Korean Competition for Shorts

Spoken Word

KWAK Hyo-in
Korea 2023 5min DCP B&W Experimental GWorld Premiere

Schedule

CGV Jeonjugosa 6

Date

2024. 05. 02

Time

17:30

Code

141
KE
KE
15
CGV Jeonjugosa 6

Date

2024. 05. 03

Time

10:30

Code

206
KE
KE
15
GV
CGV Jeonjugosa 6

Date

2024. 05. 05

Time

14:00

Code

422
KE
KE
15
GV
MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 1

Date

2024. 05. 09

Time

10:30

Code

806
KE
KE
15

Overview

How to say love.

* This film is a Silent film.

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Review

‘Gu-eo’ refers to words (eo) that are spoken through mouths (gu) and heard with ears. Such spoken word, delivered through a physical body, makes it possible to capture and convey one’s innermost feelings. As powerful as it has the potential to be, ‘gu-eo’ can also be feeble and volatile. This short film combined the images of a loved one the fragility and easily damageable nature of film. A grandmother’s wrinkled eyes and lips. Her arched back and silhouette. Familiar footsteps. Doors wide open and doors closed shut. Recorded images and breath-like words emanating from them pile up one by one as time passes erratically by. It’s only in a space where neither spoken word nor written word is left, that other words finally come to light. (KEEM Youngle)

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Credit

  • DirectorKWAK Hyo-in
  • ProducerKWAK Hyo-in
  • CinematographyKWAK Hyo-in
  • EditorKWAK Hyo-in

Film Source

KWAK Hyo-in⎜kwakhyoin@gmail.com

Director

KWAK Hyo-in

Born in Seoul, 1998. He graduated from Myongji University with a degree in film. He directed short films such as Go Out (2020) and The Path of a Dot (2022).