Ji Seon Lee (b.1997)
began making art by expressing visual storytelling in illustration and got into animation after she realized that the best way to express her ideas is applying and editing motion and sound on several frames. She graduated from Massachusetts College of Art & Design in 2020 in animation production, and she has currently shown her short film internationally in several film festivals. She mostly enjoys all aspects of traditional animation and motion graphics animation by exploring all different techniques, and she specialized in 2D character animation and storytelling with exploring the themes of modern society. She currently works as a freelancer in California.
Awards
-AWARD WINNER for the 43rd monthly season of the Virgin Spring Cinefest
-Winner of European International Film Festival - Best Animation
-Honorable Mention of Best Animated Short Film of International Short Film Awards
-Winner of Indie Student Film of Best Indie Film Award
-Top 10 of Best film of Changing Minds Young Filmmaker Competition
-2nd Best Super Short film of Kosice International Monthly Film Festival
-Semi-Finalist Selection of New York Animation Film Awards (NYAFA)
-Winner of 3rd annual DAE Studio Film Festival 2019
-Semi-Finalist Selection of Peak City International Film Festival 2019
-Winner of Best Composer of Sprrkle Collective 2019
-Bright World Board President of The Korean Daily 35th Student Art Contest 2016
-Special Awards of Korean American Day Art Contest 2016
-BBCN Bank Award (Grand Prize) of The Korean Daily 34th Student Art Contest 2015
Screenings
-Virgin Spring Cinefest, Online, June 12
-"Euro Fest" European International Film Festival, Online, August 31 -Branson International Film Festival, Online, April 22
-Boston Student Film Festival, Online, April 10
-LJMU MA Short Film Festival, Online, April 16
-International Short Film Awards, Online, March 4
-Best Indie Film Award, Online, January 30
-WēVē TV New York, June 12, 2021
-Festival international de Cine Austral Córdoba, Austral, December 1
-Changing Minds Young Filmmaker Competition Online, October 24
-Direct Monthly Online Film Festival Online, October 3
-TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival Online, September 30
-Kosice International Monthly Film Festival Kino Úsmev Košice, Slovakia, August 30
-New York Animation Film Awards (NYAFA) 1350 6th Avenue, NY, July 1
-Kosice International Monthly Film Festival Kino Úsmev Košice, Slovakia, June 29
-The Lift-Off Sessions Iver, England SL0 0NH, UK, June 14
-Boston Student Film Festival Boston, MA, March 11
-Americana Film Fest 6 Barcelona, BARCELONA, March 3
-Animax Skopje Fest STR. VENIJAMIN MACUKOVSKI 17/1-1, Skopje 1000, November 22
-Asia Peace Film Festival PILAC auditorium Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, November 20 - 22
-Yucca Valley Film Festival Yucca Valley, CA, November 15
-3rd DAE Studio Film Festival Darwen, Lancashire, UK, October 18
-Hollywood Silver Screen Festival Los Angeles, California, October 13
-Peak City International Film Festival 2019 Apex, North Carolina, September 20 - 22
-Massachusetts Animated Student & Senior Thesis Film Festival Somerville, MA, Oct. 5
-Corti in Cortile, il cinema in breve Catania, Italy, September 20
-Night Of The Short Film - International festival, Vlaanderen, Belgium, September 14
-FilmAid Film Festival Nairobi County, Kenya, August 16
-Isle of Portland Short Film Festival England DT5 1LT, United Kingdom, August 10
-Breaking Waves Film Festival Tiverton, Canada, August 2
-St. Lawrence International Film Festival - SLIFF Online, August 1
-Sprrkle Collective Los Angeles, CA, July 14
-Indie Visions Film Festival Charlottesville, Virginia, June 30