2008 – 16 min – Korea – Korean w/ English subtitles – color
International Premiere
Distinctions
Comedy Prize of ‘Imagination of Genres’ at 8th Mise-en-Scene Short Film Festival 2009, DaeJong Film Awards 2009 Encouraging Award.
Synopsis
Joon Kyu and Young Eun plans to get married. Nothing goes according to the plan on the day when both parents meet.
Director’s Bio
Jun-Ho was born in 1981 in Dae-Jeon, S.Korea. He has just graduated in Film Studies at Joong-Ang University last year. MEET PARENTS is only his second film after BETTING (2005), but he has worked on many major Korean film productions such as MARRYING THE MAFIA III (2006) and BEASTY BOYS (2008). MEET PARENTS has previously won Comedy Prize of ‘Imagination of Genres’ at 8th Mise-en-Scene Short Film Festival.
Director’s Statement
I wanted to place Korea’s important formal introduction of the bride and the bridegroom’s family (Sang-Gyun-Rye) in a comic situation.
