MADELEINE LIM is an award-winning independent filmmaker with 20 years of experience as a producer, director, cinematographer and editor. Her films couple poignant visuals with contemporary themes: lesbians of color, survivors of domestic violence, homeless youth, and immigrants in America. Her films have been featured at sold-out theaters at international film festivals around the world, museums, universities and broadcast on PBS.

Originally from Singapore, Madeleine is the Founder and Executive Director of Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP). She has served as a consultant on over 90 film projects. Madeleine won the 1997 Award of Excellence from the San Jose Film & Video Commission’s Joey Awards and the 1998 National Educational Media Network Bronze Apple Award. From 2000 to 2003, she was California Arts Council Artist-in-Residence. In 2004 and 2005, the SF Board of Supervisors awarded Lim a Certificate of Honor in public recognition of distinction and merit for outstanding service to the people of San Francisco. In 2005, Lim also received the LGBT Local Hero Award from KQED-TV in recognition of her leadership of QWOCMAP and her dedicated service to queer women of color. She was awarded the prestigious SF Arts Commission Individual Artist Commission for her new film, and was the featured filmmaker at the 2006 APAture Asian American Arts Festival.