FILMS > SHORT
| 2023, Color, 11'17", Animation |
| Dir: CHOI Jin-uk |
| Keyword: Drama, Fantasy, Children, Youth, Family |
A grieving boy finds the hair of his recently deceased mother caught in the drainage hole during the shower, and gets swept into the ‘Hair Universe’, an unknown world underneath the bathtub.
Despite the fact everyone inevitably faces the death of their loved ones, we are never given the opportunity to prepare to deal with such loss or even think about it properly. When the passing of loved ones occurs unprepared, many feel lost and deal with the pain alone. This film shows how love, death, the pain of loss, and mental anguish are intertwined just like the hair. When we realize such sadness is not ours alone but they ‘connect’ us all, we regain the strength to live.
Jinuk Choi is a Korean filmmaker based in New York. His first film Beyond the Line (2020) has been introduced and awarded to numerous film festivals including College television awards and Academy award qualifying film festivals. He received his BFA degree in Visual Communication Design from Seoul National University in Korea before moving to New York, where he completed his master's degree in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts. Currently, he has completed his second short animated film, Hair Universe (2023)
Director/Writer: CHOI Jin-uk, AHN Seo-young
Producer: CHOI Jin-uk
Cinematograph: CHOI Jin-uk
Art: CHOI Jin-uk
Editing: CHOI Jin-uk
Mixing: LEE In-gyeong
Music: PARK Sung-yu
JEONG Seon-hye
KWON Chang-wook
