Korean Competition for Shorts

Chicken man

KIM Hyunbin
Korea 2024 40min DCP Color Fiction 15World 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

Jeong-min, who is working at the corner of the industrial complex, finds a hen left behind on the weighing plate. The day he decides to take over the office instead of his lover Tae-hee, Jeong-min builds a chicken coop in the backyard, but the hen goes missing.

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Review

In a way, this film is a psychodrama because the direction and compositions devised by the director accurately reflect Jeong-min’s inner world. Though simple, the presented images and sounds are structured three-dimensionally. An interesting aspect of structure-building is that the film’s overall shape resembles Jeong-min’s emotional state. Its main substance consists of anxiety stemming from a temperament squeezed down to the point that it may burst. This story gives off a grotesque flair while offering a new fantasy-like sensitivity. (SHIN Dongmin)

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Credit

  • DirectorKIM Hyunbin
  • ProducerKANG Minji
  • ScreenplayKIM Hyunbin
  • CinematographySEO Junhui
  • GafferJEON Gyutae
  • Production DesignLEE Hyeseung
  • MusicSO Soojeong
  • EditorKIM Hyunbin
  • SoundJUNG Philseung
  • CastLEE Jaeho, SEO Sumin

Film Source

KIM Hyunbin⎜khb0073@naver.com

Director

KIM Hyunbin

Born in 1997. Directed REHEARSALS (2022) which was invited to BISFF Korea section in 2024. Currently working on feature-length documentary film Another Half.