Archive

Korean Fantastic: Shorts 3

Subject

HA Taemin

Korea2019 15min

Program Note

Suyeon and Hyunsung go to a poor neighborhood to take pictures for a competition but Suyeon feels uncomfortable with Hyunsung taking her picture without permission. Then they meet a girl in the neighborhood who takes them to her house. Even though they noticed signs of domestic violence, Hyunsung just sees the girl as a photo subject and continues to take pictures. Subject criticizes how photography objectifies people suffering in poverty and how it seeks provocative content. This is when the fragile-looking girl suddenly changes, and horrific fear takes over. (LEE Hwajung)

Diretor

HA Taemin

He studied film directing and cinematography at Hanyang University. He directed short films, Gift (2013), Helper (2014) and Parallel World (2018), and participated in several short films as a cinematographer.