The Close Family

33min. 53sec., Documentary, HD & 16mm Film, Color, 2014

 

Logline

The director’s journey to reconstruct relationships for her separated family.

 

Synopsis

This is my family photo album that I didn’t keep, and my home video that I’ve never taken. All my family members have been scattered for 8 years now. ‘I’ miss them, but it seems years of estrangement was so deep that I wasn’t able to knock on their doors. So ‘I’ decided to find and see them under the cloak of making a documentary.

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Screening

Yogyakarta Festival Film Dokumenter, Indonesia (Dec. 2014) Seoul Independent Film Festival, Korea (Dec. 2014)

DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, Korea (Oct. 2014)

Taiwan International Documentary Festival, Taiwan (Oct. 2014)

Film Festival for Women’s Rights, Korea (Sep. 2014)

Saratov Sufferings International Film Festival, Russia (Sep. 2014)

Seoul International Women’s Film Festival, Korea (Jun. 2014)

Seoul Independent Documentary Film & Video Festival, Korea (Mar. 2014)

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Awards

New Choice Award – Seoul Independent Film Festival, Korea (Dec. 2014)

Special Jury Award – Saratov Sufferings International Film Festival, Russia (Sep. 2014)