Sujin Kim

Kim is an animator and experimental filmmaker 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. Through her animation, she explores to weave individual stories into underrepresented historical contexts, shedding light on the intersections of war, gender, and human rights.

Animated Short | 2023 | 3 min | Through its visual portrayal of a ceaseless wave of dissolution and transition between personal and societal images, "Dissolution" serves as a metaphor for the interconnectedness between the individual's psychological turmoil and the unpredictability of our unruly era, where each factor becomes the cause and consequence of the other in a continuous cycle.