Korean Competition for Shorts

Missing child

HAN Hye-hyun
Korea 2024 25min DCP Color Fiction GWorld Premiere

Schedule

CGV Jeonjugosa 6

Date

2024. 05. 02

Time

14:00

Code

123
K
E
15
CGV Jeonjugosa 6

Date

2024. 05. 04

Time

21:00

Code

365
K
E
15
GV
CGV Jeonjugosa 6

Date

2024. 05. 06

Time

10:30

Code

507
K
E
15
GV
MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 1

Date

2024. 05. 09

Time

14:00

Code

817
K
E
15

Overview

Hyeon-yeong, mother to ten-year-old Jiho, finds herself in a perplexing situation when Seongmin, her son’s friend, vanishes without a trace. Since his disappearance, Seongmin’s mother, Suwon, has begun showing up at their home unannounced.

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Review

Suwon frequently knocks on Jiho's door with the hope that Jiho, the friend of Suwon's missing son, will have information about where his son is. Though Hyeon-yeong, Jiho's mother, understands Suwon's desperation, she worries how this might affect Jiho. One day, Hyeon-yeong feels that something is off when she hears Jiho has missed Hagwon classes for several days. This film is free from the formulaic blueprint of portraying children as harmless beings or victims of domestic issues and candidly exposes the truth that children are sometimes strangers whom the parents may never fully understand. (CHO Hyun-na)

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Credit

  • DirectorHAN Hye-hyun
  • ProducerKIM Min-hee
  • ScreenplayHAN Hye-hyun
  • CinematographySON Soo-rim
  • GafferNOH Young-su
  • Production DesignKWON Hee-seung
  • MusicJEONG Ui-suk
  • EditorHAN Hye-hyun
  • SoundLEE Da-som
  • CastJEON Su-ji, AN Seok-hyun, LEE Min-a, KANG Jeon-young

Film Source

Korean Academy of Film Arts⎜kafa@kofic.or.kr

Director

HAN Hye-hyun

Han graduated from Dankook University Film Studies and joined KAFA in 2023, directing shorts like Made in China Made in China (2019) and Christmas (2024).