Ashley Sugimoto
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ashley Sugimoto (22) is a Toronto-born filmmaker and a recent graduate of the film production program at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in British Columbia. Her short documentary, Aiko (2016), was her first well-received piece, having been asked to screen the film for several months through Yahoo Japan in 2019. Her latest film, Shards (2018), Ashley’s first narrative film, has received attention from film festivals, going as far as winning an award of excellence through IMDb recognized festival,