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Blood Merchant

LEE Jun-hyeok

Korea202316min World Premiere

Program Note

Would there be grades even for blood? A father and son, homeless, wander from motel to motel, selling collected blood to vampires. They always receive a C grade. Hae-don, after asking for the secret from a man who received an A grade, becomes troubled. Is a person's status predetermined from birth, unchangeable through effort? The image of Hae-don and his son walking against the backdrop of high-rise apartments continues to linger in memory. (KIM Hye Na)

Diretor

LEE Jun-hyeok

Born in 1991. He majored in life science at Ajou University, after it he decided to study film at the Korean Academy of Fine Arts (KAFA). Blood Merchant (2023) is his second short film.