- Selected by Cosmopolitan Korea as "Fun, Fearless Female - Woman of the Year 2007".
- Kim is widely recognized as an innovative instructor. She has taught at Harvard University, where in 2014 she received a Certificate of Teaching Excellence, and has conducted master classes around the world.
- The first Asian woman to teach at the department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University.
- Received the Teaching Excellence Award presented by Harvard University in 2014.
- "Final Recipe" was selected as the opening film in the Culinary Cinema sections of the Berlin and San Sebastian International Film Festival.
- Kim's five feature-length films and works of video art have screened at more than 100 prestigious international film festivals and venues including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno and Sundance, as well as the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian, and Center Pompidou.
- Member of the jury at the 2009 Venice Film Festival.
- "Bloodless" was awarded with the Best VR Storytelling Award at the Venice Film Festival, the Best VR Film Award at the 2017 Bogotá Short Film Festival and the Best VR Film Award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in 2017.
- Kim's films have been theatrically released to critical acclaim in Europe, Asia and the United States.
- "Invisible Light" was selected by Film Comment as one of the 10 best films of 2003 (Chuck Stephens).
- Selected by Variety as "Top Teachers in Film, TV" in 2017.
- Selected by the Hollywood Reporter as "Top 5 South Korean Talents to Watch in 2018".
- Selected by L'Uomo Vogue as "Talents of Venice" in 2009.
- Nominated for Best New Director for "Never Forever" at the 2008 Choonsa Award (South Korea's Independent Spirit Award).
- One of the few filmmakers to work in the US and South Korea.
- Awarded the Jury Award at the 2007 Deauville American Film Festival for "Never Forever".
- Nominated for Best New Director for "Never Forever" at the 2008 Daejong Award (Korea's equivalent to the Academy Award).
- "Never Forever" was the first co-production between the United States and South Korea.
- In 2018, Kim and L'Atelier des Cahiers published "Seoul, Visages d'une Ville", a trilingual multimedia photo book essay based on Kim's 2009 documentary "Faces of Seoul".
- Member of the jury at the 2003 Torino Film Festival.
- "Final Recipe" was wide-released in China in more than 3,240 theaters.
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