Director So Yun Um stands on a beige background in an all-Black outfit.
So Yun Um
Photo courtesy So Yun Um
Director & Producer

So Yun Um (she/her) is a Korean American director and producer born and based in Los Angeles. Her directorial debut documentary feature film, Liquor Store Dreams, made its world premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. Her work has screened at Tribeca Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, BFI London, and more. Um is a 2022-2023 BAFTA Breakthrough USA participant and 2021 CAAM fellow.

Program cohorts
Project: Hatched 2023
films by So Yun Um
Director So Yun Um and her dad, Hae Sup Um at their liquor store.
Liquor Store Dreams
Still from Liquor Store Dreams
more Project: Hatched 2023 winners
A photo of Co-Producer Katie McKay. Black and white portrait.
Katie McKay
Photo courtesy Katie McKay
The producer of Twice Colonized, Emile Hertling Péronard, looking into the camera. He's a caucasian man with brown hair, and around 40 years of age. Black and white portrait.
Emile Hertling Péronard
Photo courtesy Emile Hertling Péronard
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