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Does the American Moon Rise Over Itaewon ?

Yu Jin is a member of a gang in Itaewon district. He will do anything for money, even take a knife. The only person he cares about is his half brother Dol Ee. Shany and Geum Ja are dancers in clubs in Itaewon. They will sleep with anyone, even foreigners, for money. Shany and Geum Ja only have each other to lean on. Nam Ok and Jang Sook have their own fantasies about America and are obsessed by the American dream. Jang Po is an Itaewon mob boss who cruelly extorts money from the young people of Itaewon. These people fight each other with tragic consequences. Under the Itaewon sky, their suffering and tragic love continue.

Does the American Moon Rise Over Itaewon ?

3.0 1991
Nocturne

Seong-ho is a musician with an autistic disorder who has an extraordinary talent in music. But he is trapped in the world of video games and television. His mother has chosen the life of his shadow to groom him into a professional musician. Her only wish is to ‘Live an hour longer than Seong-ho.’ She would like to leave Seong-ho to his little brother Geon-gi, but he still considers his brother ‘bothersome and useless’. Two brothers go on a trip to Europe without their mother for the first time. “It’s a practice for when mom isn’t here.” This family’s cacophony is slowly forming a concerto.

Nocturne

8.5 2022
After Psycho Shower

PERFORMANCE VERSION 16mm multi-projection performance, “After Psycho Shower”, which deconstructs the famous shower-murder scene from Hitchcock’s “Psycho”, frame by frame, and concludes in melting and burning of film itself after the obsessive repetition of it, aiming at renewal of the cultural memory of this well-known images into audio-visual ‘experience’. The soundtrack of this expanded ‘horror’ cinema performance consists of noise music, which unconsciously ambushes the audience. “After Psycho Shower” is the piece that (dis)unites the relation between sound and image in horror cinema, previously severed by digitalization of the both, in an indeterminate and contingent way of improvised audio-visual performance.

After Psycho Shower

NR 2010
Eraser Wrestling

Classroom 1, Grade 4, Baekwoon Elementary School. Today, Younghoon is in an eraser-eating contest with Kangsan. Despite his hard practice, Younghoon loses the eraser to Kangsan’s stubbornness. While Younghoon searches every corner of the house for the eraser, his older sister gives him a blue eraser. With a glimmer of hope, he tries to compete again, but Kangsan takes that eraser away from him through a dirty trick. When Younghoon returns home in a miserable state, all that awaits him is a house in ruins and his older sister’s empty room. Younghoon continues to train hard today, hoping that if he wins the eraser-eating contest, his older sister will come back.

Eraser Wrestling

10.0 1999
Christmas Rangmyeon

Spending Christmas without a boyfriend has been a long-term jinx. Jeong-hae, who spent all her twenties at the factory, booked a ticket to Vancouver as soon as her time deposit matured. She was determined for her last Christmas of her twenties to be remarkable. Her travel plan, however, quickly vanished when she belatedly learned about Canada's new visa requirement, so she had to instead embark on a journey to seek a Pyeongyang naengmyeon restaurant which her deceased father uniquely enjoyed. Her excitement quickly turned to disappointment. She was destined to return home alone, but a spontaneous decision led her to meet a man who would break her jinx.

Christmas Rangmyeon

NR 2023
You2bu: Bankrupts' Club

Seon Woo is a poor loan shark who raises his daughter alone. He is swindled by his cousin Min Woo, and even his life is in danger. The solution that came out of his head is YouTube! Gathering debtors who couldn't pay their debts and aiming for a jackpot! Hungry Monk, a former chef who is in debt due to COVID-19, Vivian, who failed while trying to focus on her boyfriend, Muscle Rabbit, who became penniless while investing to escape his first single life, even Manju, a fraud programmer from Seoul National University. All kinds of people gathered for the YouTube production! They're going to make a hit on YouTube as planned. Will he be able to escape his detestable life?

You2bu: Bankrupts' Club

NR 2022
Boy Story

Yeong-hoon is a 13-year-old boy who leaves his house not being able to stand his father’s abuse anymore. He has no place to go so he takes the subway to Oido and there he meets Hyeon-soo, a orphan the same age as him. Hyeon-soo has already been to the Detention Center for Teenagers and his rough actions causes Yeong-hoon to feel aspiration and depend on him. One day, Hyeon-soo’s girlfriend Han-na gets pregnant so Hyeon-soo and Yeong-hoon heads to Seoul Station, where rugged kids like them live in a group...

Boy Story

NR 2016
LingLing

A storm is coming; the winds are getting strong. The real source of the ominous winds lies with Jina, who finds the strange word 'LingLing' written in her father’s notebook. She suspects he is cheating on her mother, who appears to be bored with life and fills the house with potted plants as if to show for her apathy. The film too is riddled with images of humid air and foul-smelling water, impure and overflowing. The sway of her father’s fishing pole and the flutters in Jina’s skirt seem perilous and unstable. When her anxiety and doubts finally come to a head, the family squarely face the rough downpour brought on by the storm. The director’s talent in boldly translating the characters desires and sensibilities into a narrative with powerful imagery is quite impressive.

LingLing

NR 2019
I'm Gonna Do Something Shocking

TV commercial director Kim In's dream is to become a film director. Writer Baek Jang-mi's dream is to build a surprise culture center for young people. The two join forces to make a movie of her best selling book 'The Children of Surprise Neighborhood' and Young-wook and Jeol-gu come to support them. Meanwhile, Young-wook's father, who suffers a stroke after becoming an instant millionaire after real estate speculation, gives the land to Young-wook for the surprise youth culture center. An underworld mobster kidnaps Young-wook's father to get the land but Kim In and Jeol-gu rescue him bringing them one step closer to their dream.

I'm Gonna Do Something Shocking

NR 1990
My Father's House

Our family lives in Eunma Apartment in Gangnam, Seoul Korea. My father, whose business had got tough, had borrowed money using the house with security. Monthly interests has become a bit too much for him, but he never thinks about selling the house, expecting that the price of the house might go up. I don't quite understand him. But as time goes by I get to know our family's economic situation, and as I can fee his anxiety about the price of the house I am also being uneasy. Could he ever sell Eunma Apartment?

My Father's House

NR 2011
Heungbu and Nolbu

The old Korean folktale, 'Heungbu and Nolbu' is brought alive on the screen in this film that shows the lead character as a marionette. Nolbu is the elder brother and he is slimy and greedy. In his greed, he throws his little brother, Heungbu, out of home to stake claim on all the money and belongings their father left for them. Heungbu is an idealist but pained by the events that have taken place. He helps Swallow by curing his broken leg and as a return favour, Swallow gives him a gourd seed. He plant the seeds and after sometime, gold, silver and gems start coming out of the plant, giving Heungbu everything he deserves. It does not go down well with Nolbu.

Heungbu and Nolbu

10.0 1959
Staring at Your Back

In a coastal Japanese town, high school senior Takeru conceals his feelings for his childhood friend, Min-Soo. Their rekindled friendship and Takeru's struggle with his sexuality set the stage for a heartfelt journey. As they confess their feelings, part ways, and eventually reunite, their love unfolds against the backdrop of their cherished hometown. Their enduring bond, built on shared memories, supports Takeru's journey towards self-acceptance. At last, Min-Soo’s return signals the triumph of love in a story of enduring affection, courage, and belonging.

Staring at Your Back

NR N/A