2008 – 29 min – California/Korea – Korean & English w/ English subtitles – color
Distinctions
Best Dramatic Narrative Short, San Diego Asian Film Festival 2009, Golden Reel Award, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2009, among others.
Synopsis
Soon-Rae, an elderly Korean-American woman living in San Francisco, knits baby blankets for charities. She’s somewhat isolated, but content with her life. She plans one last trip to her homeland, not knowing that her son and his wife—who live in San Jose—plan to visit her on her 76th birthday, two days after she has left for Korea.
Director’s Bio
Hwa-Jun Lee was born in Seoul, Korea. After receiving his BFA degree in Ceramic Art from Dan-Kook University in Seoul, Korea, he went to Temple University in Philadelphia to study in Cinema in 2002 and graduated with honors. In the fall of 2004, Hwa Jun entered the Graduate Film Program at San Francisco State University. He wrote and directed several short films including A PINWHEEL (2004) and A GIRL LIKE ME (2005). A GREEN MOUNTAIN IN THE DRAWER is his graduate thesis film, which was shot in an old countryside village in Korea where his grandparents lived long time ago.
