Sona Jo produces feature documentaries about conflict, war, trauma and women. Her recent credits include 206: Unearthed, winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 2021 Busan International Film Festival; Coming to You, winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 2021 Jeonju International Film Festival; and XiXi, winner of Emerging International Filmmaker at the 2024 HotDocs Film Festival. Sona is a 2024 Emmy winner for Free Chol Soo Lee, which made its world premiere in 2022 at the Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
