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.
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By renting a film from our video-on-demand offer or subscribing to the platform, you support our work and the filmmakers involved. All revenues flow back to the rights holders and are invested in the further distribution and contextualisation of the films.
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Kortfilm.be is een onafhankelijk online magazine dat zich uitsluitend richt op korte films, mogelijk gemaakt door het harde werk van een kleine vrijwillige redactie.
Door een film te huren uit het video on demand aanbod of u te abonneren, steunt u niet alleen ons werk maar ook dat van de betrokken filmmakers: alle inkomsten vloeien terug naar de rechthebbenden en worden geïnvesteerd in de verdere verspreiding en het contextualiseren van de films.
Alle films in de collectie zijn wereldwijd beschikbaar met Engelse ondertiteling. Voor slechts €25/jaar krijgt u onbeperkte toegang tot de volledige catalogus die maandelijks wordt aangevuld.
Kortfilm.be is an independent online magazine focusing solely on short films, made possible by the hard work of a small editorial group of volunteers.
By renting a film from our video-on-demand offer or subscribing to the platform, you support our work and the filmmakers involved. All revenues flow back to the rights holders and are invested in the further distribution and contextualisation of the films.
All films in the collection are available worldwide with English subtitles. For only €25/year, you can subscribe to the entire catalogue, which is updated monthly.
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 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.” — Sanghoon Lee
This film was chosen by Sanghoon Lee, in response to The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do. 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.
Tekst en keuze doorChoice and text by Sanghoon Lee
Two siblings roam the mystical landscapes of Colombia, searching for their dead father's spirit. Their journey takes them from the city of Bogotá to the jungle, through realms of thought and deep into their haunted dreams.
