EN / KR
Kim Ji-hwan
Filmography
Autumn Painting (2026)
Train of Mist (2026)
26th Seoul Intl. Cinema & Media Art Festival (NeMAF) [↗]
27th Daegu Independent Short Film Festival [↗]
8th Daejeon Railroad Film Festival [↗]
29th Antimatter Media Art Festival [↗]
28th Busan Independent Film Festival
4th LIMINALcinema: Film and Moving Image Festival
2027 Indieground Independent Film Archive [↗]
Snowy Train (2024)
21st Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul (EXiS) [↗]
26th Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris (FCDEP) [↗]
8th Beijing International Short Film Festival [↗]
5th Ribalta Experimental Film Festival [↗]
15th Strangloscope – Experimental Video/Film, Audio, Performance International Festival [↗]
17th Leiden Shorts [↗]
1st Weekend Domain Experimental Image Festival [↗]
30th Split Film Festival [↗]
37th Girona Film Festival
1st Image Forum Festival Korea [↗]
4th Film Diary NYC [↗]
Experiments in Cinema v21.5 [↗]
If I Become Sand (2022)
4th Asian Artist Moving Image Platform (AAMP) Forum Festival
Korean Film Archive’s Independent Film Archive (2025)
Frame in Frame (2019)
11th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival [↗]
4th Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Awards
Train of Mist ― Best Korean ALT Art, 26th Seoul Intl. Cinema & Media Art Festival (NeMAF) [↗] [↗]
Train of Mist ― Shining Route Award, 8th Daejeon Railroad Art Festival [↗]
Exhibitions & Screenings
Audio Visual Film Critic: Bong Joon-ho's Film World, 15th Seoul Independent Documentary Film & Video Festival, Seoul, South Korea, Mar 27–31, 2016
Audio Visual (Film) Critic, Audio Visual Film Critic: Bong Joon-ho's Film World, Plan B Project Space, Seoul, South Korea, Apr 28–May 28, 2017 [↗]
Essay Theater, Audio Visual Film Critic: Bong Joon-ho's Film World, Seoul Art Space Seogyo, Seoul, South Korea, Jun 15–Jul 2, 2017 [↗]
2019 Experiment Document, Beach Liver, Korea National University of Arts Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, Jun 1–30, 2019
Act with Media in Jeju, Cinematheque Daejeon · Cinematheque Gangneung, Jul 2019
Dream Collection, Literature Webzine View, Online, South Korea, Aug 22, 2019–Mar 31, 2020 [↗]
Dangsin-ui Bamgwa Kkume Bitgwa Padoro Mannal, Mirror Letter, Black & White Bookshop, Gwangju, South Korea, Nov 2, 2019
Soseolgadeul, Mirror Letter, Gaga77page, Seoul, South Korea, Aug 29, 2020
On-going Project Yeokchon 40: 150.1 Square Meters, In Comparison, Yeokchon 40, Seoul, South Korea, Feb 23–Mar 24, 2021 [↗]
The 21st-Century Monument—On the Absolute, Amado Art Space, Seoul, South Korea, Jul 6–31, 2021 — field research video [↗]
Reflect Project, Holiday, Holiday, Space Cell · Dapsimni Film & Media Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, Aug 1, 2021–Jul 31, 2024 [↗]
Space Cell Film Screening: Hand-Made Filmmaking, If I Become Sand, Space Cell, Seoul, South Korea, Jun 3, 2022 [↗]
Space Cell Exchange Screening, If I Become Sand, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, USA, Feb 2023
IMAGERY: Contemporary Experimental Film & Documentary Screening, Snowy Train, Sorigrim, Seoul, South Korea, Mar 15 & 22, 2025 [↗]
Experimental Film History, Department of Film Studies, Snowy Train, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, South Korea, May 27, 2025
Writing Cinema with Cinema, Audio Visual Film Critic: Bong Joon-ho's Film World, Cinematheque KOFA, Seoul, South Korea, Jul 17, 2025 [↗]
Invisible Films: Battle or Decisive Battle — Kim Ji-hwan Special Screening, Notes on Water, Frame in Frame, Cinema Unknown · Cinebaum, Busan, South Korea, Nov 17, 2025
Invisible Films: Battle or Decisive Battle — Kim Ji-hwan Special Screening, Snowy Train, If I Become Sand, Cinema Unknown · Musai Theater, Busan, South Korea, Nov 18, 2025
in hopeless silence all of our dreams are speaking, Snowy Train, Sorigrim, Seoul, South Korea, Mar 24, 2026
Works from the Drawer, Snowy Train, Korea National University of Arts, Online, South Korea, Mar 26, 2026– [↗]
in hopeless silence all of our dreams are speaking, Snowy Train, Windmill, Seoul, South Korea, Mar 27, 2026 [↗]
Cíclicos Círculos Cineclube, Snowy Train, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon, Portugal, Apr 6, 2026 [↗]
Borders, Snowy Train, Labocine, Online, Jun 1–30, 2026 [↗]
Sohee Noh: Graduation Exhibition, Snowy Train, École nationale supérieure d’art de Bourges, Bourges, France, Jul 2026
Giloo, Snowy Train, Online, Taiwan, 2026– [↗]
Giloo, Frame in Frame, Online, Taiwan, 2026– [↗]
1st Downstairs Film Festival, If I Become Sand, Kintex Raykins Mall, Ilsan, South Korea, Sep 14, 2026 [↗]
Department of Film & Media, Korea University of Media Arts, Train of Mist, Korea University of Media Arts, Sejong, South Korea, Sep 21, 2026
26th Seoul Intl. Cinema & Media Art Festival (NeMAF) × MovieBloc, Train of Mist, Online, South Korea, Sep 23–25, 2026
EXITS·非常口·비상구, Train of Mist, Unicorn Image (独角放送室), エイビル, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 24, 2026 [↗]
Train of Mist, Snowy Train, Notes on Water, Space Cell, Seoul, South Korea, Nov 24, 2026
Curatorial
KAFKAESQUE, Sorigrim, Sep 7–Oct 13, 2024 [↗]
Has the Sound Already Arrived?, Sorigrim, Nov 2–10, 2024 [↗]
KAFKA GEHT INS KINO, Sorigrim, Dec 8–15, 2024 [↗]
IMAGERY: Contemporary Experimental Film & Documentary Screening, Sorigrim, Feb 23–Mar 22, 2025 [↗]
in hopeless silence all of our dreams are speaking, Sorigrim · Windmill, Mar 24–27, 2026 [↗]
Pre-Festival Curating, 1st Saint Petersburg International Experimental Film Festival, Kinora Film Foundation, Saint Petersburg School of New Cinema, Mar 11–15, 2026 [↗]
Interview with Lynne Sachs, Saint Petersburg International Experimental Film Festival / Piligrim, Interviewer & Editor, Apr 20, 2026 [↗] [↗]
Programmer, 1st Saint Petersburg International Experimental Film Festival, Lectorium, Sevcable Port, Mar 1–Sep 20, 2026 [↗]
Film About Lynne Sachs Who, Indiespace · Sorigrim, Nov 14–16, 2026 [↗] [↗]
Interviews & Press
“A Formless Community Based in Visual Arts, Sorigrim”, CINE21, Interviewee, Feb 21, 2025 [↗]
“Snowy Train: A Short Experimental Film Capturing the Ever-Changing Winter Landscape Through a Window”, VISLA Magazine, Interviewee, Dec 24, 2025 [↗]
“김지환 Kim Ji-hwan”, ANMOK VOL. 6, Anmok Magazine, Interviewee, Mar 20, 2026
“Film Diary 4: A Screening Bringing Together 170 Contemporary Diary Films at Sorigrim and Windmill”, VISLA Magazine, Mar 23, 2026 [↗]
“26th Seoul Intl. Cinema & Media Art Festival (NeMAF) Announces Award Winners”, Maeil Ilbo, Aug 28, 2026 [↗]
Criticism & Reviews Lee Hyun-dong, “Kim Ji-hwan, Snowy Train”, Snowy Train, Naver Blog, Aug 4, 2025 [↗]
Maja Korbecka, “Correspondence #1: December 2024”, Snowy Train, sailuluo 赛璐珞, Dec 15, 2025 [↗]
Song Sang-ho, “What Transformations Have Occurred in the Landscapes We Passed?”, Train of Mist, NeMAF ALT CRITIC, Aug 23, 2026 [↗]
Education
B.S. in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 2015
MFA in Documentary Filmmaking, Korea National University of Arts, 2026
Filmography
Autumn Painting (2026)
Train of Mist (2026)
26th Seoul Intl. Cinema & Media Art Festival (NeMAF) [↗]
27th Daegu Independent Short Film Festival [↗]
8th Daejeon Railroad Film Festival [↗]
29th Antimatter Media Art Festival [↗]
28th Busan Independent Film Festival
4th LIMINALcinema: Film and Moving Image Festival
2027 Indieground Independent Film Archive [↗]
Snowy Train (2024)
21st Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul (EXiS) [↗]
26th Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris (FCDEP) [↗]
8th Beijing International Short Film Festival [↗]
5th Ribalta Experimental Film Festival [↗]
15th Strangloscope – Experimental Video/Film, Audio, Performance International Festival [↗]
17th Leiden Shorts [↗]
1st Weekend Domain Experimental Image Festival [↗]
30th Split Film Festival [↗]
37th Girona Film Festival
1st Image Forum Festival Korea [↗]
4th Film Diary NYC [↗]
Experiments in Cinema v21.5 [↗]
If I Become Sand (2022)
4th Asian Artist Moving Image Platform (AAMP) Forum Festival
Korean Film Archive’s Independent Film Archive (2025)
Frame in Frame (2019)
11th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival [↗]
4th Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Awards
Train of Mist ― Best Korean ALT Art, 26th Seoul Intl. Cinema & Media Art Festival (NeMAF) [↗] [↗]
Train of Mist ― Shining Route Award, 8th Daejeon Railroad Art Festival [↗]
Exhibitions & Screenings
Audio Visual Film Critic: Bong Joon-ho's Film World, 15th Seoul Independent Documentary Film & Video Festival, Seoul, South Korea, Mar 27–31, 2016
Audio Visual (Film) Critic, Audio Visual Film Critic: Bong Joon-ho's Film World, Plan B Project Space, Seoul, South Korea, Apr 28–May 28, 2017 [↗]
Essay Theater, Audio Visual Film Critic: Bong Joon-ho's Film World, Seoul Art Space Seogyo, Seoul, South Korea, Jun 15–Jul 2, 2017 [↗]
2019 Experiment Document, Beach Liver, Korea National University of Arts Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, Jun 1–30, 2019
Act with Media in Jeju, Cinematheque Daejeon · Cinematheque Gangneung, Jul 2019
Dream Collection, Literature Webzine View, Online, South Korea, Aug 22, 2019–Mar 31, 2020 [↗]
Dangsin-ui Bamgwa Kkume Bitgwa Padoro Mannal, Mirror Letter, Black & White Bookshop, Gwangju, South Korea, Nov 2, 2019
Soseolgadeul, Mirror Letter, Gaga77page, Seoul, South Korea, Aug 29, 2020
On-going Project Yeokchon 40: 150.1 Square Meters, In Comparison, Yeokchon 40, Seoul, South Korea, Feb 23–Mar 24, 2021 [↗]
The 21st-Century Monument—On the Absolute, Amado Art Space, Seoul, South Korea, Jul 6–31, 2021 — field research video [↗]
Reflect Project, Holiday, Holiday, Space Cell · Dapsimni Film & Media Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, Aug 1, 2021–Jul 31, 2024 [↗]
Space Cell Film Screening: Hand-Made Filmmaking, If I Become Sand, Space Cell, Seoul, South Korea, Jun 3, 2022 [↗]
Space Cell Exchange Screening, If I Become Sand, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, USA, Feb 2023
IMAGERY: Contemporary Experimental Film & Documentary Screening, Snowy Train, Sorigrim, Seoul, South Korea, Mar 15 & 22, 2025 [↗]
Experimental Film History, Department of Film Studies, Snowy Train, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, South Korea, May 27, 2025
Writing Cinema with Cinema, Audio Visual Film Critic: Bong Joon-ho's Film World, Cinematheque KOFA, Seoul, South Korea, Jul 17, 2025 [↗]
Invisible Films: Battle or Decisive Battle — Kim Ji-hwan Special Screening, Notes on Water, Frame in Frame, Cinema Unknown · Cinebaum, Busan, South Korea, Nov 17, 2025
Invisible Films: Battle or Decisive Battle — Kim Ji-hwan Special Screening, Snowy Train, If I Become Sand, Cinema Unknown · Musai Theater, Busan, South Korea, Nov 18, 2025
in hopeless silence all of our dreams are speaking, Snowy Train, Sorigrim, Seoul, South Korea, Mar 24, 2026
Works from the Drawer, Snowy Train, Korea National University of Arts, Online, South Korea, Mar 26, 2026– [↗]
in hopeless silence all of our dreams are speaking, Snowy Train, Windmill, Seoul, South Korea, Mar 27, 2026 [↗]
Cíclicos Círculos Cineclube, Snowy Train, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon, Portugal, Apr 6, 2026 [↗]
Borders, Snowy Train, Labocine, Online, Jun 1–30, 2026 [↗]
Sohee Noh: Graduation Exhibition, Snowy Train, École nationale supérieure d’art de Bourges, Bourges, France, Jul 2026
Giloo, Snowy Train, Online, Taiwan, 2026– [↗]
Giloo, Frame in Frame, Online, Taiwan, 2026– [↗]
1st Downstairs Film Festival, If I Become Sand, Kintex Raykins Mall, Ilsan, South Korea, Sep 14, 2026 [↗]
Department of Film & Media, Korea University of Media Arts, Train of Mist, Korea University of Media Arts, Sejong, South Korea, Sep 21, 2026
26th Seoul Intl. Cinema & Media Art Festival (NeMAF) × MovieBloc, Train of Mist, Online, South Korea, Sep 23–25, 2026
EXITS·非常口·비상구, Train of Mist, Unicorn Image (独角放送室), エイビル, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 24, 2026 [↗]
Train of Mist, Snowy Train, Notes on Water, Space Cell, Seoul, South Korea, Nov 24, 2026
Curatorial
KAFKAESQUE, Sorigrim, Sep 7–Oct 13, 2024 [↗]
Has the Sound Already Arrived?, Sorigrim, Nov 2–10, 2024 [↗]
KAFKA GEHT INS KINO, Sorigrim, Dec 8–15, 2024 [↗]
IMAGERY: Contemporary Experimental Film & Documentary Screening, Sorigrim, Feb 23–Mar 22, 2025 [↗]
in hopeless silence all of our dreams are speaking, Sorigrim · Windmill, Mar 24–27, 2026 [↗]
Pre-Festival Curating, 1st Saint Petersburg International Experimental Film Festival, Kinora Film Foundation, Saint Petersburg School of New Cinema, Mar 11–15, 2026 [↗]
Interview with Lynne Sachs, Saint Petersburg International Experimental Film Festival / Piligrim, Interviewer & Editor, Apr 20, 2026 [↗] [↗]
Programmer, 1st Saint Petersburg International Experimental Film Festival, Lectorium, Sevcable Port, Mar 1–Sep 20, 2026 [↗]
Film About Lynne Sachs Who, Indiespace · Sorigrim, Nov 14–16, 2026 [↗] [↗]
Interviews & Press
“A Formless Community Based in Visual Arts, Sorigrim”, CINE21, Interviewee, Feb 21, 2025 [↗]
“Snowy Train: A Short Experimental Film Capturing the Ever-Changing Winter Landscape Through a Window”, VISLA Magazine, Interviewee, Dec 24, 2025 [↗]
“김지환 Kim Ji-hwan”, ANMOK VOL. 6, Anmok Magazine, Interviewee, Mar 20, 2026
“Film Diary 4: A Screening Bringing Together 170 Contemporary Diary Films at Sorigrim and Windmill”, VISLA Magazine, Mar 23, 2026 [↗]
“26th Seoul Intl. Cinema & Media Art Festival (NeMAF) Announces Award Winners”, Maeil Ilbo, Aug 28, 2026 [↗]
Criticism & Reviews Lee Hyun-dong, “Kim Ji-hwan, Snowy Train”, Snowy Train, Naver Blog, Aug 4, 2025 [↗]
Maja Korbecka, “Correspondence #1: December 2024”, Snowy Train, sailuluo 赛璐珞, Dec 15, 2025 [↗]
Song Sang-ho, “What Transformations Have Occurred in the Landscapes We Passed?”, Train of Mist, NeMAF ALT CRITIC, Aug 23, 2026 [↗]
Education
B.S. in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 2015
MFA in Documentary Filmmaking, Korea National University of Arts, 2026