The 11th KFFC 2024 is made possible through our amazing venue partners for this year’s film screenings: Dazibao and Cinéma Moderne. We are grateful for Ada X, whose venue will be used for our upcoming Dreamzine workshop, ART-Talks with artist Ahreum Lee, and our Asian Diaspora Book Collective’s (ADBC) in-person networking event!

We would also like to thank our partner for this year’s 11th KFFC 2024, the Moving Image Research Lab’s Sociability of Sleep Project (SoS) at McGill University. Special thanks also goes to our supporters: Centre d’études asiatiques (CÉTASE) at Université de Montréal, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council in Canada.

Dazibao is a contemporary art center and non-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination and mediation of contemporary image practices, privileging artistic experimentation, enquiry and reflection related to current social issues. Dazibao collaborates with numerous artists, curators, critics, researchers, and the university milieu and is involved in several ongoing partnerships with related or complementary organizations. Offered free of charge, the activities organized by the center are open to all.

Cinéma Moderne offers a unique cinematic experience allowing audiences to enjoy and discover a world of independent cinema in an intimate, warm and vibrant environment, located in the heart of the Mile End. A program devoted to promoting diversity and celebrating independent filmmakers, combined with quality screening conditions and the comfort and convenience of a Café-bar, Cinéma Moderne presents a space where movie lovers of all stripes can enjoy a rich experience.From mainstream movies and niche titles to restored classics and avant-garde genre films, along with everything from animation and shorts, to documentaries and experimental films, Cinéma Moderne provides a space where all kinds of films can be watched and celebrated over a cup of coffee or a glass of wine.

Ada X is a bilingual feminist artist-run centre engaged in exploration, creation, and critical reflection in media arts and digital culture. The centre supports the production and dissemination of work by women, trans, non-binary and queer artists. With the goals of making accessible, demystifying, equipping, questioning and creating, Ada X actively participates in the development of a digital democracy. Ada X hosts residencies, workshops, discussions, exhibitions, performances and educational activities. Founded in 1996, Studio XX became Ada X in 2020.

The Sociability of Sleep is an interdisciplinary and collaborative research-creation project examining the epistemologies and equities of sleep, based in Montréal.