Jacob Burns Creative Culture, Jerome Foundation, NeXt Doc and NYFA. Their films have screened and won awards at film festivals internationally, and have been distributed by PBS, The New Yorker and Third World Newsreel. Ash is an active member of the Asian American Documentary Network, Brown Girls Doc Mafia and the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective. Their 2020 film I'm Free Now, You Are Free (distributed by PBS POV Shorts) have screened and won awards at film festivals internationally: Sheffield Doc/Fest, BlackStar Film Festival, Camden International Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary, Ann Arbor Film Festival and more. Ash's 2022 film is the Oscar-qualifying The Feeling Of Being Close To You (distributed by Condé Nast | The New Yorker), which won Best Documentary Short Award at the New Orleans Film Festival and screened at Palm Springs International Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival, and True/False, among others.