screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
1.78:1 (16:9)
sound format
Dolby Surround
original-language
Korean
subtitles
English, German
screening format
Blu-Ray
aspect ratio
1.78:1 (16:9)
sound format
Dolby Surround
original-language
Korean
subtitles
English, German
2013, summer in South Korea. I went back to my homeland, driven by issues with my mother. The film shows the modernization of Korea. The city is astonishing, it is full of hopes, it gives lots of expectations, unrealistic dreams for everyone.
director
Hana Kim
Cast
Changyoung Kim, Hwa-suk Jeon, Oksun Kim, Sang-ryeo Jeong, Sungmi Kim
Editing
Hana Kim
DOP
Hana Kim, Paul Thalacker
Production
Hana Kim
Script
Hana Kim
Sound Design
Roman Vehlken
film school
Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg (HfbK)
Festivals
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany
Koreanische Filmtage Hamburg, Germany
Astra Film Fest, Sibiu, Romania
AISFF Asiana International Short Film Festival, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
Family Film Project, Porto, Portugal
Charlotte Film Festival, USA
(Best Documentary Short Film)
transmediale – festival for art and digital culture berlin, Berlin, Germany
Awards
HFBK Film Preis der Hamburgischen Kulturstiftung
Production
- Hana Kim
Distribution
- Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg (HfbK)
- Florian Brandel
Sales
- Hana Kim
School
- Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg (HfbK)
- Lerchenfeld 2
- 22081 Hamburg
- Germany
- +49 40 4289890
- http://www.hfbk-hamburg.de
Hana Kim
was born in Incheon, South Korea;
she got her Bachelor’s degree in film from Hamburg’s HfbK film school in 2014, before going on to do a master’s with Professor Robert Bramkamp;
THE BITTER APPLE FROM THE TREE won the HfbK film prize in 2015
Filmography
2010 illusion
2011 Jäger und Hase
2013 The Pen writes with no line
2014 LOV
2015 Darimi