Arnold Lim is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Victoria, British Columbia,Tim Collins, "Victoria’s Arnold Lim uses film as his palette". Sooke News Mirror, December 6, 2025. whose debut feature film All-In Madonna premiered in 2020.
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, to immigrant parents from South Korea, and raised in Blue River, British Columbia,Peter McCully, "Arnold Lim, award-winning filmmaker and photojournalist". Surrey Now-Leader, August 16, 2023. Lim began his career as a photojournalist and videographer, including working as a photo manager for the Olympic Games and for the Black Press network of community newspapers."Film News: Arnold Lim’s “The Bryce Lee Story” Goes to Camera in Victoria". Occhi Magazine, September 12, 2025.
He began directing short films in the 2010s, including a short version of All-In Madonna in 2018, before receiving a Telefilm Canada grant to fund production of the full feature version,Don Descoteau, "Black Press videographer to direct full-length feature, wins Telefilm grant worth $125,000". The Hope Standard, July 20, 2018. which premiered in the Borsos Competition program at the 2020 Whistler Film Festival.Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Festival Film unveils 2020 lineup". Pique Newsmagazine, November 5, 2020.
He followed up in 2022 with the semi-autobiographical short drama film My Name Is Arnold, which won the Audience Favourite award for short films at the 2023 Victoria Film Festival,Mike Devlin, "Arnold Lim wins audience favourite for short film at Victoria Film Fest". Victoria Times-Colonist, February 13, 2023. and in 2024 with Obscura, which won the Directors Guild of Canada's Greenlight award for emerging British Columbia filmmakers, and the Leo Awards for Best Short Drama and Best Screenplay.
His second feature film, The Bryce Lee Story, went into production in 2025,Jamie Casemore, "Arnold Lim sets The Bryce Lee Story as sophomore feature". Playback, August 29, 2025. and is slated to premiere at the 2026 Vancouver International Film Festival.Jamie Casemore, "VIFF’s 2026 lineup features world premieres for Canadian, B.C. films". Playback, August 27, 2026.
Filmography Bye Bye Birdie - 2012 The Blood Line - 2013 No Connection - 2015 The Girl - 2016 Watching Something Private - 2017 All-In Madonna - 2018 (short version), 2020 (feature version) My Name Is Arnold - 2022 Obscura - 2024 The Bryce Lee Story - 2026
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