Kim Bora () is a South Korean filmmaker with an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University. She is represented by Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Her debut feature film, House of Hummingbird, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Best Film Award in the Generation section. House of Hummingbird was named one of the classics of modern South Korean cinema by The Guardian, as well as a New York Times Critics’ Pick. It went on to receive 62 awards from prestigious festivals, including Tribeca Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival, and the Busan International Film Festival, as well as Korea’s Blue Dragon and Baeksang Arts Awards—often referred to as the Korean Oscars.
Career Born in South Korea in 1981, Kim Bora graduated from Dongguk University with a degree in film. In 2007, she left for Columbia University in the U.S., and received a Masters of Fine Arts in film directing. Her film The Recorder Exam (2011) was her created graduation film project, and it won Best Student Filmmaker for the East Region from the Directors Guild of America. After the release of the film, Kim began to work on the script that would be based on her own childhood. Later, she moved back to Korea and gave lectures in the colleges where she studied.
In 2018, after seven years of working on the script and production, her debut film House of Hummingbird was released, winning multiple awards. The film also received production support from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), Seoul Film Commission, as well as Asian Cinima Fund of Busan International Film Festival. House of Hummingbird is a coming-of-age film about a girl, Eun-hee, who was a part of the expanding 1990's economy, and, due to her flawed family, is searching for validation through love and reasons to continue living. Kim said that the incidents in this film are based on incidents and events that occurred throughout her childhood, after having a nightmare while living in New York and decided to understand what she had gone through.
Filmography
The Recorder Exam (2011) - director House of Hummingbird (2018) - director, screenwriter, executive producer
Awards and nominations YearAwardsCategoryRecipientResultRef20112011 DGA Student AwardsBest Woman Student Filmmaker- East RegionThe Recorder Exam 2011Woodstock Film FestivalBest Student Short Film 2018 Busan International Film Festival KNN Award House of Hummingbird NETPAC Award 2018Seoul Independent Film FestivalBest Film Committee Award 2019Beijing International Film Festival Best New Film Special Mention (Forward Future Award) 2019 Bergen International Film Festival Cinema Extraordinaire 2019 Berlin International Film Festival Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury for the Best Film Crystal Bear for Generation 14plus - Best Film Teddy for Best Feature Film 2019 Heartland Film Festival Grand Prize 2019 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival New Talent Award 2019 International Istanbul Film Festival Golden Tulip 2019 Jerusalem Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize 2019 BFI London Film Festival Sutherland Trophy 2019 Seattle International Film Festival Grand Jury Prize 2019 Molodist International Film Festival Best Feature Film FIPRESCI Prize 2019Taipei Film Festival Grand Prize Special Jury Prize 2019 Transatlantyk Festival Transatlantyk Distribution Award for Section "New Cinema" 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Best International Narrative Feature 2019 Malaysia International Film Festival Best Director 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Best Narrative Feature 2019 Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Film Best New Director Best Screenplay 2019Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best New Director FIPRESCI Award Top 10 Films of the Year 2019Director's Cut Awards Best Director Best New Director Best Screenplay 2019 Grand Bell Awards Best Film Best Director Best New Director Best Screenplay 2019 Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival Best Film 2019 Cine21 Awards Best Film Best New Director 2019Chunsa Film Art Awards Best New Director Best Screenplay 2019Athens International Film Festival Best Screenplay 2019 Cyprus International Film Festival Glocal Images 2019Korean Film Producers Association Awards Best Film 2019Cinema Jove-Valencia International Film FestivalBest Film Best Directing 2019 Heartland Film Festival Grand Prize for Best Narrative Feature 2019 International Istanbul Film Festival Golden Tulip 2019Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival Pink Dragon Jury Award 2019Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Foreign Film 2019 Washington West Film Festival Best Feature Narrative Director 2020 Asian Film Critics Association Awards NETPAC Award Best New Director 2020 56th Baeksang Arts AwardsBest Film Best Director Best New Director Best Screenplay 2020Black Movie Film FestivalYoung Adults Jury Award Critics Prize2020Buil Film Awards Best Film Best Director Best New Director Best Screenplay 2020Wildflower Film Awards Grand Prize Best Director Best Screenplay
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