Ha-dam lives on the street by herself. Her only dream is getting a job and making a living independently, but it is difficult for her without a phone number or an address to get a job. One day, she becomes happy a little bit for the sound of tap dancing, but she still has a hard life. Finally, she buys new tap dance shoes after making her money by herself.

After finishing ‘Wild Flowers’, which was about the harsh reality of survival on the street, I kept asking myself a question ‘What makes a person survive with dignity?’ I imagined a story of a desperate girl who is struggling to get a job. Then she falls in love with the rhythm of ‘tap dancing’. ‘Steel Flower’ is my second feature but is my first personal film. In the process of making ‘Steel Flower’ I learned how filmmaking can be my dignity in survival on the street, just as tap dancing was for Ha-dam.

2015 20th Busan International Film Festival