Nowhere Else

BiografieBiography

Lee Kyeong-won

Lee Kyeong-won studied English Literature at Dankook University and Film at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. His Nowhere Else won the Grand Prix in the Korean Competition at Busan International Short Film Festival in 2022. Lee Kyeong-won has also worked as an assistant to filmmaker Lee Chang-dong.

Festivals
Busan International Short Film Festival
2022
PRIJS €2,50
PRICE €2,50
BESCHIKBAARHEID
Worldwide
AVAILABILITY
Worldwide
ORIGINELE TAAL Korean
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE Korean
ONDERTITELING English
SUBTITLES English
Aspect ratio
2.35
© Nowhere Else (Lee Kyeong-won, 2021)

Nowhere Else

Six years ago, a woman in a mariage de raison went missing in Hamyang after a bus accident. Upon learning  that she has registered her marriage with another man, her husband pays her a visit. She is unable to remember the past. The man asks her current husband to visit Okcheon with her. She recalls where she lived with the man a long time ago.

Through a broken relationship, Lee Kyeong-won's Nowhere Else tells a tale of family and trauma. The film opens with the story of a man looking for a woman he lived with a long time ago but who cannot remember her past, nor her ex-husband. By the end, she does recall and, above all, finds out why she had sealed this memory.

The minimal information transfer and slow filming style does not create distance but rather invites  the spectator beautifully on this journey, discovering  the protagonist's surprising truths alongside  her . The silence in the film renders the audience active. Through death, Nowhere Else  allows for a brief reflection on life.

Tekst en keuze doorChoice and text by
Sanghoon Lee

Sanghoon Lee is the Artistic Director of the Busan International Short Film Festival and has worked there since 2011. Before that, he was the Chief Programmer at the Korean Film Festival in Paris, France. Lee is also the President of Gwangju Film & Image Workers Collective and has a Ph.D. in Literature.

Credits
Scenario Script Lee Kyeong-won Cast Kim Jae-chul, Jeong Ji-hye, Jo Ui-jin Camera Park Rodrigo Se Hei Editor Montage Lee Kyeong-won Sound Geluid Gong Sang Hyuk Production Productie Lee Kyeong-won Production CompanyProductiehuis Film Studio Oldwhale
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