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Filmstill Persona

Persona

Gakjil
Sujin Moon
International Competition Short Film 2022
Animated Film
South Korea
2022
6 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

Magic mobile on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? A young woman slips into a second skin. She goes out, drinks bubble tea with her friends. Selfies are made. The mood is cheerful. But once back home, she and her outward skin melt into each other; a self dissolves. Her own reflection becomes a chimera. A surreal body horror animation about beauty ideals and the compulsion to fit in.

Anke Leweke

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Director
Sujin Moon
Cinematographer
Sujin Moon
Editor
Sujin Moon
Producer
Sujin Moon
Sound
Sujin Moon
Score
Sujin Moon
Winner of: Silver Dove (International Competition Short Film)
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Tiger and Ox

Tiger and Ox
Seunghee Kim
International Competition Short Film 2020
Animated Film
South Korea
2019
8 minutes
Korean
Subtitles: 
English

This hand-drawn animated documentary provides subtle insights into the patriarchal structures of South Korean society and discusses the roles assigned to women there. Challenged as a restaurant owner and single parent, the director’s mother was helped by the characteristics of her animal zodiac sign: fierce as a tiger, she earned respect. But to her daughter she insisted that she tell nobody about her father’s absence. That is only whispered about.

Annina Wettstein

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Director
Seunghee Kim
Script
Seunghee Kim
Editor
Seunghee Kim
Producer
Seunghee Kim
Sound
Seunghee Kim
Animation
Seunghee Kim
Narrator
Yeonsuk Kim, Seunghee Kim