ACF
Asian Cinema Fund
Post-Production Fund
2017 Post-Production Fund
LIST Last Child
| Category | Korean Project |
|---|---|
| Project | Last Child |
| Director | SHIN Dongseok |
| Country | Korea |
| Director's Profile | SHIN DongSeok graduated from Korean National University of Arts, majoring in Filmmaking. His short films, A Stirring Ripple (2005) and Gahee & B.H. (2006), were invited to Jeonju International Film Festival and Mise-en-scene Short Film Festival. A Stirring Ripple won Excellence Award for Best Picture at Busan International Short Film Festival and Gahee & B.H. won the Best Picture Award and the Best Photography Award at Mise-en-scene Short Film Festival. Last Child is his first feature film. |
- Synopsis
- The married couple of Seong-cheol and Mi-sook run an interior shop in the center of a satellite city just outside Seoul. Six months ago, their son drowned after saving a boy named Gi-hyeon while on a picnic by the stream. One day, Seong-cheol witnesses Gi-hyeon getting harassed by a group of teenagers. It becomes clear in Seong-cheol′s mind that he must help Gi-hyeon, for whom his son sacrificed his life, and that his righteous death should never go to waste. Seong-cheol takes Gi-hyeon under his care and teaches him basic interior work. Meanwhile, Mi-sook attempts to get pregnant via artificial insemination to comply with her son′s old wish of wanting a sibling, but fails. Mi-sook finds sole comfort from Gi-hyeon who approaches her in a careful manner. Before they know it, the three start to live like a family.
- Director's Note
- Bereavement was always humble and above the awareness and comfort of social institutions and traditions compared to the intensity of the tragic suffering. Poor empathy sometimes further hurts wounds. Through the story I want to spread the power of sympathy and to comfort people even a little.
- Festivals
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2017 Busan International Film Festival - New Currents
2017 Seoul Independent Film Festival
2018 Berlin International Film Festival
2018 Udine Far East Film Festival / White Mulberry Award
2018 Muju Film Festival
2018 Bengaluru International Film Festival - Asian Cinema
2018 Cinema Asian Film Festival
2018 Vilnius International Film Festival - Discovery
2018 Hong-Kong International Film Festival - Young Cinema
2018 Seatle International Film Festival
2018 Taipei International Film Festival - Future Rise
2018 Fantasia Film Festival - Feature Debut
2018 Skip City International D-Cinema Festival / Jury special mention
2018 Trans Atlantic Film Festival - New Cinema
2018 New Zealand International Film Festival - World
2018 Seoul Eco Film Festival - All About Family
2018 Korean Film Festival in Australia
2018 Hawaii International Film Festival
2018 Haifa International Film Festival
2018 London International Film Festival
2018 Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
2018 The Association of Korean Independent Film&Video - Best Indie Film of the Year
2018 Women In Film Korea - PR and Marketing Award
2019 Buil Film Awards - Best New Actor
2019 Golden Cinema Film Festival - Best New Actor
2019 Wild Flower Film Awards - Best actor, Best Screenplay, Best Producer
- Still Cut
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