Staff 2023
STAFF, KFFC 11
Mi-Jeong Lee
Executive and Artistic Director
Founder, 1996
Beatrice Shilton
General Coordinator
Debora Yi
AAPLab Coordinator
kimura byol
Programmer, Asian Media Arts
Vincent Toi
Programmer, Asian Canadian Film
UGyeong Choi
Manager, Korean Contents and Naver Blog
Harmonie Macintyre
Marketing Intern
Anuj Khosla
Accounting and Administration Consultant, since 2011
Mustafa Uzner
Programmer, Asian Diaspora, since October 2023
Jingjing Li
Accountant, since 2011
Peng Ling
Booking Keeper and Accounting, since April 2023
INTERNS
2023 -2024
Annette Hong Kim Assistant Programmer for Short Films
From Nov. 2022 to June 2023
Alexi Fuentes Assistant Coordinator and Assistant Programmer for Philippine Cinema
From August 2022 to June 2023
Béatrice Robert Webmaster for a temporary website (between March to May 2023),
and Assistant Project Coordinator
From July 2022 to June 2023
Daphnée Lajeunesse Assistant in Communication
From March to May 2023
Gautier Courtois Market Development and Social Media Coordination
From March to July 2023
Ghazal Abdullah Marketing Assistant
From May to July 2023
Jiwoo Lee Assistant Programmer (Media Arts) and Assistant Graphic Designer
From August 2022 to June 2023
Michael Vaillancourt Audio-Visual Editing, Graphic Designs and Technical Assistant
From May to June 2023
Théo Leroux Market Development and Social Media Coordination
From March to July 2023
Zach Fuentes Market Development and Social Media Coordination
From November 2022 to June 2023
VOLUNTEERS
Jahaziel Barrios, Julie Chambaud, Laurie Royer, Clara Weakley, Alaïque Dufour, Jielei Li, Emily Leavitt
Temporary website collaboration for THE KFFC 10
The Collective Machine
ART WORKSHOPS
Artists: Ravy Puth, Béatrice Shilton, Unna Regino, Mi-Jeong Lee
THANKS TO THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY POSTER CONTRIBUTORS
Lee Changdong, Justine Trudeau, Valérie Plante, Philippe Del Drago, Jean-Francois Lamarche, Shaun Inouye, Hong-Joon Kim, Vincent Toi, Marie Boti, Anne Eschapasse, Min Byoung Ro, France Choiniere, Oan Kim, Brigitte Bouillot, Shin Su-Won, Ji-Eun Lee, July Jung, Ji-Hye Jeong, Hong Sung-Eun, Kang Sang-Woo, Glenn Barit, Kim Seo Kyung, Kim Eun-Sung, Hyung Koo Kim, Amanda Kim, Grace Simbulan, Johanne Madore, Xiodan He, Jennifer Yoon, Kwon Heyeon, Janet Lumb, Grace An, Hannah Polinski, Jonathan Lee, Tiger Ji, Induk Lee, Nelson NG Chak Hei, Quan Luong, Daniel Yoon, Kelly Yu, Jin Taek Shim, Terry Chiu, Emmanuel Moonchil Park, Jason, Karman, Miya Turnbull, Sebastien Simon, Yiou Wang, Dede Chen, Mi-Jeong Lee.
THANKS TO THE SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS CONTRIBUTORS
Kim Seo-Kyung and Kim Eun-Sung STATUE OF PEACE, the renowned sculpture (South Korea)
Sojung Bahang Independent media and film artist for her work presentation, ANONYMOUS, immersive, cinematic and interactive 3D animation (Kingston, Ontario)
CONSULTANTS
2023 – 2024
Jacques Desbiens Administration and Translation for French Content
Anuj Khosla Accounting Administrations
Nikhil Rath Web Programming, since June 2023
Sang Kwan Heo Website Development, since June 2023
Sophia Ye Web Designer, since September 2023
THANKS TO OPENING TALKS AND THE ROUND TABLE OF THE ART-TALKS
Anne Eschapasse, Director of McCord Stewart Museum
France Choiniere, Director of Dazibao
Marie Boti, President International Women’s Alliance of Montreal, Producer of Multi-Monde Film and Distribution
Janet Lumb, Former Artistic Director and Co-founder of Accès-Asie
Kimura Byol Lemoine, Independent Artist
Alice Ming Wai Jim, Professor, Contemporary Art at Concordia University, and Editor of the Journal of Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas
He Xiaodan, Film Director and Screenplay Writer
Jennifer Yoon, Journalist at CBC Radio in Montreal
Mi-Jeong Lee, Independent Artist, Founder and Artistic Director of Arts East-West, and Lecturer of Université de Montréal
THANKS TO COLLABORATORS
NOH Kwang-woo, Professor of Kyungsung University in Busan
KIM Nemo, Lecturer for the Soonchunhyang University, Department of Global Studies
JEONG Minah, Film critic, Professor of the Division of Theater & Film at SungKyul University in Korea
Gabriel Fauveaud, Director of CÉTASE and Assistant Professor at Université de Montréal
France Choiniere, Director of Dazibao
Shaun Inouye, Artistic Director of The Cinematheque in Vancouver
Bina Lee, Social Media Development
Jin Tack Shim, President, Korean Society of BC
Bang Ryul Oh, Vice President, Korean Society of BC
Jongho Kyun, Consul General, The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Vancouver
Juyong Kim, May 18 Institute, Department of Global NGO, Chonnam National University
BIG THANKS TO
Seoyoung Park, El, Elisabeth Charron, Emily Warwick, Maia Mendilaharzu, Julien Pouliot, Jeanfrancois Lamarche, Vincent Labrecque, Kim Trudel, Pierre-Luc Thivierge, Nicolas Bélisle, Pascale Coulette, Sandrine Ardhuin, Brianne Franklin, Susanna Gordon, Jung A Kim, Gerliee McBride, Raymond Champagne, Kim Young, Suwon Shin, KIM Hong Joon Kim, KIM Bonyoung, SHIN Jae young, Jiyoung Lee, Daniela Pinna, LEE Joon Dong, Juyoung Kim, Amanda Gavidia, Eojin Park, Amy Dang, Domnique Caouette, Emma-Kate Guimond, Hong Kal, Minsook Lee, Zoe Sakar, JD Kim, Hyunwoong Oh, Minsik Kim, Youngdae Shin, Montreal Korean & Japanese Foods, Hanca Times, Korean Newsweeks, Marche Oriental Jang Teu
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THANKS TO STAFF and INTERNS for ARTS EAST-WEST PROJECTS
Between October 2022 to July 2023
Asian Diaspora Book Club and International Symposium at AAPLab
Alexi Fuentes, Amy Dang, Béatrice Robert, Eojin Park, Jiwoo Lee, UGyong Choi,
Zach Fuentes, Terry Chu
MENTORS (2022-2023):
To be announced