Boyoung Kim
Director
Boyoung Kim
Director
Award-winning animator and filmmaker. She is the creator of the animation films including "Replacement", "Impersonation", "Prey" and Her previous film “The Levers” was screened at Annecy, won the Best Short Animation Award at the Festival du Film Coréen à Paris and the Best Narrative Award at the Gdańsk Animation Festival, and was nominated for 70 festivals around the world.
Filmography
176 Awards & Selections
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2023 19th Zurich Film Festival
Zurich
2023
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2023 6th Nòt Film Fest
Santarcangelo di Romagna
2023
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2023 Singapore Korean Film Festival
2023
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2023 12th Cambodia Int film Festival
Phnom Penh
2023
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2023 13th Pune Short Film Festival
Pune
2023
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2023 2nd Pramana Asian Film Festival
Reggio Calabria
2023
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2023 3rd Cannes indie short awards
Cannes
2023
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2023 3rd New York Indie Shorts Awards
New York
2023
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2023 8th 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐓-𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒
Pinewood
2023
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 20th Tabor Film Festival
Zabok
2023
Officia Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 8th Seattle Asian American Film Festival
Seattle
2023
Professional Competition5
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 4th ICONA Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival
Corfu
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 3rd 다양성동영화제 SD Diversity Film Festival
Seoul
2022
Special program
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 4th Feinaki Beijing animation week
beijing
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 16th Lublin Film Festival
Lublin
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 10th STUFF South Texas Underground Film Festival
Austin, Texas
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 7th BITBANG
Buenos Aires
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 Escenario International Film Festival
Buenos Aires
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 48th Seoul Independent Film Festival 서울독립영화제
Seoul
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 31st St. Luise International Film Festival
St. Luise
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 7th Manchester International Animation Festival
Manchester
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 25th Urban Film Festival 도시영화제
Seoul
2022
Special Mention - International Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 38th Interfilm Berlin
Berlin
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 5th Ottawa Korean Film Festival
Ottawa
2022
Honorable mention - International Short Films of the KuanDog Prize
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 12th Kuandu International Animation Festival
Kuandu
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 36th Braunschweig International Film Festival
Braunschweig
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 10th Canlandıranlar Animation Festival
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 48th Filmets Badalona Film Festival
Badalona
2022
Between the Eye and the Ear
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 11th Fonomo Music & Film festival
Bydgoszcz
2022
Shortcut
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 17th Paris Korean Film Festival
Paris
2022
Animation
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 12th Aesthetica International Short Film Festival
York
2022
PANORAMA- NEW WORLD
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 20th Tirana International Film Festival
Tirana
2022
International panorama
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 14th Animasyros
Syros
2022
Korean Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 14th Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival
Seoul
2022
Short Films Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 8th Taichung Int Animation festival
Taichung
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 46th CINANIMA - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação
Espinho
2022
Best Picture Award
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 18th Fantastic Fest
Austin, Texas
2022
DokuKids
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 21st DokuFest
Atlanta
2022
International Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 17th Animatou
Geneva
2022
Official - Days of out lives
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 7th dotdtodot wien int open air short film festival
Wien
2022
International Competition, Korean Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 24th BIAF- Bucheon International Animation Festival
Bucheon
2022
Bomnae Award
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 9th Chuncheon SF Film Festival
Chuncheon
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 18th Hollyshorts Film Festival
Los Angeles
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 5th vidlings & Tapehead Film Festival
Hamtramck
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 33rd Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival
Sao Paulo
2022
Korean Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 23rd Daegu Independent Short Film Festival
Daegu
2022
Asia Shorts Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 24th Seoul International Women's Film Festival
Seoul
2022
Official selection- Dynamics
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 18th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival
Jecheon
2022
Panorama
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 13th Anibar
Peja
2022
Official selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 10th Diaspora Film Festival
Incheon
2022
Official Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 22nd deadCenter Fim Festival
Oklahoma City
2022
Animation Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 11th La Guarimba Film Festival
Amantea
2022
Official Competition-Animation Program3
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 24th Shortshorts Fim Asia
Tokyo
2022
International Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 29th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS)
Stuttgart
2022
The Official Section of Short Films
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 21st Las Palmas Int'l Film Festival
Las Palmas
2022
International Short Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 18th Fantaspoa - International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
2022
Korean Short Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 23rd Jeonju Int'l Film Festival
Seoul
2022
International Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 12th Anifilm- Liberec
Leberec
2022
World Panorama
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 32nd Animafest Zagreb
Zabreb
2022
Official Selection: LAB Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 44thClermont-Ferrand Int’l Short Film Festival
Clermont-Ferrand
2022
Official Selection - Play-Off
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 11th International Animated Film Festival Animocje
Bydgoszcz
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 8th SEEYOUSOUND
Turin
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 22nd Tricky Women/ Tricky Realities
Wien
2022
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 37th Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Santa Barbara
2022
International Competition
The Levers
2022 Festival du Film d'Animation de Savigny
Savigny
2022
International Competition
The Levers
2022 6th Festival du film d'animation de Savigny
Savigny
2022
Short Film & Video Award - Air Canada
A Guitar in the Bucket
25th Reel Asian International Film Festival
Toronto
2021
International Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
40th Uppsala Short Film Festival
Uppsala
2021
Short Films Competition
A Guitar in the Bucket
37th Warsaw International Film Festival 2021
Warsaw
2021
Official Selection - Indie Animation Mixtape: Side A
The Levers
16th GIRAF Animation Fest
Calgary
2020
Official Selection
The Levers
16th Hollyshort Film Festival
Los Angeles
2020
Official Selection
The Levers
2020 London Korean Film Festival
London
2020
Official Selection
The Levers
Lublin Film Festival 2020
Lublin
2020
Official - Animation Section
The Levers
10th Aesthetica Short Film Festival
York
2020
Final Competition
The Levers
13th International Animated Film Festival - Animator
Poznan
2020
Animation Category Competition
The Levers
La Guarimba International Film Festival
Amantea
2020
Official Selection
The Levers
10th Supertoon International Animation Festival
Šibenik
2020
Short Film Competition
The Levers
6th Seeyousound International Music Film Festival 2020
Turin
2020
Official Section
The Levers
9th Cambodia International Film Festival
Phnom Penh
2020
Official Selection- Short 1
The Levers
24th Animac 2020
Lleida
2020
Exclusive program
The Levers
6th VOID International Animation Film Festival 2020
Copenhagen
2020
Official Selection
The Levers
23rd Reel Asian Film Festival
Toronto
2019
Design - Silver Award
The Levers
12th Los Angeles Animation Festival 2019
Los Angeles
2019
VedoAnimato competition
The Levers
24th Linea d'Ombra Festival
Salerno
2019
Special Animated Evening
The Levers
2019 International Short Film Festival - Dijon
Dijon
2019
Best Short Narrative Animation Award
The Levers
8th International Animation Film Festival - Gdansk 2019
Gdańsk
2019
Best of the world section
The Levers
16th Animateka
Ljubljana
2019
International Competition
The Levers
8th Viborg Animation Festival
Viborg
2019
Special Invitation
The Levers
45th Seoul Independent Film Festival
Seoul
2019
Official Selection
The Levers
23th Reel Asian International Film Festival
Toronto
2019
Official Competition
The Levers
3rd ReAnima 2019
Bergen
2019
International Competition
The Levers
26th Etiuda & anima International Film Festival 2019
Kraków
2019
Official Selection
The Levers
24th CASTELLI ANIMATI 2019
Rome
2019
International Competition
The Levers
5th Manchester Animation Film Festival 2019
2019
International Competition
The Levers
38th Uppsala International Film Festival 2019
Uppsala
2019
Official selection
The Levers
17th Shnit Film Festival 2019
Bern
2019
Kia award for best animation short
The Levers
14th Festival du Film Coréen à Paris - FFCP 2019
Paris
2019
International Competition
The Levers
9th KuanDu International Animation Festival
Taipei
2019
International Competition
The Levers
29th Message to Man 2019
St. Petersburg
2019
International Competition
The Levers
12th Animasyros International Animation Festival 2019
Syros
2019
Official Selection
The Levers
15th Indie Anifest 2019
Seoul
2019
International Competition
The Levers
7th Insomnia International Animation Film Festival 2019
Moscow | Kaluga
2019
International Competition
The Levers
14th LINOLEUM International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival
Kyiv
2019
Animalab
The Levers
16th Sedicicorto International Film Festival
Forli
2019
International Competition
The Levers
11th Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival (SESIFF)
Seoul
2019
World Panorama Section
The Levers
13th Animanima
Cacak
2019
Official Selection
The Levers
17th Imaginaria
Conversano
2019
Estern Vista Section
The Levers
37th Fajr International Film Festival
Tehran
2019
Short Film
The Levers
17th Florence Korea Film Festival 2019
Florence
2019
International Short Film Competition
The Levers
13th Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival 2019
Porto Alegre
2019
Official Selection
The Levers
14th Athens Animfest 2019
Athens
2019
Short Film Competition
The Levers
23rd Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF) 2019
Seoul
2019
Special Section
The Levers
21st ShortShorts Film Festival & Asia 2019
Tokyo
2019
International Competition
The Levers
26th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 2019
Stuttgart
2019
International Competition
The Levers
16th Tricky Women 2019
Wien
2019
International Competition for Best International Short
The Levers
13th Animatou 2019
Geneva
2019
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 6: BIG SALE
The Levers
49th Tampere Film Festival 2019
Tampere
2019
Official Competition
The Levers
30th Ottawa International Animation Festival 2019
Ottawa
2019
World panorama
The Levers
29th Animafest Zagreb 2019
Zagreb
2019
International Competition
The Levers
43th Annecy International Animation Festival 2019
Annecy
2019
International Competition
Prey
Durban International Film Festival
Durban
2016
Official Selection
Prey
Toronto Korean Film Festival
Toronto
2016
Official Selection
Prey
Best of International Short Films festival
La Ciotat
2016
Official Selection
Prey
Florence Korean Film Festival
Florence, Italy
2016
International Competition
Prey
Ciné court animé
Roanne
2016
International Competition
Prey
ShortShorts Film Festival &Asia
Tokyo, Japan
2016
International Competition
Prey
FILMETS Badalona Film Festival
Badalona
2016
International Competition
Prey
Cinema Jove Valencia International Film Festival
Valencia
2016
International Competition
Prey
Landshut Kurzfilm Festival
Munich
2016
Panorama
Prey
Cartoons on the bay
Venice, Italy
2016
Official Selection
Prey
Black movie festival
Geneva, Switzland
2016
Best of the world section
Prey
Hiroshima International Animation Festival
HIroshima
2016
special mention from RTS KIDS Prize’s jury & Fair Winds Prize
Impersonation
Black Movie Festival
Geneva, Switzland
2016
Special Section
Impersonation
Clermont Ferrand In't Short Film Festival
Clermont Ferrand
2016
Competition
Replacement
Mise-en-scene's Short Film Festival
Seoul
2015
Indian Premiere
Prey
Delhi Int'l Film Festival
Delhi
2015
Official Selection
Prey
Equinox Women’s Film Festival
Palmer
2015
International Competition
Prey
Imagine Science FIlms
New York, USA
2015
International Competition
Prey
Kino Fest
Romania
2015
Official Selection
Prey
Croq'Anime - Le Festival du Film d'Animation de Paris
Paris, France
2015
International Competition
Prey
Be there! Corfu Animation Festival
Greece
2015
Official Selection : Shortcut
Prey
FESTIVAL DU FILM CORÉEN À PARIS
Paris, France
2015
International Competition
Prey
ANIMA, Córdoba International Animation Festival
Córdoba, Argentina
2015
Official Selection
Prey
Future Film Festival
Bologna, Italy
2015
Official Selection
Prey
Phoenix Comicon Film Festival
Phoenix, Arizona
2015
Korean Competition
Prey
Asiana International Short Film Festival
Seoul, Korea
2015
International Competition
Prey
Animatou Int'l Animation Festival
Geneva, Switzerland
2015
Best Animation - Bronze Award
Prey
Hong Kong Int'l Mobile Film Festival
Hong Kong, China
2015
Jury Diploma for design, intrigue and surprising climax
Prey
Krok Int'l Animated Film Festival
St. Petersburg, Ukraine & Russia
2015
Best Mini Short Award
Prey
Sapporo Int'l Short Film Festival
Sapporo, Japan
2015
International Competition
Impersonation
Athens Animfest
Athens
2015
International Competition
Impersonation
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Toronto
2015
Competition
Replacement
JIFF (Jung Dongjin Independent Film Festival)
Jung Dongjin, Korea
2014
Competition
Replacement
Sicaf (Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival)
Seoul, Korea
2014
Panorama
Replacement
Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
Stuttgart, Germany
2014
International Competition
Replacement
Holland Animation Festival
Utrecht, Netherlands
2014
Official Selection
Impersonation
Daedanhan Short Film Festvial
Seoul
2014
International Competition: XXI
Impersonation
Interfilm Festival
Berlin, Germany
2014
Official Selection
Impersonation
Siggraph Asia
Shenzhen, China
2014
Official Selection
Impersonation
Indie Anifest
Seoul, Korea
2014
Official Selection
Impersonation
Paris Korean Film Festival
Paris, France
2014
International Competition
Impersonation
Message to Man International Film Festival
Russia
2014
Official Selection
Impersonation
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
Puchon, Korea
2014
Animation Special Award
Impersonation
Disposable Film Festival
San Francisco, U.S.A
2014
Grand Prize & Best Animation
Impersonation
Hongkong International Mobile Film Award
Hong Kong
2014
Panorama
Replacement
Seoul Independent Film Festival
Seoul, Korea
2013
Independent Walk Award
Replacement
Indie Anifest
Seoul, Korea
2013
International Competition
Impersonation
Canterbury Anifest
Canterbury, UK
2013
Grand Prize
Impersonation
Going Underground Film Festival
Berlin
2013
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2023 3rd VALÈIFF • València Indie Film Festival
València
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2023 28th Hong Kong ifva Awards
Hong Kong
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2023 19th London Short Film Festival
London
Official Selection
A Guitar in the Bucket
2022 12th Ecofalante Environmental Film Festival
São Paulo
International Competition
The Levers
16th London International Animation Festival 2019
Lonon
Official Selection
The Levers
1st Sakhalin International Film Festival 2019
Official Selection
Impersonation
Root Film Festival
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Personal Details
Birth City
Seoul
Current City
Seoul & Los Angeles
Hometown
Seoul, Korea
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