Monstro Obscura
2025
HONG Seung gi | 2025 | Fiction, Documentary, Experimental | Color+B/W | DCP | 17min (KE, E)
TIME TABLE
SYNOPSIS
Seoul, 1996. Wastewater from developed film reels is dumped into the sewers. From this toxic discharge, a monster awakens, carrying the memories of countless movies imprinted on the film reels. Burdened by a vanished past, the monster wanders the city. The film was shot in the heart of Seoul in early 2025, during a time of chaos and division in the aftermath of martial law and the presidential impeachment.
DIRECTING INTENTION
People usually turn away from the filth beneath their feet. But cinema does not push even the most avoided beings or things out of its frame. I wanted to gather the abandoned waste scattered across the world and breathe new life into it.
FESTIVAL & AWARDS
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2025 제25회 서울국제대안영상예술페스티벌 한국작품상
2025 제1회 대전꿈돌이영화제 감독상
2025 제58회 시체스국제판타스틱영화제
2025 제5회 금천패션영화제
2025 제15회 서울국제프라이드영화제
2025 제5회 성북청춘불패영화제
2025 제12회 SF 어워드
2025 제7회 대전철도영화제
2025 제25회 전북독립영화제
DIRECTOR
HONG Seung gi
2023 Over the rainbow
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STAFF
Director HONG Seung gi
Producer LEE Deun sam
Screenwriter HONG Seung gi
Cinematographer JUNG Han seo
Editor HONG Seung gi
Music KIM Won yeop
Art Director HONG Seung gi
Assistant Director CHUNG Se hee
Sound KIM Jae hwan
Cast KIM In kyung, CHOI Jong beom, HONG Seung gi