Gloria Kim

Soon after graduating from Ryerson University’s Film & Television program in Toronto, Gloria Kim produced her first short film called, A Solitary Silence, (5 min. 1999). Keith Lock, a Gemini nominated filmmaker, described the film as “an imagistic and…moving black and white film.” A Solitary Silence was screened at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival in 2000 as well as at Intro/spect/ator.

Gloria’s follow up was a short documentary film called Partial Selves (9 min. 2000). The film won runner up for the Best Experimental Film at the 2003 International Festival of Cinema &Technology. It also screened at the 2001 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, the 2002 Women of Color Film Festival at the University of California at Santa Cruz, the 2003 POW! Film Fest and most recently at Intro/spect/ator, presented by The Toronto Women’s Bookstore.

Along with her film credits, she was also fortunate enough to have interned for award winning director, Sun Kyung Yi on her segment for History Television’s A Scattering of Seeds. Gloria was apprentice producer and director observer for producer Anita Lee and director Helen Lee on The Art of Woo, a dramatic feature film produced through The Canadian Film Centre and released by Odeon Films/Alliance Atlantis in Canada.

She also completed a CFTPA International Internship with film & television production company Audacine with producer/director Mary Jane Gomes. With support and encouragement from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, CBC Canadian Reflections Award and Bravo!FACT Gloria recently finished her latest short film Rock Garden: A Love Story. With no dialogue Rock Garden merges beautiful visuals with elements of magical realism to illustrate the daily drudgery of two neighbor farmers and how the sudden appearance of an unexpected element alters their relationship with one another. The film has played festivals around the world and has won prizes at the Torino GLBT Film Festival, WorldFest-Houston and the Slamdance Global Audience Award for Best Anarchy Film.

Gloria has also recently completed work on her short documentary Rice Kings and has finished participating as part of the TIFF Talent Lab. Born in Seoul, Korea, Gloria immigrated to Canada when she was three years old. Along with her degree from Ryerson, she also holds a degree in English Literature from the University of Toronto and works as a researcher for Maclean’s Magazine. Gloria enjoys spending her free time writing.