Exploring Alternative Storytelling Through Experimental Animation
Sujin Kim is a Korean animator, 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 and animator specializing in animated documentary. She earned her MFA from CalArts, and her thesis, which tells about military sexual slavery during World War II, was awarded the prestigious Student Academy Award (Gold Medal) in the animation category in 2021. Her work focuses on amplifying the voices of historically marginalized individuals—voices that resonate profoundly in today’s world but have often been excluded from patriarchal historical narratives. Her projects delve into deeply personal narratives and collective traumas, exploring experiences shaped by historical and systemic violence. Kim’s practice is rooted in extensive research and interviews, driven by a deep personal interest in the history and politics of women shaped by her nation’s complex past of colonization, war, and national division.
Her animations have been showcased at prominent venues worldwide, including the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying), American Documentary and Animation Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying), Tampere Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying, 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), Edinburgh Short Film Festival (British Independent Film Award-qualifying), International Short Film Festival Berlin (Oscar-qualifying), LINOLEUM International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival (BAFTA-qualifying), SIGGRAPH Asia, and ISEA. They have also been featured in numerous festivals across countries such as Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Ukraine, Denmark, Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Romania, South Korea, Spain, China, Morocco, Egypt, Finland, Croatia, Argentina, Brazil, and Germany.
Kim’s work is preserved in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences archives in the United States and the War and Women Human Rights Museum in South Korea.
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