Kim Bo-sol was born in Seoul in 1988. In 2016 he graduated with a BFA with a major in Design & Arts Design & Media Film, as well as a minor in Art History and Theory, from Hongik University. He subsequently graduated from the Korean Academy of Film Arts in 2019. He directed the short films Strange Life (2016) and Home (2019), and was assistant director and worked on VFX for the short film Unique Time (2022), before making his feature directing debut with the animation The Square (2025).
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
