ACF
Asian Cinema Fund
Script Development Fund
2010 Script Development Fund
LIST Alive Life
| Category | Korean Project |
|---|---|
| Project | Alive Life |
| Director | PARK Jung-bum |
| Country | Korea |
| Director's Profile | Born in 1976, PARK Jung-bum graduated from Yonsei University, major in physical education and finished Dongguk graduate school of digital image & contents. He directed two short films, Templementary (2001) and 125 JEON Seung-Chul (2008). He was working as an assistant director in LEE Chang-Dong’s Poetry from 2008 to 2010. He is now working on full-length version of 125 JEON Seung-Chul in the post-production stage. |
- Synopsis
- Jeong-chul works at a factory that makes soybean paste (Doenjang) in Gangwon province. He’s been dreaming of sweet home where he can spend his life with love of his life. But Jeong-Chul’s daydream is shattered as his father wants a tennis court over a silly house. Even worse, his loved one is no more looking at the same side with him. He decides to leave those dream breakers and heads Seoul.
- Director’s Note / Intention
- What should we believe to live? What leads us to keep alive in this crazy world where we have no idea of what happens next? I want to show that happiness is to breathe and to live on even if we are nobody.
- Festivals
- 2014 Locarno Film Festival - Young Critics Award