In 2009, she was selected as a film fellow for the Asian Film Academy (AFA) of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), formerly known as the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), in Busan, Korea. The AFA is an educational program where young, promising filmmakers of Asian descent train with established Asian filmmakers, collaborate with the making of a film project, and discuss Asian filmmaking -- with the ultimate goal to prepare the future of Asian cinema.