Julia Kim is a Paris-based producer originally from Kazakhstan, born in 1986. She began her career in the film industry in 2011, where she initially worked on promoting Kazakh film projects to various film festivals and markets. After several years of experience in the industry, she transitioned into a producer role. In 2015 she founded East Wind Production to impulse international cooperations and coproductions with Kazakhstan. She accompanied many internationally acclaimed directors as Darezhan Omirbayev (Student, Poet), Yerlan Nurmukhambetov (Walnut Tree, Horse Thieves. Roads of Time), and also supports young promising directors as Aisultan Seitov with his debut Qas.
Julia participated as a jury member in various film festivals, organized retrospectives and screenings of Kazakh films abroad. In 2023 she created an international and intellectual space to unite filmmakers from Central Asia through the Post Space Film Camp for fostering collaboration and creative exchange in the region's film industry.
In this edition of LEFFEST, Julia Kim is the co-curator of the Focus on Central Asian Cinema.