MEET OUR TEAM

2025 STAFF MEMBERS

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.
LUCY FANDEL
General Coordinator

Photo Credit: Andrea Calderón Stephens
ANUJ KHOSLA
Accounting and Administration, Consultant

YUNA CHOI
Assistant Program Coordinator

Born and raised in Korea, Yuna developed a deep fascination with film from a young age—an interest that grew into a passion for acting and film festivals over the years. She moved to Canada in 2024 and is currently based in Seoul to complete her BA in Media & Entertainment at Sogang University. Yuna joined Arts East-West as an Assistant Coordinator Intern in the spring of 2025.

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
Board Chair of Africa Insight, 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)
SEUNG YEON HAMM Market Development Consultant and Studious of Air Canada, former volunteer at Arts East-West (Toronto)
PHILIP SZOPORER

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2025-2026)

MARIE BOTI Film director / Co-Founder of Multi-Monde Productions / Vice-chairperson of International Women’s Alliance (IWA)
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)
‍‍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)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT DURING THE 12TH KFFC!

12TH KFFC CURATORS

MI-JEONG LEE
ANNABELLE KANG
MATHILDE ELIE
ALEX SEOKBIN YOON

12TH KFFC ART TALKS ARTISTS

Alex Seokbin Yoon, Mentee for the Asian Canadian Documentary Mentorship Project
Martin Dufresne, Mentee for the Asian Canadian Documentary Mentorship Project
Vincent Toi,
Filmmaker and Mentor for the Asian Canadian Documentary Mentorship Project
Philippe Szporer, Filmmaker and Mentor for the Asian Canadian Documentary Mentorship Project
Crystal Chan,
Media Artist

12TH KFFC VOLUNTEERS

Special thank you to:
Sarah-Maude Lemieux – Volunteer Coordination
Ruotong Li – Social Media Support
Sojeong Kim – Naver Blog Management
Hasna Kone – Graphic Support

Michèle Bayard, Samantha Chan, Daphne Yu, Olivia Curry, Reginald Tan, Prépa Alam, Emily Doyle, Rin Seo, Katherine Teleyon, Julianna Yip, Serena Grolund, Junha Park, Gracie Li

12TH KFFC THANKS TO

Chaouki Dakdouki, Regional Director General, Canadian Heritage – Quebec Region
LEE, Jae-wan, Consul General of the Republic of Korea to Montreal, and Ambassador of ICAO
CHOI, Donghwan, Board Chair of Africa InsightOH Suji, Vice Consul of the Republic of Korea to Montreal
Zaynab Raza, Executive Assistant to the DG, Canadian Heritage – Quebec Region
MA Hyunjoo, General Administration of  King Sejong Institute in Montreal
Tina Big Daddy Queen Power, Singer and MC
Zab Maboungou, Artistic Director, Scholar and Founder of Nyata Nyata Dance Company

Youngsup Chung, Ali Ihtyiar, Masoud Raouf, Xiaodan He, Philip Szporer, Marlene Millar, Marie Boti, Leonoa Moncada, Vincent Toi, Crystal Chan, Don Ritter, Maxime-Claude L'Ecuyer, Kichae Jung, Peter Xirogiannis, Tyra Maria Trono, Deb Vanslet, Paul Park, Young Kwon Kim, Takumi, Linda Lee, Danny Payne and all directors and artists.

Canadian Heritage, FCCCQ, King Sejong Institute in Montreal, the McGill Internship Office, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Montreal, Cinéma du Musée, Cinéma Moderne, Centre Création Danse Nyata Nyata, Goethe-Institut Montreal, MKFCM, Cinéma sous les étoiles, Korean Film Archive, Korea Academy for Film Arts, Dano Foods, and Ada X and many more!

ALUMNI

Zoe Sarkar, Yerin Lee, Gayeon Song, Mathilde Elie, 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, Dominique 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, Sophia Ye, Steffen Cornwell, Annabelle Kang, Brandon Sun, Seokbin Yoon.

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