Hometown

Short Comptetetion

HEO Ji-yun | 2022 | Fiction | Color | DCP | 20min 36sec (E)

SYNOPSIS

Sang-woon lives in Gajeong-dong, an old neighborhood in the city of Incheon. He works in the new city on the other side of an overpass. Every late evening on his way back from work, Sang-woon finds solace by reading the poems someone writes on the wall every day. One day, Sang-woon notices that the poem on the wall hasn’t changed since yesterday.

DIRECTING INTENTION

Gajeong-dong in the city of Incheon is an old neighborhood. I wanted to portray how the neighbors of this town find solace in poetry to carry on their lives and commemorate this place with this film.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

2022 Daecheongho Green Film Festival
2022 Catholic Film Festival
2022 The CMR
2022 Urban Film Festival

DIRECTOR
HEO Ji-yun

HEO Ji-yun

2017 New born
2020 Trevi

STAFF

Director HEO Ji-yun
Producer BAE Cheol-ha
Screenwriter HEO Ji-yun
Cinematographer LIM Dong-hwan
Lighting KIM Nam-jo
Music Erica KIM
Sound YANG Jeong-won (In Bloom Studio)
Recording LEE Jang-young
Assistant Director LEE Bo-ra
Cast LEE Seo-han, KIM Kyeong-hee, SHIN Woon-sup