JEONJU Intl. Film Festival

Korean Competition

Night Walk

SOHN Koo-yong

Korea 2023 66min DCP Color Experimental Documentary GAsian Premiere

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Schedule

Code	Date	Time	Theater	Info	Ticket
332	2023. 04. 30	13:30	MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 3	KEGGV	Ticket Wish
337	2023. 04. 30	13:30	MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 8	KEG	Ticket Wish
520	2023. 05. 02	13:30	MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 3	KEGGV	Ticket Wish
714	2023. 05. 04	13:00	CGV Jeonjugosa 7	KEG	Ticket Wish
940	2023. 05. 06	16:30	MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 10	KEG	Ticket Wish

Overview

A landscape film comprised of nightscapes, drawings, and poems by the literati from the Joseon Dynasty.

*This film is a silent film.

Review

You might suspect there is a projection issue. Night Walk, the second film of director SOHN Koo-yong, has no sound at all. This experimental documentary develops by showing the nightscapes of a town. When moonlight or windows shine, adorable drawings are overlaid on the screen, followed by hand-written poems by the literati from the Joseon Dynasty. For instance, “The light of the sky and the clouds reflects in a mirror that is spread out in front of the yard. Towards dawn, the wind blows softly, joining the lucid fragrance with jade-colored spring water.” (‘Expressing Howonjeong’s Twelve Scenes’ Through Poetry’ from The Complete Works of Hak-bong by Kim Seong-il) poems like these appear faintly on the screen. While appreciating around 50 poems, including “Clean night air is hinted on the surface of the water, and the new full moon is unusually high and bright,” a quote from King Jeongjo’s lyrical poem in ‘Hongjae Calligraphy Collection,’ The Collection of Works - King Jeongjo’s writings, our head becomes clear. We lose ourselves in the quiet picturesque atmosphere as if we went for a walk in the middle of the night. Night Walk was screened at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam. (MOON Seok)

CREDIT

DirectorSOHN Koo-yong
ProducerSOHN Koo-yong

CinematographySOHN Koo-yong
EditorSOHN Koo-yong

FILM SOURCE

SKY Film ㅣ sohnkooyong@gmail.com

DIRECTOR

SOHN Koo-yong

Born in 1988. He made four films. His latest work, Night Walk, was invited to screen at the 52nd IFF Rotterdam.

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