ACF
Asian Cinema Fund
Script Development Fund
2008 Script Development Fund
LIST Seaside
| Category | Korean Project |
|---|---|
| Project | Seaside |
| Director | KIM Jongkwan |
| Country | Korea |
| Director's Profile | Born in 1975, he graduated from Seoul Institute of Arts. He has directed many short films: [Tell Her I Love Her ](2003), [How to Operate a Polaroid Camera](2004), [Slowly](2005), [Dialogue of Silence] (2006), and [Monologue #1] (2006). He also participated in omnibus projects: the short episode “Good-bye” for [One Shining Day] (2005) and “Waiting” for [Short! Short! Short!](2007). |
- Synopsis
- Dong-hee lives with his father at his pension on a secluded beach in a southern province ? though he is not his real father, actually. When he was 14 years old one Spring, he met and fell in love with 27 years old Su-jin, who stayed at this pension to recuperate for a while and in the Fall, returned to her husband. Missing Su-jin, Dong-hee becomes 17 years old all too soon. Then his eyes begin getting dimmed due to a hereditary disease passed down from his real father, and finally he loses his sight at age 18. This film is about the story of Dong-hee, from the moment he first met Su-jin at 14 to the last visible Fall at 17.
- Director's Note
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- Festivals
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