Kimi Takesue is an award-winning filmmaker and the recipient of Guggenheim and Rockefeller Fellowships in Film. Her documentary 95 AND 6 TO GO was nominated for the prestigious 2017 European Doc Alliance Award and has screened widely at festivals including Doclisboa, CPH:DOX, FID:Marseille, DOC NYC, BAFICI, Krakow, and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival where it was awarded a Special Jury Prize.
Takesue’s acclaimed documentary WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME? was commissioned by the Rotterdam Film Festival. Her films have screened at more than two hundred festivals/museums internationally including Sundance, Locarno, New Directors/New Films, SXSW, London’s ICA, and the Museum of Modern Art (NYC) and have aired on PBS, IFC, and the Sundance Channel.
Takesue’s acclaimed documentary WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME? was commissioned by the Rotterdam Film Festival. Her films have screened at more than two hundred festivals/museums internationally including Sundance, Locarno, New Directors/New Films, SXSW, London’s ICA, and the Museum of Modern Art (NYC) and have aired on PBS, IFC, and the Sundance Channel.