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Nowhere Else
Busan Int’l Short Film Festival
Grand Prix 2022
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.
Bio 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 the Busan International Short Film Festival in 2022. Lee Kyeong-won has also worked as an assistant to filmmaker Lee Chang-dong.
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 or 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 do not create distance but rather invite 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.
Credits
Script
Cast
Jeong Ji-hye, Jo Ui-jin, Kim Jae-chul
Camera
Park Rodrigo Se Hei
Editor
Sound
Gong Sang Hyuk
Producer
Production
Film Studio Oldwhale