Withstanding and Existing

Feature showcase

GWON Churl | 2022 | Fiction | Color | DCP | 63min 10sec (K, E)

SYNOPSIS

Cinema Gwangju is the first theater in the Honam region established by Joseon people in 1933. It is a single-screen cinema that opened in 1935, keeping its place and screening films up to this day. Choi Gonne invited seven musician groups to share “Gwangju-ness” in her own perspective, and they visited Cinema Gwangju to speak and sing about their own “Withstanding and Existing.” The movie also contains a story of a painter Park Taegyu, who continuously worked on hand-painted posters of Cinema Gwangju from the 1990s until today.

DIRECTING INTENTION

Listen to the songs and stories of the musicians. Just for fun.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

2022 Jecheon International Music&Film Festival / Korean Best Feature Winner

DIRECTOR
GWON Churl

GWON Churl

2011 Live Planet Season 2

STAFF

Director GWON Churl
Producer CHOI Gonne
Cinematographers GWON Churl, KIM Jina, LEE Inkyu, MIN Byunghui, LEE Junhui
Editor GWON Churl
Music Charlie Chaplin
Sound PARK Jinho, YANG Hyunseok, LEE Eunho, LEE Hyunjun, HWANG Hyunwoo
Cast KIM Ildu, KIM Sawol, KWAK Pureunhaneul, Bulnabang Star Sausage Club, KOH Sangji, LEE Jawon, Jungwoo, AmadoLeejaramBand, CHOI Gonne, CHOO Soyung, PARK Taegyu