Korean Cinema: 10th Anniversary of Sewol Ferry Disaster

Three Sides to Every Story

JOO Hyunsook, HAN Younghee, OH jisoo
Korea 2024 109min DCP Color Documentary G

Schedule

MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 5

Date

2024. 05. 04

Time

13:30

Code

333
K
E
G
GV
MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 10

Date

2024. 05. 06

Time

17:00

Code

556
K
E
G
GV
MEGABOX Jeonju Gaeksa 10

Date

2024. 05. 08

Time

17:00

Code

734
K
E
G

Overview

This documentary tells the story of people who were at the scene of the 2014 Sewol Ferry disaster: journalists, bereaved families of the victims, and the survivors. Ten years after the disaster, what did it leave them? These are three omnibus documentaries with different perspectives.

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Review

Three Sides to Every Story is an omnibus film combining three documentaries about the Sewol ferry disaster, made from three different perspectives from survivors, bereaved families, and journalists. Grayzone by Joo Hyunsook, director of Yellow Ribbon (2019), is a documentary about the Sewol ferry disaster, telling the story of the reporters, documentarians, and freelance journalists who covered the tragic event. Despite being considered relatively conscientious, the journalists admit that they could only be "media vultures" at the time of the disaster, and they are still haunted by nightmares of that day. In your room, by director Han Younghee, is about two bereaved families who keep reminders of their children, who died in the disaster. Chang-hyeon’s mom received a video clip of his son misbehaving, including smoking a cigarette long after the tragic incident, but even this is a very precious reminder for her, while Ho-seong’s mom tries to embrace the traces of her son by keeping all his belongings, despite some conflict. The film allows us to fully understand the feelings of those who have no choice but to take care of even the smallest trace of their children. The protagonists in ’97 Drive are Aejin and her friend, Hyejin, both survivors from the Sewol ferry disaster, who share their memories and talk about the future while driving to the charnel house of Minji, their friend who died in the disaster. The life of the Sewol Generation is reflected in the film through a story about director Oh Jisoo, who is the same age as them, and joined the Sewol Ferry Documentary Group after being traumatized by the tragedy. This omnibus project was the grand prize winner of 4.16foundation’s Cultural Contents Competition last year. (MOON Seok)

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Credit

  • DirectorJOO Hyunsook, HAN Younghee, OH Jisoo
  • ProducerKIM Ilrhan, HAN Kyungsoo, CHO Eunsol
  • ScreenplayJOO Hyunsook, HAN Younghee, OH Jisoo
  • CinematographyMOON Sangso, KIM Jae-hyun,JEONG Saebyeol
  • GafferMOON Sangsoo, KIM Jae-hyun, SEO Sion
  • Production DesignJOO Hyunsook, HAN Younghee, OH Jisoo
  • MusicJANG Sunggun, SONG Hyunjoo
  • EditorJOO Hyunsook, HAN Younghee, HAN Kyungsoo, KWON Ohyeon
  • SoundPYO Yongsoo
  • CastKIM Yeonuk, LEE Jaeho, CHOI Sunhwa, JUNG Booja, JANG Aejin, HAN Hyejin

Film Source

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Director

JOO Hyunsook

She directed It Goes On - The Undocumented Is Documented (2004), Red Brick (2017), Yellow Ribbon (2019).

HAN Younghee

She directed The Time Of Our Lives (2009), Good bye My Hero (2016).

OH Jisoo

She directed We remember : Trauma, We are (2018), Humming (2019).