ANNOUNCEMENTS

12th KFFC Jury Members & Awards!

May 28, 2025

This year, we're excited to expand our awards beyond our famous Public Awards to include jury awards and AEW's Achievement Awards recognizing Asian arts contributions!

8 JURY AWARDS

K-Category Jury Members:

Livia Monnet (BoD, Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at l'Université de Montréal)

Xiaodan He (Filmmaker and Producer, Founder of Red Dawn Productions with upcoming film Montréal, ma belle)

Haesoo Shin (RA at the Moving Image Research Lab and MA student in the Department of English at McGill University)

EMW Category (EastMeetsWest) Jury Members:

Vincent Toi (BoD, Filmmaker with upcoming film Séga: La musique de l'océan Indien)

Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer (Filmmaker known for Résonance, Squad Leader TD-73028 Soliloquy, 305 Bellechasse, and Dinosauria, We)

Samantha Chan ( Film Studies - 3rd-year BFA at Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University)

Our jury members will experience the films and exhibitions in cinemas and venues alongside our audience!

4 ASIAN ART CONTRIBUTION AWARDS This year, we're honouring four outstanding individuals for their remarkable impact on Asian art, cinema, and their communities.

Mark your calendars! Public Awards voting is open from May 31st - June 7th. To simplify the process, ticket holders who purchased through Eventbrite are eligible to vote for their 2 most favorite works among all films and media arts in the 12th KFFC. Please visit our AWARDS page on the website for more details.

The winners will be announced on June 10th—stay tuned to our social media and website!