Kimchi

2015

Special Shorts

SHIM Hyejung | 2015 | Fiction | Color | HD | 19min 13sec

SYNOPSIS

Jin-young receives a box of Kimchi from her mother. She feels uncomfortable with it. One day, she hears the news of her mother’s car accident, and visits her to the hospital. Her sister Jin-sook bothers Jin-young, and she bursts into a rage.

DIRECTING INTENTION

A family story about traditional virtues.
In the process of making and transferring traditional food, we can capture the gap between generations or genders. The main character want to live balanced between freedom and family but that is quit difficult.
Program Note

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

2015 제16회 제주여성영화제
2015 제1회 푸드티비 푸드필름 페스티발
2015 제2회 가톨릭영화제
2015 제15회 전북독립영화제

DIRECTOR
SHIM Hyejung

SHIM Hyejung

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What hinders me from leaving home 

(2009, DV, 7min)

1 Safe 1 

(2009, DV, 11min)

Recycling 

(2008, DV, 12min)

STAFF

Director SHIM Hye-jung
Producer HYUN Young-Ah
Screenwriter SHIM Hye-jung
Cinematography KIM Goo-young
Editor SHIM Hye-jung, LEE Hak-min