Schedule

Code
402
Time
7/7  10:00 - 11:01
Theater
Bucheon City Hall Fantastic Cube
Rate
15
Event
Guest Visit

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Korean Fantastic: Gyeonggi Indie Cinema

The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra

PARK Syeyoung|Korea|2022|61min |15+

Schedule

Code
402
Time
7/7  10:00 - 11:01
Theater
Bucheon City Hall Fantastic Cube
Rate
15
Event
Guest Visit

Unless following Subtitle code is marked, all films will have English subtitles
º°¾ÆÀÌÄÜNotice of No English-Subtitle

Program Note

“Do not throw away a mattress recklessly: you never know what might be born from it.” The urban ghost story director PARK Syeyoung unfolds here is grotesque, horrible, beautiful and giddy. Mold starts growing on a dumped mattress and a mysterious creature is born from the mold. The creature wanders around Seoul, taking people’s vertebrae. Having displayed his peculiar view of the world and his sense as a visualist through his short films, Cahsbag (2019) and Luxury Staycation (2022), Park Syeyoung strengthens his signature features through The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra, allowing viewers to fall into his bizarre beauty. The stronger the mold’s vitality becomes, the stranger the film’s energy gets, and the horror of this captivates the viewer so they can’t look away. (JIN Myunghyun)

Director

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PARK Syeyoung

Born in 1996, Syeyoung Park is a filmmaker based in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated from Korea National University of Arts Film major (BFA), Video Arts major (MFA). His first feature film The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra (2022) won three awards at the Bucheon Film Festival, a Best Director Award at the Seoul Independent Film Festival, a special Jury Mention at Fantasia Film Festival, competed at Sitges Film Festival, Berlin Intl Film Festival Critic’s Week, Torino Film Festival and more.

Credit

Producer
JEONG Sanghee
Screenplay
PARK Syeyoung
Cinematographer
PARK Syeyoung
Editor
PARK Syeyoung
Sound
YOON Kwan-hee, KIM Kyu-bin, PARK Syeyoung
Music
HAN Minhee
Production Design
JEON In, KIM Terri
Cast
PARK Jihyeon, MOON Hyein, HAAM Seok-young
Sales
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