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A Long Alone

YEO Eun-a

Korea20238min World Premiere

Synopsis

The record of discontinued time and place, from dying alone to discovery. One year period after a person’s solitary death is shown in time-lapse. Inside the house, there are traces of his fierce life, and the audience can guess his life by following the traces. The house stays at the time of his death. On the contrary, the exterior landscape constantly changes, giving a feeling of contrast to the house. A year later, his body is found, and the scene of his death is cleared by special cleaners.

Program Note

From solitude to discovery, a record of disconnected space and time. The passage of one year, left abandoned after a person’s lonely death, is replayed in a time-lapse video. Vivid records of vibrant life transform into melancholic remnants of death, effectively capturing the moment. The rich details of daily life depicted in the film provoke contemplation and remind us that death is always close by. (YEOM Jiho)

Diretor

YEO Eun-a

Animation director from Pohang, South Korea. YEO graduated from Sangmyung University – Digital Contents in 2013 and Korean Academy of Film Arts(KAFA) – Animation Department in 2015. Her debut short animated film Cocoon (2015) was selected at various film festivals worldwide including Annecy Festival, Sakhalin International Film Festival, and Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival, and won the Grand Prize for Graduation Film at BIAF2015, KIAFA Special Prize at the Indie-Anifest. YEO directed feature animation Rose Motel (2018), and the short animation Midnight Horror Cinema (2020).