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KIM Kang-min
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A graduate of the Samsung Art and Design Institute in communication design, KIM Kang-min, born in 1979, first approached stop-motion animation when he worked on a music video for the Korean band Windy City. He made his name with the animation shorts <Visit> (2009) and <Deux Regards> (2009), the latter of which was in competition at the Zagreb International Animation Festival. He then moved to the US to attend a BFA and a MFA programs in Experimental Animation at t...More
A graduate of the Samsung Art and Design Institute in communication design, KIM Kang-min, born in 1979, first approached stop-motion animation when he worked on a music video for the Korean band Windy City. He made his name with the animation shorts <Visit> (2009) and <Deux Regards> (2009), the latter of which was in competition at the Zagreb International Animation Festival. He then moved to the US to attend a BFA and a MFA programs in Experimental Animation at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). His graduation work <38-39°> was completed in 2011 and was screened at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival before winning Best Short from the San Diego Asian Film Festival. Now a freelance animator and graphic designer based in Los Angeles, KIM established Studio Zazac in 2013 and began a long collaboration with Open the Portal, whose founder he met at CalArts, and for which he produced a large number of commercials. His 2015 short, the stop-motion animated <Deer Flower>, was a tremendous hit on the festival circuit owing to his creative use of different techniques such as 3D printing, hand-drawn animation and textured paper cut-outs. It was shown at Sundance and won Best Animation Short at the Melbourne International Film Festival, on top of a Special Jury Mention at Animafest Zagreb and the KAFA Award for Best Korean Picture at the Busan International Short Film Festival, among others, and went on to be nominated for an Annie Award. His following title <JEOM> (2017) made into the Animation Spotlight section of Sundance and earned a Special Jury Recognition from the SXSW Film Festival. <KKUM> (2020), a minimalist stop-motion animation made entirely with Styrofoam for a budget of USD 80, became one of the rare few titles to take home both the Nelvana Grand Prize for Independent Short Animation and the Public Prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Less
Gender | Male | Nationality | South Korea |
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Company | studio ZAZAC | Website | http://www.studiozazac.com |
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Korean Shorts Invited to Sundance Film Festival 2021 Dec 28, 2020KKUM and AVA FROM MY CLASS to Screen in Park City The yearly film festival calendar will be kicking off once more with the Sundance Film Festival and while this virtual edition is bound to be a very different kind of event in the midst of the global pandemic, a number of Korean shorts have made it into the lineup of the prestigious fest. The animated shorts KKUM from KIM Kang-min and Sasha LEE’s ...
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A DISTANT PLACE and BLACK LIGHT to Compete in Tallin Nov 17, 2020Two Korean features and a pair of shorts have been invited to screen at the 24th edition of the prestigious Black Nights Tallinn International Film Festival (POFF). PARK Kun-young’s A Distant Place and BAE Jong-dae’s Black Light will compete in separate sections while the animated films Tiger and Ox from KIM Seung-hee and KIM Kang-min’s KKUM are also in the program for the event, which is taking p...
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Animation filmmaker KIM Kang-min has earned the Nelvana Grand Prize for Independent Short at the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) with his short film KKUM. He is the first Korean filmmaker to take the top prize at OIAF, which is considered one of the top four animation film events in the world and the biggest in North America.KKUMwas one of 92 films featuring at this year’s OIAF, whi...
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<KKUM> Sundance Film Festival (2021) - Short Films
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<KKUM> Sundance Film Festival (2021) - Short Films
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<KKUM> Indie-AniFest: Korean Independent Animation Film Festival (2020) - Independent Walk - Grand Prize 'Star of Indie'
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<KKUM> Fantasia International Film Festival (2020) - Selection 2020
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<KKUM> Fantasia International Film Festival (2020) - Axis
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<KKUM> San Diego Asian Film Festival (2020) - Shorts: Hormonal Dream
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<KKUM> Ottawa International Animation Festival (2020) - Short Competition 4 - Nelvana Grand Prize for Independent Short
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<KKUM> Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2020) - Shorts Animation Competition
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<KKUM> Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (2020) - Hors concours
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<KKUM> Asiana International Short Film Festival : AISFF (2020) - Korean Competition
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<KKUM> Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival : BIFAN (2020) - Fantastic Short Films 8
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<JEOM> Palm Springs International ShortFest & Film Market (2018) - All in the Family
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<JEOM> Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival : BIFAN (2018) - Fantastic Short Films
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<JEOM> Indie-AniFest: Korean Independent Animation Film Festival (2018) - Independent Walk
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<JEOM> LA Film Festival (2018) - Shorts Program
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<JEOM> San Diego Asian Film Festival (2018) - Shorts: Animation Sensation
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<Deer Flower> Kaohsiung Film Festival (2018) - Busan ISFF Special
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<Deer Flower> Show Me Shorts Film Festival (2018) - Korean Focus
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<JEOM> Melbourne International Animation Festival (2018) - International Program 10: Twisted Korea
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<JEOM> Seattle International Film Festival (2018) - Animation4Adults
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<JEOM> Anifilm - International Festival of Animated Films in Trebon (2018) - International Competition of Short Films
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<JEOM> Flatpack Film Festival (2018) - Shorts
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<JEOM> Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (2018) - Short: Docs Unreal
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<JEOM> Festival Tous Courts (2018) - Sundance Festival Short Film Tour
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<JEOM> Aspen Shortsfest (2018) - Short Program 5
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<JEOM> GLAS Animation Festival (2018) - Official Competition
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<JEOM> Sundance Film Festival (2018) - Shorts - Animation Spotlight
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<JEOM> Asiana International Short Film Festival : AISFF (2018) - Korean Competition - CINECUBE Award
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<JEOM> SXSW Film Festival (2018) - Animated Shorts Competition - Special Jury Recognition
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<JEOM> Florida Film Festival (2018) - Animated Short
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<Deer Flower> Tehran International Animation Festival (2017) - International Competition
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<Deer Flower> Portland International Film Festival (2017) - Short Films
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<Deer Flower> Busan International Short Film Festival : BISFF (2016) - Korean Competition 1 - Grand Prix for Best Picture
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<Deer Flower> Melbourne International Film Festival (2016) - Package Short - Animation Shorts
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<Deer Flower> Sundance Film Festival (2016) - Shorts Program
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<Deer Flower> Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (2016) - Lab Competition
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<Deer Flower> SXSW Film Festival (2016) - Animated Shorts Competition
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<Deer Flower> Dallas International Film Festival (2016) - ANIMATED SHORTS
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<Deer Flower> IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival (2016) - International Competition - Short Films
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<Deer Flower> San Francisco International Film Festival (2016) - SHORTS 3: ANIMATION
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<Deer Flower> Jeonju International Film Festival : JIFF (2016) - Korean Competition For Shorts
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<Deer Flower> Indie Forum (2016) - New Films(Short)
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<Deer Flower> Animafest Zagreb - World Festival of Animated Film (2016) - Grand Competition - Short Films
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<Deer Flower> Norwegian Short Film Festival (2016) - International Short Films
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<Deer Flower> Annecy International Animated Film Festival (2016) - Korean Animation in the 21st Century 1
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<Deer Flower> Edinburgh International Film Festival (2016) - International Animation
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<Deer Flower> Palm Springs International ShortFest & Film Market (2016) - The '90s-Smells Like Teen Spirit
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<Deer Flower> Mise-en-scene Short Film Festival : MSFF (2016) - Competition - The Extreme Nightmare
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<Deer Flower> Great Short Film Festival (2016) - Short Films Competition
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<Deer Flower> Seoul International Youth Film Festival : SIYFF (2016) - Mania
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<Deer Flower> Anim'est International Animation Festival (2016) - Short Film Competition
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<Deer Flower> Court Métrange Film Festival (2016) - Competition
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<Deer Flower> Asian World Film Festival (2016) - Official Selection
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<Deer Flower> Frankfurt Korean Film Festival (2016) - Diverse View
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<Deer Flower> Denver Film Festival (2016) - Animated Shorts
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<Deer Flower> Leeds International Film Festival (2016) - Short Film Ciry / Competition: World Animation Award
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<Deer Flower> London Korean Film Festival (2016) - Mise-en-scène shorts
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<Deer Flower> Seoul Independent Film Festival : SIFF (2016) - Special Invitation Short Films7
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<Deer Flower> AFI Fest (2016) - SHORTS
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<38-39°C> Chicago International Film Festival (2012)
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<38-39°C> Ottawa International Animation Festival (2012)
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<38-39°C> Edinburgh International Film Festival (2012)
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<38-39°C> Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (2012) - Animated Short Film or Video
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<38-39°C> CAAMFest (2012) - Shorts
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<38-39°C> Sundance Film Festival (2012)
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<Visit> Slamdance Film Festival (2010) - Shorts Animation
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<Deux Regards> Anima Mundi - International Animation Festival of Brazil (2010) - Galery
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<Deux Regards> Palm Springs International Film Festival (2010) - World Premiere
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<Deux Regards> Animafest Zagreb - World Festival of Animated Film (2010) - Student Competition
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<Deux Regards> Slamdance Film Festival (2010) - Shorts Animation
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<Deux Regards> Edinburgh International Film Festival (2009) - Black Box Shorts 2 : Materials and Materiality