2009 – 4 min – Korea – Korean w/ English subtitles, color
International Premiere
Distinctions
Seoul Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival 2009
Synopsis
A kid full of fear. A gun aimed to the head of the kid. The gun held by his mother. The tension between him and her. She is about to trigger the gun.
Director’s Bio
Hye Ryeom was born in 1984 in Incheon, S.Korea. She graduated in Film Studies at Sunggyeol University in 2008 and is currently studying Direction in the Department of Film & Digital Media at Dongguk University. She has directed many films A KILLER AND A GIRL (2005), CRAYON (2006), MAKE IT BETTER (2007) and MATRIX COMPANY (2008) previous to FAMILYSHIP (2009). Her films have been widely recognised through various film festivals including New Filmmaker Prize at Asiana Short Film Festival in 2006 and Jury’s Prize at Pusan Digital Contents Universiad in 2008.
Hye-Ryeom also has a cameo in “A Cup of Coffee.”
Director’s Statement
‘Family’ can be extremely cruel if it just has the system so-called ‘family’, without any close relationship.
