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  • Day27 OCT, 28 OCT
  • TimingMorning
  • CategoryStudent Short Films
  • Duration13 minutes min
  • Year2025 (World Premiere)
  • LanguageEnglish and Korean
  • SubtitleArabic
  • CountrySouth Korea
  • Director(s)Junhyeok Kim

Synopsis

As Haneul bids farewell to his parents and sets off for college, an old, crumpled Leche Frita wrapper discovered during a taxi ride to New York awakens a fading memory from his childhood.

Director Details

Junhyeok Kim (Eric) is a South Korean filmmaker studying Film & TV at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. His first short film (Well-Dying), has received over 20 awards and nominations, including the Audience Award at the Oscar qualifying Indy Shorts Film Festival, and recognition at the Heartland International Film Festival, deadCenter Festival, and WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. RogerEbert.com described the film as “Wrenching and exquisite, the work of a born filmmaker”.