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Toronto's Gloria UI Young Kim Wins Women In The Director's Chair Film Award

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 22 Nov, 2016 10:09 AM

VANCOUVER — Toronto-based filmmaker Gloria Ui Young Kim has won a lucrative national award from the Women In the Director's Chair program.

Kim is the 2016 recipient of the WIDC Feature Film Award, a cash and in-kind prize valued at $190,000 which is aimed at encouraging more feature films directed by women.

The award includes studio rentals, a camera package, support for picture and audio post-production, closed captioning, insurance, and a grip and lighting equipment package rental.

The Seoul-born Kim has won prizes for previous works including "Rock Garden: Not a Love Story" and "The Auction."

Kim's script, "Debra and Mona" won the 2013 Telefilm New Voices Award.

She has won a spot to develop the project at the WIDC's Story & Leadership program taking place in part at the Whistler Film Festival.

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