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Elephant in the Room

2015, Color, 100', Live Action
Dir: KWON Chil-in, KWON Ho-young, PARK Soo-young
Keyword: Comedy, Fantasy, SF, Action, Romance, Om..
Release: 2016-03-03

 

Film Awards
The 12th InDPanda International Flm Festival (2016,Hong Kong)
The 19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (2015,Korea)
Synopsis

The film consists of 3 pieces: CHICKEN GAME shows a strange survival in a luxurious sports car stuck on a cliff. SECOND ACCOUNT is a story of a girl who finds love after having numerous one-night stands by meeting men through her second online account. LUCID DREAM centers around a team that awakens individuals to bring back their consciousness from the state of dreaming.

 

Episode 1.  Chicken Game
A young car dealer, an actress and a suspicious man is stuck in a luxurious car on a steep cliff by the unexpected accident. Three strangers spend almost half a day together in an extreme danger and each of them struggle to survive in their own way. Over time, a mysterious relationship among them is revealed.

 

Episode 2. Second Account
A girl named In-kyung enjoys one-night stands by meeting men using her username, Bowls on her second online account. One day, she meets a good-looking guy with nice manners and a bright smile who looks different from any other men she’s ever met. She begins to want to know his name in real, which is against the rules. 

 

Episode 3. Lucid Dream  
Ji-sub is the leader of the team awakening individuals to bring back their consciousness, named Lucid Dream. One day, the team receives a request from a client who could be a witness to the important trial and Ji-sub goes into his dream. When he is trying to solve the problem, he gets attacked by someone he doesn’t know.

 

Director's Note

 

Director's Bio / Filmography
- PARK Soo-young

Born in 1976, Jinju
Graduated from Hanyang Univ., Dept. of Theater & Film

2001   [A Broad Day] DV 6mm, color, 21min.
           Best Film Prize, 3rd Seoul Int’l Youth Film Festival (2001, Korea)
           Competition, 2nd Daegu Independnet Short Film Festival (2001, Korea)
           [My Lovely Apt] DV 6mm, b/w, 24min.
           1st Mise-en-scène’s Genre Film Festival (2001, Korea)
2003   [A Wintering] DV 6mm, color, 27min.
           Competition, 1st Seoul Christianity and Film Festival (2003, Korea)
           Competition, 19th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2003, Korea) 
           Grand Prize, 4th Daegu Independent Short Film Festival (2003, Korea)
2004   [While It's Raining] DV 6mm, color, 30ཚ"
           Competition, 5th Seoul Net Festival (2004, Korea)
           [Beat Mania] DV 6mm, color, 10min.
           8th Puchon Int’l Fantastic Film Festival (2004, Korea)
2005   [The Freaking Family] 35mm, color, 21min
           33rd Short Film Festival of Lyon-Villeurbanne (2012, France)
          ཆ Years of Indiestory' Festival (2008, HongKong)
           7th International Short Film Festival “Almería en Corto” (2008, Spain)
           Korean Glow, 38th Tampere Int’l Short Film Festival (2008, Finland)
           Korean Special Program, 3rd Prague Short Film Festival (2007, Czech Republic)
           Foreign Short Films in Competition, 17th Int’l Fantastic Film Festival of Málaga (2007, Spain)
           Fanomenon Programme, 21st Leeds Int’l Film Festival (2007, UK)
           Focus Korea, 23rd Interfilm Int’l Short Film Festival Berlin (2007, Germany)
2006  [Mighty Man] 35mm, color, 27’30”
          27th Aix-en-Provence Int'l Short Film Festival (2009, France)
          3rd InD Panda Int’l Shorts Festival (2007, Hong Kong)
          Fantasia Film Festival (2007, Canada)
          Super Hero Focus, 29th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival (2007, France)
          7th Daegu Independent Short Film Festival (2006, Korea)
          Shorts Section, 1st Busan Int’l Kids' Film Festival (2006, Korea)
          7th Seoul Film Festival (2006, Korea)
2007  [A Puppy, Our Family] HD, color, 30min.
           23rd Fukuoka Asian Film Festival (2009, Japan)
           DAGGERS :The Short Festival of Short Horror (2008, USA)
           Competition, 41st Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia (2008, Spain)
           South Korea Selection, 10th Int’l Short Film Festival Short Cuts Cologne (2007, Germany)
           11th Puchon Int’l Fantastic Film Festival (2007, Korea)
           Competition, 6th Mise-en-scène’s Genre Film Festival (2007, Korea)
2007  [Happy Birthday-an episode of omnibus film; Fantastic Parasuicides] HD, color, 93min (30min)
           22nd Leeds International Film Festival (2008, UK)
           24th Warsaw Int’l FilmFest (2008, Poland)
           4th InD Panda International Shorts Festival (2008, HongKong)
           55th Sydney International Film Festival (2008, Australia)
           34th Seattle Int’l Film Festival (2008, USA)
           4th Riverside Int’l Film Festival (2008, USA)
           6th Festival of Korean Cinema In Italy (2008, Italy)
           10th Barcelona Asian Film Festival (2008, Spain)
           37th Int’l Film Festival Rotterdam (2008, The Netherlands)
           12th Pusan Int’l Film Festival (2007, Korea)
2009  [Be My Guest] HD, color, 80min.
          14th Pusan Int’l Film Festival (2009, Korea)
2010  [No Doubt] 88min.
          15th Pusan Int’l Film Festival (2010, Korea) 

2015 [Chicken Game episode of Elephant in the Room] 100min. (27min)
         19th Buchon Int’l Fantastic Film Festival (2015, Korea) 

- KWON Chil-in

Graduated from Hanyang Univ., Dept. of Architecture

Graduated from Korean Academy of Film Arts, Dept. of directing.

 

1995 [A Good Day to Fall in Love]
2003 [Singles]
2007 [Hellcats]
2010 [Secret Romance]
2014 [Love On-Air]
       [Venus Talk]
2015 [Second Account–an episode of Elephant in the Room] 100min. (34min)

       19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (2015)

 

- KWON Ho-young

 

Graduated from Dankook Univ., Dept. of Film & Theater
Graduated from Korean Academy of Film Arts, Dept. of Film and Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film of Chung-Ang University. 


2010 [Parallel Life] 110min.
2013 [Psychometry] 108min.
2015 [Lucid Dream–an episode of Elephant in the Room] 100min. (33min)
       19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (2015) 

 

Staff

Episode 1.  Chicken Game
Director/Screenwriter PARK Soo-young
Producer  PARK Jae-young
Cinematography LEE Du-man
Lighting  JUNG Hoon
Editing   MOON In-dae
Art         KIM Tae-young
Costume  KIM Kyung-mi
Music     SHIN Jung-woo


Episode 2. Second Account
Director  KWON Chil-in
Producer  YOU Chang-seo
Screenwriter  KIM Hee-jin
Cinematography HONG Jae-sik
Editing   KIM Sang-buem, KIM Jae-buem
Music    KIM Hea-won
Art   KIM Seung-kyung
Costume  JUNG Ruby


Episode 3. Lucid Dream  
Director/Screenwriter KWON Ho-young
Producer  HEO Sang-rye
Cinematography SHIN Kyung-won
Editing   HONG Im-su
Music   LEE Jae-jin

 

Cast

Episode 1.  Chicken Game
GWAK Si-yang as LEE Jae-won
SHIN Dong-mi as CHO Su-min
KIM Jun-bae as KIM Tae-kwon


Episode 2. Second Account
Miram as In-kyung
SEO Jun-young as Pork belly


Episode 3. Lucid Dream  
KWON Yul as Ji-sub
KIM Jae-young as Jun-won
ROH Susanah as Hee-jin