Portrait of Sarah Kim, she looks away at the camera, wears a shirt and a hoodie, and a cap. Her hair is short. In the background there are plants.
Sarah S. Kim
Photo courtesy Sarah Kim
Producer

Sarah S. Kim (she/her)'s producing credits include the critically acclaimed and award-winning film, I was a Simple Man (starring Steve Iwamoto and Constance Wu), which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and is being distributed by Strand Releasing. It is currently streaming on the Criterion Channel alongside her other film August at Akiko’s, directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi, which premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, and was listed in The New Yorker’s Best Movies of 2019. She’s produced several international co-productions including a North Korean period feature film called The Other Side of the Mountain, included in the National Korean Film Archive, and the documentary short film 9at38 (available through the Atlantic) about a musician's efforts to put on a joint concert with North and South Korean musicians along the 38th parallel. She has produced documentaries and fiction films that have played at festivals including Tribeca Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, IndieMemphis Film Festival, IndieLisboa International Film Festival, International Film Festival of Rotterdam, Taipei Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, among others. She is a Film Independent Producers Lab fellow and IFP Cannes Producer’s Network fellow.

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