Matthew Yae Kim is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. Working between documentary and narrative film, his works engage with working class American Perspectives. As an Armed with a Camera Fellow, his short documentary My Father was a Footballer premiered at the Academy Award–qualifying LAAPFF and is continuing its festival run. He was recently selected for the NeXtDoc fellowship, and is currently developing a feature documentary.
Audience Award Winner - 49th Asian American International Film Festival 2026
NeXtDoc Fellow 2026
Armed with a Camera Fellow 2026
Ghetto Film School x Frieze LA Fellow 2027 - Ongoing
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My Father was a Footballer (2026)
London Run (2026)
a stack of paper (2026)