Film Awards
The 38th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2012,Korea)
The 6th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival (2012,Korea)
The 13th Jeonju International Film Festival (2012,Korea)
The 4th DMZ Korean International Documentary Festival (2012,Korea)
Synopsis
Focusing on the life of Mrs. Kang sang-hee who lost her husband in Jeju 4.3 Incident (April 3rd, 1948), the film views the dark-side of Jeju Island hidden underneath its fancy tourist attraction image. It shows that the tragedy still continues with the recent Jeju Naval Base controversy.
Director's Note
This film is about the victims of the Jeju 4.3 incident and the residents in Jeju. The film also presents the history and the memories which has been blinded by beautiful landscapes, with tress, stones, winds and forests. History is sometimes not free from oblivion and the present power. In that sense, the 4.3 incident is a phantom and at the same time is a substance in the present. Sympathy for others and condolences for the deceased are the human nature and basic expressions of humans. In that sense, I wish this film could become a tool for evoking our hidden hears and earnest wishes.
Director's Bio / Filmography
- IM Heung-soon
Born in 1969, he majored in painting. He started with video works and went onto portray the society publicizing and socializing the forbidden and erased personal life with videos, photos, and displays.
2000 [Basement My Love] 17min.
2003 [Memento] 15min.
2009 [SookJa] 10min.
2010 [It's not a Dream] 10min.
2012 [Jeju Prayer] 94min.
13th Jeonju International Film Festival (2012, Korea)
Butterfly Award, 6th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival (2012, Korea)
4th DMZ Korean International Documentary Festival (2012, Korea)
38th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2012, Korea)
2014 [Factory Complex] 94min.
Staff
Director/Screenwriter - IM Heung-soon
Producer - KIM Min-kyung
Cinematographer - IM Heung-soon, LEE Jin-han, KIM Ji-gon
Music - KANG Min-seok
Mixing - PYO Yong-soo, GO Eun-ha
Editor - IM Heung-soon
Cast
KANG Sang-hee as KANG Sang-hee
