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High and Dry

2000, Color, 15', Live Action

Dir: JUNG Hea-sung

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Synopsis

Dong-hyun as a favor to his friend from juvenile detention center searches for his friend's brother. After searching high and low in the slum neighborhoods of Seoul, he resigns himself to a corner of a school athletic field and gets high on drugs to overcome his desolation.

Director's Bio / Filmography

- JUNG Hea-sung

Born in 1969, Pusan, Korea
Graduated from Kyungsung Univ., Dept. of Film & Theatre
Graduated from Korean Film Academy

1995 [Pause] 16mm, 5min.
1996 [Man's Pride] 16mm, 16min.
           Encouragement Award, 23rd Golden Crown Youth Film Festival (1997, Korea)
2000 [High and Dry] 16mm, 15min.
           Shorts Competition, Woman’s Film Festival in Korea (2000, Korea)
2003 [Family Dinner] 16mm, color, 14min.
           Wide Angle, 8th Pusan Int’l Film Festival (2003, Korea)
           2nd Gwangju Int’l Film Festival (2003, Korea)
           7th Puchon Int’l Fantastic Film Festival (2003, Korea)
           Special Jury’s Prize, Busan Asian Short Film Festival (2003, Korea)
           4th Jeonju Int'l Film Festival (2003, Korea)
           Competition, 5th Women’s Film Festival in Seoul (2003, Korea)

Staff

writer/director: JUNG Hea-sung
cinematography: JUNG Sung-uk, KIM Woo-hyung (SteadyCam)
editor: KANG Myung-wan
lighting: MOON Hyung-jun
music: Song Hea-jon
sound mixing: Sound Perfume

Cast

LEE Dong-uk as a boy
YOU In-soo as brother of the boy's friend
LEE Ji-hyun as wife of the brother