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Holy Working Day

Just out of college, Heewon sets off on an ‘International Internship Program’ in Australia to beef up her career resume. A self-proclaimed “global talent”, she enjoys the cosmopolitan and chic city lifestyle for a bit. Soon drained of money by the high price of life in Sydney, she gets a part-time job and rubs shoulders with other young people living abroad away from home. When the time comes to return home to Korea, she hears rumors of the big money that can be made working out on a farm and experiencing the great Australian outdoors. She decides to give it a go and rallies people to join her on this “Outback Dream”.

Holy Working Day

NR 2016
No, I Am Not a Toad, I Am a Turtle!

Elke Marhöfer's observational essay takes its title from a Korean Pansori song. One of three musical interludes performed in the film, this song tells the story of a turtle locked in a futile circle of evasion with a hungry tiger. Marhöfer's film is concerned with the formal attributes of Pansori music – its traditions of storytelling and the transmittance of an alternative knowledge. The film journeys through natural landscapes, small town streets, forested mountains and busy shipping channels as it looks at the divide between the traditional and the modern. Shot in 16mm, this measured and lyrical film is an exploration into the boundaries between humans, animals and things.

No, I Am Not a Toad, I Am a Turtle!

NR 2012
Cleaning up the Studio

At the invitation of the Nam June Paik Art Center museum, Jankowski travels to Korea. There he gets to know Nam June Paik's studio. Shortly before his death, Paik sold the untidy studio as an installation. After his death, the entire studio was shipped from New York to Seoul and faithfully reconstructed in the heart of the museum. Jankowski decides to clean up the mess. He commissions the professional cleaning company “Beautiful Cleaning” to put things in order.

Cleaning up the Studio

NR 2011
Mr. Sakurai at the Ticket Counter

A town with a large ferris wheel; a girl carrying a bag arrives. As if perhaps representing distance the scenery begins to expand with great force. Thunderous sounds are heard and electrical poles, broadcast towers and houses fly past. The girl tries to make a phone call because her eyes hurt but on the other end of the line she is connected to Mr. Sakurai at the ferris wheel ticket booth. The mostly backlit shots create a world that seems to be made of silhouettes and is filled with fantastic images and illusions.

Mr. Sakurai at the Ticket Counter

NR 2010
Janchi Guksu

Janchi guksu is a Korean noodle dish consisting of wheat flour noodles in a light anchovy stock, typically topped with thin strips of beef, eggs and vegetables. The name derives from the Korean word janchi (meaning ‘feast’ or ‘banquet’), as the noodle dish is traditionally eaten on special occasions throughout Korea, such as at weddings and birthday parties. The word guksu means ‘noodles’ in Korean and they symbolise longevity. The film culminates with a party, the guests eating janchi guksu and wishing one another long lives filled with joy. Meanwhile, the camera pans to those who are no longer experiencing such joy.

Janchi Guksu

NR 2016
Anesthesia

Ji-hyeon, a young nurse, inadvertently witnesses a rape when her own boss anaesthetises a patient and abuses her. Shocked to the core, Ji-hyeon nonetheless has the presence of mind to record the crime on her mobile phone. She later shows her images to her female colleagues at the clinic. United we stand, thinks Ji-hyeon, and tells them what should be done: their boss must be handed over to the police so that the female target will receive justice. But Ji-hyeon gets a rude awakening when the images she has recorded only arouse suspicion and their authenticity is called into question. Ji-hyeon begins to think hard and comes up with a crime of her own. Then she makes a decision.

Anesthesia

NR 2012
A Long Farewell

Dunchon Jugong Apts. at the edge of the metropolis, Seoul. It has been over 10 years since discussions of rebuilding these old apartment complexes began. The inhabitants tell us about their soon-to-be-demolished houses and apartments. Some of them have spent long spans of time here and some of them short. Some people are now raising daughters in the house they lived in since their childhood, some families came from other places and struggled to adjust. Each add their different forms of love to this space in their own way. As the long-postponed reconstruction nears reality, the day-to-day scenery of the apartment complexes and households is quietly coming to a close.

A Long Farewell

NR 2018
Seon-a

Second-year Sun-ah makes the wrong choice when she wants to beat the first-ever child. It's about taking the midterm exam papers and answer sheets from your computer. Seon-a secretly looks for password hacking methods at home, goes to school early in the morning, and succeeds in extracting the test paper and answer sheet. Sun-ah receives all the praises from her mother as planned. But Sun's mood is depressed. Late at night, Sun-a has a nightmare and falls asleep, feeling guilty.

Seon-a

7.0 2018