Original Title: Champion
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English Title: Champion
Year and month of production: 2023
Length: 13 minutes
Production country: Korea, South, United States
Genre: Fiction
Language: English, Korean
Subtitles: English, Korean
Trailer (link): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yJjNVrRQ80LYRjKtVteg8LpBVRP9rEZn/view?usp=drive_link
Web: https://www.instagram.com/championtheshortfilm/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championtheshortfilm

A 9-year-old Korean girl seeks to rebuild a sense of community and mend her broken heart, after moving to California without her father.

Kim J.Y. Han

Kim J.Y. Han is a South Korean writer-director that tells subversive stories at the intersection of womanhood and the Asian experience, with a focus on body politics. She is currently making the festival circuit with her debut short film, Champion, which is screening at Oscar-qualifying and global festivals including HawaiÂ’i Int. Film Festival, Tokyo ChildrenÂ’s Int. Film Festival, Busan Kids and Youth Intl. Film Festival, LA Shortsfest, Asian American Int. Film Festival, and more. Previously, Han worked as a TV development executive at NBCUniversal International Studios, where she specialized in packaging global-facing shows from Asia and Africa. Han also participated in NALIP Latino Lens Incubator as a producer and Film Independent Project Involve as a creative executive fellow, producing three short films that won awards at festivals like Berlinale and SXSW. In 2019, Colour Entertainment selected her in their 1st Annual Next Up List, as one of the most hardworking individuals to watch in entertainment. Raised in Seoul and San Francisco, Han graduated from the University of Chicago with a dual degree in International Studies and Cinema Studies. Beyond screenwriting, Han likes to bake, paint, and dabble in her first science fiction novel.

Selections

- HawaiÂ’i International Film Festival
- Busan Kids & Youth International Film Festival
- Seoul Children's International Film Festival
- Kineko Tokyo ChildrenÂ’s International Film Festival
- LA Shortsfest
- Asian American International Film Festival
- Cleveland International Film Festival
- Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival
- Oakland International Film Festival
- San Jose Shorts International Film Festival
- ChildrenÂ’s Film Festival Seattle
- Vail Film Festival
- Greenwich Village Film Festival
- Crown Heights Film Festival
- Home is Distant Shores Film Festival North Carolina
- The Asian American Showcase Chicago
- Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival Vancouver

Awards

- "Best Film Jury Award" at New York No Limits
- "Best Screenplay Award" at Korea Shorts International Film Festival