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Home > Shorts > Experimental > A True Memory
A True Memory
2002, DV 6mm, b/w, 6'30
Dir: CHOE Ik-hwan
Best Debut Film in Experimental Film, New York Exposition of Short Film & Video Festival (2002, USA)
Resfest Digital Film Festival (2002, Korea)
Competition, Seoul Net Festival (2002, Korea)
Competition, Busan Asian Short Film Festival (2002, Korea)
IndieForum, Korean Independent Film & Video Makers¡¯ Forum (2002, Korea)
I tried to situate my works between fiction and reality, by which I want to bring up the question about the relationship between them. I tried to explore such a representative space 'memory' by juxtaposing the conflicting images and sounds; personal, public, natural, manipulated.
CHOE Ik-hwan

Born in 1970 Seoul.
Graduated from Korean Academy of Film Arts
Graduated from Seoul National University BA
MFA, New Genres Department, San Francisco Art Institute

1994   [The Sound of Heaven & Earth] 16mm, 15min.
1995   [A Dream of Dreambox]  animation, video, 17min
1996   [The Evidence that We are Alive]16mm, 14min.
            Official Selection, 3rd Seoul Short Film Festival (1996, Korea)
2000   [Why Do I Want to be a Boxing Referee] 35mm, 18min.
            Short Film Section, Festival of Seville, Cinema and Sport (2001, Spain)
            New Korean Cinema, 36th Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival (2001, Czech Republic)
            Busan Asian Short Film Festival (2001, Korea)
            Competition, 6th Shadowline Salerno Film Festival (2001, Italy)
            15th Fribourg Int’l Film Festival (2001, Switzerland)
            Wide Angle, 5th Pusan Int’l Film Festival (2001, Korea)
2002   [A True Memory] experimental, 16mm, 6'30"
            Best Debut Film in Experimental Film, New York Exposition of Short Film & Video Festival (2002, USA)
            Resfest Digital Film Festival (2002, Korea)
            Competition, Seoul Net Festival (2002, Korea)
            Competition, Busan Asian Short Film Festival (2002, Korea)
            IndieForum, Korean Independent Film & Video Makers’ Forum (2002, Korea)
2005   [Whispering Corrdiors 4: Voice] 35mm, color, 104min.
2008   [Life Is Cool] 35mm, color, 98min.
2009   [Our Last Words, Live -an episode of Show Me the Money] HD, color, 112min.(9'15")
            4th International College Peace Film Festival (2009, Korea)
            IndieForum, Independent Film & Video Makers’ Forum 2009 (2009, Korea)
            Opening Film, 10th Jeonju Int’l Film Festival (2009, Korea)


director/writer/editor/cinematographer/art director: CHOE Ik-hwan
Tiffany Doesken as woman
Chan Lim as man