Hard-boiled Wonderland

2015

Special Shorts

HEO Wook Steven | 2014 | Documentary, Experimental | Color | HD | 32min

SYNOPSIS

Through the overlay of quiet images and actual sound from various monumental places in Japan, the film illustrates an innate sense of awe created by its tragic nature and history.

DIRECTING INTENTION

An experimental documentary portraying everyday landscapes of a peaceful but trembling place, Japan.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

2015 빅 머디 필름페스티벌 Big Muddy Film Festival (USA)
2015 제15회 인디다큐페스티발
2015 제20회 비전 뒤 릴 Visions du Réel - Doc Outlook (스위스)
2015 제12회 서울 환경영화제
2015 제20회 인디포럼
2015 제15회 서울국제뉴미디어페스티벌
2015 제12회 서울국제실험영화페스티벌

DIRECTOR
HEO Wook Steven

HEO Wook Steven

Travelogue #1: What a Wonderful World 

(2010, HD, Color, 20min.)

Official Selection of International Digital Moving Image Festival, Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul

Texas Doughnut Shop 

(2003, Film | Video, Color, 21min.)

Best Short Documentary in Deep Ellum Film Festival, Best Short Documentary in Asian Film Festival of Dallas, Nominated for the 2003 IDA Woper Documentary Achievement Award, Angelus Award for Student Films. Official Selection of AFI-SilverDocs 2004, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, San Diego Film Festival, Annapolis Film Festival, Syracuse International Film and Video Festival, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Lausanne Underground Film Festival. etc.

Turtle Soup 

(2003, 16mm, Color, 14min.)

Official Selection of Santa Fe Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival, Kyiv International Film Festival, Chicago Asian American Showcaseetc.

Abyme 

(2003, Video, Color, 3min.)

Official Selection of the AVICON showcase 2005, Festival Tous Courts d'Aix-en-Provence, Indonesia Sunaryo Art Space, Asia Video Art Conference Tokyo 2003, Nikotama Video Art Festival. etc.

Glass-Activity 

(2002, Video, Color, 2min.)

Official Selection of Micro Cine Film Festival, Spark International Video Showcase. etc.

The Slug 

(2001, 16mm, Black & White, 18 min.)

Official Selection of DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival, Sehsüchte International Film Festival, East Lansing Film Festival, Tiburon International Film Festival, Fargo Film Festival, Savannah International Film & Video Festival. etc.

STAFF

Director Wook Steven Heo
Producer Jihong Park
Screenwriter Hee Yang
Cinematography Wook Steven Heo
Editor Sangin Lee
Sound Sung Woo Kim