Kira Simon-Kennedy
Kira Simon-Kennedy is the Co-Founder & Director of China Residencies, a multifaceted arts nonprofit that has supported over 70 different international creative exchanges to China since its inception in 2013. She has been a fellow at NEW INC as well as the IFP Made in NY Media Center, creating Rivet, a platform to connect creative people with opportunities worldwide. As an independent producer, she created a series of over 50 short documentaries about China’s underground music scene, and is currently producing a documentary series on the creative scenes in China’s 2nd and 3rd tier cities. She produced Jessica Kingdon's award-winning short documentary Commodity City, and is working on her forthcoming feature film with support from Sundance, SFFilm, Cinereach, and Field of Vision, nnn;among others. She splits her time between China and the US.