AFTER COMA, 2min., South Korea
Directed by Soo Hyun Kim
This film is composed of 7 poems that take the viewers into the journey of spending the last moment with the loved one as a views of both people who leave and who is left. Each poems are represented with symbolic image and sound.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?
= The death of my father made this knot in my heart and throat, to be able to tell other stories, I had to get rid of that knot.

2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?
= About 2 Years

3. How would you describe your film in two words!?
= common yearning (?!)

4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?
= being in a limbo of trying to remember his death for filmmaking sake and trying to move on of his death for my mental health sake.

5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
= Overwhelmed

6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?
= High school.

7. What film have you seen the most in your life?
= Maya Deren's Meshes of the Afternoon and Yukio Ninagawa's Snakes and Earrings

8. What other elements of the festival experience can we and other festivals implement to satisfy you and help you further your filmmaking career?
= Wish I would have attended the festival!

9. You submitted to the festival via FilmFreeway. How has your experiences been working on the festival platform site?
= Easy and fast.

10. What is your favorite meal?
= Right now, my new food obsession is Malatang (Sichuan style)

11. What is next for you? A new film?
= Working to pitch a new short film.