LIPSETT AWARD 2024
ABOUT JESSAMINE Yú FOK
Jessamine Yú Fok is a film and video director based in Toronto. Her work has been showcased on Nowness Asia, Visla, Paper Magazine, Director's Notes, and more. Most recently, she directed music videos for "Trippy Staircase to Wonderland" by Korea Town Acid and "Liberté Égalité Sagacité" by Pierre Kwenders, which were both shortlisted for Berlin Commercial Festival in 2023.
She has also directed a number of personal projects, including an experimental short, "Flowers While Were Here", which premiered on Director's Notes, funded by Canada Council of the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and the Fantavious Fritz and Charlotte Day Wilson Work Film Grant, and the documentary series "The Lunchbox Dilemma", currently on CBC Gem and CBC Docs.
ABOUT THE LIPSETT AWARD
The Lipsett Award is presented to a Canadian music video artist for their innovative and unique approach to music video art.
RECIPIENTS:
2024 - Jessamine Yú Fok
2023 - Aimé Irabahaye
2022 - Iris Kim
2021 - Gennelle Cruz
2020 - tranquilo
2019 - Soleil Denault
2018 - Karena Evans
2017 - Kid. Studio
2016 – Kristof Brandl
2015 – Jared Raab
2014 – Cudmore & LeBlanc
ABOUT ARTHUR LIPSETT
Arthur Lipsett was a Canadian filmmaker best known for his sound collage films made for the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s. Lipsett’s unique approach to editing sound and image earned much attention, as well as an Oscar Nomination in 1962 for the film Very Nice, Very Nice.
