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AN ARTIST WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE IN A FIXED FORM. JUST LIKE HER RESTLESS ROOTS IN JAPAN, KOREA, NYC, PLUS HER OWN GENDER, HIS WORK DRIFTS ACROSS IMAGES, LANGUAGE, THEATRE, AND MUSIC.

HIS DEBUT FEATURE, STRANGE WEATHER, CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT, WAS SELECTED FOR PLATFORM BUSAN 2026 (ACFM / BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL).

HER SHORT FILMS HAVE PLAYED AND WON AWARDS AT FESTIVALS INCLUDING CLERMONT-FERRAND (MARKET PICKS), PÖFF SHORTS, CINEQUEST, SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA, AND PORTLAND FILM FESTIVAL.

SHE RECEIVED THE BEST MODERN POETRY AWARD FROM BUNGEI-SHICHO MAGAZINE IN 2023, AND HIS POETRY HAS BEEN FEATURED IN PAPERSKY MAGAZINE.

HE HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY BREAKING BARRIER
AWARDS.

HIS DEBUT POETRY COLLECTION, MY SHADOW GOES THERE FIRST WILL BE PUBLISHED IN COLLABORATION WITH CHANGGANG LEE IN LATE 2026.




JOH KIO SHE HE YOU TELL ME.

PRESS INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES

AWARDS & HONORS
受賞歴

  • THE BEST MODERN POETRY AWARD - BUNGEI SHICHO MAGAZINE FOR "Other Shore/対岸" "Dried Whales/干上がる鯨" "Genkainada/玄界灘"
    第19回現代詩賞最優秀賞 / 文芸思潮
    (2023)

     

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION - CINEQUEST 2021 for "Patisotam/逆流" (Director/Writer)
    公式上映作品 / CINEQUEST (2021)
     

  • MARKET PICKS - SHORT FILM MARKET AT SHORT FILM MARKET AT 42ND CLERMONT-FERRAND INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2021

      for "Patisotam/逆流" (Director/Writer)
      Market Picks /
クレルモン・フェラン短編国際映画祭 (2021)

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION - PÖFF SHORTS (TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL) 2020

      for "Patisotam/逆流" (Director/Writer)
      公式上映作品 / PÖFF Shorts タリンブラックナイツ国際映画祭 (2020)

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION - SHORT SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2020

      for "Patisotam/逆流" (Director/Writer)
      ジャパン部門入選 / ショートショートフィルムフェスティバル&アジア (2020)

  • BEST ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENT FILM, JURY AWARD - DGA STUDENT FILM AWARDS 

      for "Secret Lives of Asians at Night" (dir. KEFF)
      最優秀アジアンアメリカン映画賞 / 全米監督教会学生映画祭 (2019)

  • AIR CANADA SHORT FILM AWARD - TORONTO REEL ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

      for "Secret Lives of Asians at Night" (dir. KEFF)
      エア・カナダ短編映画賞 / トロントリールアジアン国際映画祭 (2019)

  • BEST NARRATIVE SHORT, AUDIENCE AWARS / BOSTON ASIAN AMERICAN FlLM FESTIVAL 

      for "Secret Lives of Asians at Night" (dir. KEFF)
      最優秀短編映画観客賞 / ボストンアジアンアメリカン映画祭 (2019)

  • BEST PRODUCING AWARD - NYU FIRST RUN FILM FESTIVAL 2019 (GRADUATE SCHOOL)

      for "Secret Lives of Asians at Night" (dir. KEFF)
      最優秀プロデューサー賞 / ニューヨーク大学院First Run映画祭 (2019)

  • THE BEST INDIE DRAMA AWARD - TOP SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2016

      for "Eureka" (Director/Writer)
      最優秀インディドラマ賞 / トップショート映画祭 (2016)

  • JURY PRIZE - AROUND FILMS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN BERLIN 2016

      for "Eureka" (Director/Writer)
​      審査員賞 / Around Films国際映画祭ベルリン (2016)

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION - PORTLAND FILM FESTIVAL 2016

      for "Eureka" (Director/Writer)
      公式上映作品 / ポートランド映画祭 (2016)

  • OFFICIAL SELECTION - THE WORLD'S INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL IN SAN FRANCISCO 2016

      for "Eureka" (Director/Writer)
      公式上映作品 / サンフランシスコインディペンデント映画祭 (2016)

  • SEMI-FINALIST - MIAMI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2016

      for "Eureka" (Director/Writer)
      セミファイナリスト / マイアミ短編映画祭 (2016)

  • WINNER OF DYMPHNA LEONARD AWARD FOR FICTION - THE REVIEW 2015

      for an original short story "An Immigrant's Ocean
      最優秀短編小説賞 / The Review (2015)

  • STUDENT GOLDEN KEY FOR WRITING FOR THE STAGE - MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE 2015

      Awards for excellence in the Playwriting department ​
      舞台脚本学科首席 / メリーマウントマンハッタン大学 (2015)

 

© 2026 KIO SHIJIKI / JOH KOE

 

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