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2013, Color, 36'32, Live Action

Dir: KIM Yong-wan, SUN Jong-hoon

Keyword: Drama,Sports,Romance,

Synopsis

Han O-Gi who is a synonym for weakling, works out very hard at a sports center to get over his broken heart. One day, Yoo Chae-In, a girl older than him, saved O-Gi from struggling with the cramp in his foot in a swimming pool. Even though O-Gi fall in love with her and propose to her tirelessly, she's busy with preparing to be licensed instructor of sports of all. Finally, O-Gi suggests her to give her heart to him if he beats her at variety of sports mate.

Director's Note

As the time passes by, we begin to forget the mind first time we were truly liking something or someone.
But we still have a chance.
Let's start it all over again before it gets too late!
Truly indeed!

Director's Bio / Filmography

- KIM Yong-wan

Born in 1980, Seoul
Graduated from Han-yang Univ., Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication

2005 [One Fine Spring Night] DV 6mm, color, 16min.
         27th Tokyo Video Festival (2005, Japan)
         Netizen Award, KT&G Sangsangmadang Festval (2005, Korea)
2005 [Unskilled Refuse] DV 6mm, color, 24min.
         Excellent Award, 6th Daegu Independent Short Film Festival (2005, Korea)
         31st Seoul Independent Film Festival (2005, Korea)
         2nd NineSix Film Festival (2008, Korea)
2008 [Christmas Memories] HDV, color, 18min.
         Excellent Award, KT&G Sangsangmadang Festival (2008, Korea)
         Hana TV Short Film Festival (2008, Korea)
2008 [Play] DV 6mm, color, 10min.
         Excellent Award, KT&G Sangsangmadang Festival (2008, Korea)
2009 [My Heart Is Beating!] DV 6mm, color, 4min.
         1st Seoul Int'l Extreme Short Image & Film Festival (2009, Korea)
2010 [Bar-code Mom] HD, color, 25min.
         Competition, 9th Mise-en-scene’s Short Film Festival (2010, Korea)
2011 [Intervention] 15 ’ 40 ”
         22nd Sequence Shortfilm Festival (2013, France)
         9th InDPanda International Short Film Festival (2013, Hong Kong)
         Competiition,14th Persons with Disabillities Film Festival (2013, Korea)
         Filmfest DC - The Washington, DC Int'l Film Festival (2013, USA)
         Int'l Competition, 35th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival (2013, France)
         Competition, 18th Palm Springs Int'l Festival of Short Films (2012, USA)
         9th Asiana Int’l Short Film Festival (2011, Korea)
         6th Great Short Film Festival (2012, Korea)
2013 [Daytime Moon] HD, color, 13 ’ 17 ”

        Best Direction Award, Audience Award, 8th Great Short Film Festival (2014, Korea)
        Competiition, 15th Daegu Independent Short Film Festival (2014, Korea)
        Audience Award, 16th Jeongdongjin Independent Film & Video Festival (2014, Korea)
        Official International Competition, 31th Busan International Short Film Festival (2014, Korea)
        Competiition, 39th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2013, Korea)
        Korean Short Film Competition, 18th Busan International Film Festival (2013, Korea)
      [Return Match] HD, color, 36 ’ 32 ”

- SUN Jong-hoon

Born in 1983

Graduated from Korea College of Media Arts

2007 [A Kind Man] 18’19”

2011 [First Frost] 29min.

2013 [28℃ under the Shade] 24’19”

[Return Match] 36’32”

2016 [Heart on Fire] 22’2”

Staff

Director/screenwriter KIM Yong-wan/SUN Jong-hoon
Producer HAN Dong-hwan
Assistant director PARK Hyeong-cho
Cinematography YOO Ji-seon
Editing KIM Byeong-soo
Lighting KIM Hyo-seong
Mixing PYO Yong-soo
Recording CHO Han-gi
VFX KIM Joon-hyung

Cast

LEE Ji-hoon as HAN O-gi
JEONG Yeon-joo as YOO Chae-in
YU Soon-woong as Guard