Minji Kang (and you're welcome to call her by her nickname Melody) is a cinematic storyteller from South Korea, known for her bold vision and emotionally resonant narratives. She seeks to understand the meaning of existence and the intricate emotional landscapes of family. Through cinema, she dares to approach the elusive essence of life’s mystery. 

 

She attended Tabor Academy, earned her B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and holds an M.F.A. from Columbia University in New York City, where she honed her voice in film directing and writing. Her thesis film, The Loyalist, made waves on the international festival circuit, garnering multiple accolades. The script to The Loyalist is featured in Short Film Screenwriting: A Craft Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury Publishing) by Austin Bunn at Cornell University. 

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Since 2005, Minji has created numerous films, narrative and experimental, of various lengths and formats: 16mm, 35mm, HD, Virtual Reality (VR). Her feature film projects have been selected for and presented at Fantastic 7 at the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, Cine Qua Non Lab, Busan AFiS, the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival's NAFF (Network of Asian Fantastic Films), Let’s CEE (Central and Eastern Europe )Talent Academy, and Berlinale Talents Tokyo. She is a member of the New Asian Producers' Network (NAPNet).

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Minji is writing two semi-biographical films around the same protagonist. Howl Like Huskies: Dreamer follows her at forty as a filmmaker, while Howl Like Huskies: Dawn revisiting her childhood at ten, is supported by Cine Qua Non's Storylines & Script Revision Lab, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the Seoul Film Commission, and the Wildflower Film Awards Korea.

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To support her own writing, she has worked across film as a screenwriter, producer, and editor, among many other roles, immersing herself in every aspect of filmmaking and deepening her understanding of narrative, character, and cinematic craft.

 

In the pauses between her words, she turns to her century-old violin and bow, narrating Bach’s 18th-century melodies into the silence. ​​

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