Best of Fest Encores
Big Happiness is a personal exploration of adoption, identity, and colorblindness growing up in a transracial family.
Da Hee Kim is a Korean adoptee who grew up in Minnesota. As someone who has been disconnected from their culture and heritage, she is very interested in exploring themes around identity. Her short film, Big Happiness, will be her debut as a director. She has produced award-winning short narrative and documentary films. Da Hee is a candidate at CalArts for an MFA in FIlm & Video production.
Director Biography
Da Hee Kim is a Korean adoptee who grew up in Minnesota. As someone who has been disconnected from their culture and heritage, she is very interested in exploring themes around identity. Big Happiness, is her debut as a director. She has produced award-winning short narrative and documentary films. Da Hee is a candidate at CalArts for an MFA in FIlm & Video production.
Matthew Koshrml is an award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer based on the Iron Range of Minnesota. His work has played at The Jeonju International Film Festival, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, DocumentaMadrid, and True/False Film Festival. Matthew personally focuses on cinema vérité documentary films that explore the evolution of tradition, individual and national identity, and unseen processes.
Screening as a part of Shorts: Family Dynamics