Exploring Alternative Storytelling Through Experimental Animation
Sujin Kim is a Korean filmmaker, and art educator based in the United States.
Contact: sujinkimart@gmail.com
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Sujin Kim is an award-winning experimental filmmaker specializing in animated documentary, known for her innovative use of cutting-edge animation techniques and 3D visualization tools. Her work explores deeply personal narratives and collective traumas, often focusing on experiences shaped by historical and systemic violence. Rooted in extensive research and interviews, Kim’s practice is driven by a profound personal engagement with the history and politics of women—particularly in relation to her nation’s complex legacy of colonization, war, and national division.
She earned her MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where her thesis film—centered on the testimonies of military sexual slavery during World War II—was awarded the Gold Medal at the prestigious 49th Student Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Kim’s animations have been showcased at leading international festivals and conferences, including Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying), American Documentary and Animation Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying), Tampere Film Festival (Oscar- and BAFTA-qualifying), RiverRun International Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying), International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (European Film Award-qualifying), Athens International Film and Video Festival (Oscar-qualifying), International Short Film Festival Berlin (Oscar-qualifying), LINOLEUM Festival (BAFTA-qualifying), SIGGRAPH Asia, and ISEA. Her work has also been featured in numerous festivals across countries including Italy, France, the UK, Cyprus, Ukraine, Denmark, Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Romania, South Korea, Spain, China, Morocco, Egypt, Finland, Croatia, Argentina, Brazil, and Germany.
Her animations are preserved in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive in the United States and the War and Women Human Rights Museum in South Korea.
In addition to her independent filmmaking, Kim has been commissioned by musicians, including the legendary, multiple Grammy Award-winning English rock band MUSE (Warner Music Group).