Justin Jinsoo Kim
justinjinsookimart@gmail.com

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Justin Jinsoo Kim is an experimental filmmaker and animator based in South Korea and the United States. His moving image work explores memories, myths, and the possibility of animation form as an alternative approach to documentation. Kim’s work has been screened internationally, including at the New York Film Festival, Cinéma du Réel, EXiS (Experimental Film&Video Festival in Seoul), Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and Jeonju International Film Festival. He has had a solo screening at Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater(REDCAT, USA). Kim received an MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts and is a recipient of the MacDowell Fellowship(2022).

김진수는 대한민국 출신의 영화 감독 및 애니메이터이다. 그의 작업은 기억, 기록의 욕망, 그리고 대안적 기록으로써 애니메이션의 가능성을 탐구한다. 캘리포니아 인스티튜트 오브 더 아츠(CalArts) 실험애니메이션 석사과정을 졸업했으며 뉴욕영화제, 서울국제실험영화제, 전주국제영화제, 안시국제애니메이션영화제,에딘버러국제영화제 등 국내외에서 상영하였다.

Recent Screening
황폐한 사원에 걸린 달 | And the Moon Sets over the Temple That Was
2026 Cinéma du Réel, Paris, France (2026.3.21-3.28)

진짜 크리스마스 | A Real Christmas

2026 Jeonju International Film Festival. Jeonju, South Korea (2026.4.29.-5.8)
전주국제영화제

Current Residency at (2026.1.27 - 2026.4.17.)
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, USA

Recent Publication
And the Moon Sets Over the Temple That Was — Justin Jinsoo Kim [Cinéma du Réel ’26 Review], In Review Online, by Sarp Sozdinler, March 26, 2026
Cinéma du Réel 2026 review: And the Moon Sets Over the Temple That Was (Justin Jinsoo Kim), International Cinephile Society, by Matthew Joseph Jenner, 2026
Entretien avec Justin Jinsoo Kim - And the Moon Sets over the Temple That Was, Le Club de Mediapart, Cinéma du réel, 2026
Millennium Film Journal, NYFF63 CURRENTS: Program 1: Below the Surface, 2025