2025 STAFF MEMBERS

MATHILDE ELIE
General Coordinator

‍Originally from Quebec City, Mathilde moved to Montreal to pursue a bachelor degree in East Asian studies at Université de Montréal (UdeM). She graduated in 2024 after spending her last semester at Sogang University, Seoul to further her study of Korean culture and the Korean language. Having previously completed an internship at Arts East-West in 2022, she joined back the team as general coordinator last fall.

ANNABELLE KANG
Assistant Director
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Born and raised in Toronto, I joined Arts East-West last spring after relocating to Montreal for my studies. I earned my MA in English Literature at McGill University in 2024 focusing my studies on North-South Korea relations, Asian diasporic literature and cultural studies. I believe that organizations like Arts East-West are important to bridge the worlds of academics, cultural workers, artists, activists, and community organizers to unleash our individual and collective possibilities as Asian and pan-Asian Canadians. Une humanité, une lutte!

MI-JEONG LEE
Artistic and Executive Director

Mi-Jeong Lee is the Founder and Artistic Director of Arts East-West/Korean Film Festival Canada. An independent artist and scholar on Asian film, media and visual arts, she also holds a PhD in Arts Studies and Practices of the Faculté des arts at l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Lee teaches Korean visual and media arts at l’Université de Montréal. Her recent research focuses on Korean arts, Asian Canadian diaspora arts, along with women’s rights, labours, body, environments in a gaze of aesthetics and film philosophy.

SEOKBIN YOON
‍Marketing and Communications Intern
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‍Hi! I’m Seokbin Yoon. I recently graduated in Film Studies at Concordia and I’m so excited to join Arts East West in social media development and marketing. I’ve always had a deep love for cinema, especially Asian films, and I’m thrilled to be part of a team that celebrates such culture! I can’t wait to connect with audiences, share amazing films, and help bring the magic of Asian cinema to even more people!

LUCY FANDEL
Development Consultant

Photo Credit: Andrea Calderón Stephens

PARTNERING WEB COMPANY

SOPHIA YE
Levra Labs CTO
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STEFFEN CORNWELL
Levra Labs CFO

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MARIE BOTI Film director / Co-Founder of Multi-Monde Productions / Vice-chairperson of International Women’s Alliance (IWA), (Montreal, Canada)
JACQUES DESBIENS Artist, Art Historian and Lecturer (Montreal, Canada)
CHOI, DONGHWAN Chairman of Africa Insight in Korea, former Consul General to Montreal, Permanent Representative to the ICAO Council (Seoul, Korea)
MI-JEONG LEE Independant Artist, Lecturer in Korean visual and media arts, Founder and Artistic Director of Arts East-West (Montreal, Canada)
LIVIA MONNET Consultant, Tenured professor in the Department of World Literature and Languages at the Université de Montréal (Montreal, Canada)
ALICE IL SHIN Film Director, Writer (Toronto, Canada)
VINCENT TOI Technology and Website Development, Film Director / Production Studio and Corporate Brand Management at CBC Radio-Canada (Montreal, Canada)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2025-2026)‍

MARIE BOTI Film director / Co-Founder of Multi-Monde Productions / Vice-chairperson of International Women’s Alliance (IWA)
GABRIEL-REMY HENDRICK Researcher on Asian Arts
MI-JEONG LEE Independant Artist, Lecturer in Korean visual and media arts, Founder and Artistic Director of Arts East-West

ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE (2023-2026)‍

CANADA
JANET LUMB Independent Artist, Music Performer and Co-founder and former Artistic Director of Festival Accès Asie (Montreal)
NAM SOO KWON Author and Lecturer of Korean Language at Université de Montréal (Montreal)
‍HONG JEONG HYUN Senior Lecturer of Korean Language, Cétase at Université de Montréal (Montreal)
‍SEUNG YEON HAMM Market Development Consultant and Studious of Air Canada, former volunteer at Arts East-West (Toronto)
YOUNGSUP CHUNG Honorary Professor at Université de Montréal, Faculty of Arts and Science, Principal at the Korean Language School of Greater Montreal (Montreal)
ENGLAND
CHI-YUN SHIN Author and Principal Lecturer in Film Studies at Sheffield Hallam University (Sheffield)
KOREA
CHOI, JUNGBONG Dr. Writer and Consultant, Former Professor of Cinema at NYU and Hong Kong University
KIM, SHIN DONG Professor of the Media School and Director of the Institute for Convergence Culture at Hallym University, Director of the Knowledge Coop for Good Governance (Seoul)
KIM, SOYOUG Filmmaker, Artist, Professor of Cinema Studies at the Korea National University of Arts, Director of the Trans-Asian Screen Culture Institute (Seoul)
LEE, JIYOUNG Professor in Philosophy and Film Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Seoul)
AHN JUYONG (JULIE) President of KOTE, Arts Gallery and Joseon Salon (Seoul)

11TH KFFC CURATORS

ALANNA THAIN
BENJAMIN PELLETIER
kimura byol lemoine
MI-JEONG LEE

11TH KFFC WORKSHOP ARTISTS

IRIS SAUTIER, La Bourgeoise Sérigraphe
JENNY LIN, Visual Artist
AHREUM LEE, Media Artist

11TH KFFC VOLUNTEERS

Himanshu Rana, Valentina Carrillo, Maylis Vandame, Gwenaël Duflo, Karthikeyan Umesh, Cleo Doherty, Julia Belmore, Moksh Sood

11TH KFFC THANKS TO

Soobin Amber Shin, France Choinière, Gabriel Fauvaud, Yutong Lin, Iris Sautier, Jenny Lin, Audrey Jiang, Ahreum Lee, Eli Jean Tahchi, George Fok, Kě, Xiaodan He, Fanny Lord-Bourcier and Elmira Laki, Daphné Le Sergent, KIM In Tae, Niceaunties, Razan AlSalah, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Yoriko Mizushiri, Maïté Minh Tâm Maeum Jeannolin, Yen-Chao Lin, Jin Kaisen, Anthony Shim, SEOL Suan, HONG Sangsoo, HOU Hsiao-hsien, JEONG Jae-eun, KIM Dongryung, and PARK Kyoungtae, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Hee Jung Yang, Yoon Ha Cho, Annabelle Kang, John Nong, Lehna Dahdouh, AnnaClare Sung, Sang Sook Choi, Ugyong Choi, Moksh Sood, Himanshu Rana, Valentina Carrillo, Karthikeyan Umesh, Gwen Duflo, Maylis Vandame, Julia Belmore, and Cleo Doherty, Mi-Jeong Lee, Janet Lumb
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Dazibao, Cinéma Moderne, and Ada X, the Moving Image Research Lab’s Sociability of Sleep Project (SoS) at McGill University, HTMlles Festival, Korean Film Archive (KOFA), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Le Centre d'études asiatiques (CÉTASE) at Université de Montréal, Reel Asian International Film Festival, The Main, Kmtl Event, Le LIEN Multimédia, LePolémique, Liminul, Séquences: la revue de cinéma, Hanca Times and many more!

ALUMNI

Zoe Sarkar, Yerin Lee, Gayeon Song, Ana Lucia Londono Flores, Fanny Lord-Bourcier, Seongwoo Jang, Joon-Sun Lim, Sangmin Lee, John Kim, Charlotte Dion-Dufourd, Christina Lee, Carolyne Van Der Meer, Lucia Londono Flores, Mi-Jeong Lee, Jacques Desbiens, Elyeser R., Beatrice Shilton, Harmonie Macintyre, Peng Ling, Jin Taek Shim, Terry Chiu, Emmanuel Moonchil Park, Jason, Karman, Miya Turnbull, Sebastien Simon, Yiou Wang, Dede Chen, Sojung Bahang, Nikhil Rath, Sang Kwan Heo, Alice Ming Wai Jim, NOH Kwang-woo, KIM Nemo, JEONG Minah, Gabriel Fauveaud, Bina Lee, Jongho Kyun, El, Emily Warwick, Maia Mendilaharzu, Julien Pouliot, Vincent Labrecque, Kim Trudel, Pierre-Luc Thivierge, Nicolas Bélisle, Pascale Coulette, Jung A Kim, Gerliee McBride, Raymond Champagne, Kim Young, Suwon Shin, KIM Hong Joon Kim, KIM Bonyoung, SHIN Jae young, Jiyoung Lee, LEE Joon Dong, Juyoung Kim, Amanda Gavidia, Eojin Park, Amy Dang, Domnique Caouette, Emma-Kate Guimond, Hong Kal, Minsook Lee, JD Kim, Hyunwoong Oh, Minsik Kim, Youngdae Shin, Heejung Yang, Yoon Ha Cho, John Nong, Lehna Dahdou, AnnaClare Sung, Ugyong Choi, Rha Yoon, kimura byol lemoine, Kichae Chung.

If you participated in our organizations and would like to keep your name up send us an e-mail at  kffcaes.coordination@gmail.com