Universe Department Store existed in Cheonho-dong, Seoul in the 1980s. In front of that, there was a spaceship ride unfolded a vast universe for me when I rode it. The universe I saw at the time merged with places in my childhood and would appear in my dreams as strange shapes. What is the source of these strange dreams that make sudden visits even to this day? In order to solve this lingering question, I began to dig into my memories of Universe Department Store and places from my childhood.

There are times when old memories pop into my mind at unexpected moments. Universe Department Store, which I had forgotten all the while, suddenly returned to my mind one day. My memory of it is vague, but on the other hand, just as vivid as if I were sharing the same time and space with it this very moment. Vagueness and vividness. Delicate emotions are tangled in the gap between the two, and both seem mutually unreachable. The source of these emotions is places from my childhood, and I will attempt to narrow the distance between vagueness and vividness through those places. Universe Department Store is the starting line of the attempt.

2022 Busan International Film Festival
2022 Independent Film Festival Busan