Elephant in the Dark

Name: Elephant in the Dark
Start: 2024-01-06
End: 2024-01-07
Location: Virtual

Someone broke the camera during a film shoot. Woohyeon, who is visually impaired, sets out with her hearing-impaired friend Ha-yan to find the culprit. This short film was produced in the ”Barrier-Free” format to help disabled viewers access visual content and raise awareness of their human rights.

KIM Nam-seok

In college, Kim Nam-seok studied film studies. He”s made short films such as WHISTLE BLOWER and THE DESERTION. As part of the workshop program organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, he directed ONE BLUE RAINY DAY, which was theatrically released as an omnibus film along with other short films.

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Credits

Kim Nam-seok

LEE Yeong-ji. SOHN Su-hyun, LEE Kun-hwi, KWON Da-ham

FeatureD on

24th Jeongdongjin Independent Film Festival (South korea, 2022) 5th Jeju Hondie Film Festival: Grand Prix (South korea, 2022) 7th Chungmuro Film Festival-Director’s Week (South korea, 2022) 23rd Jeju International Disabled People’s Human Rights Film Festival (South korea, 2022) 23rd Persons with Disabilities Film Festival: Human rights award (South korea, 2022) 22nd Jeonbuk Independent Film Festival (South korea, 2022) 4th Yongsan Youth Film Festival (South korea, 2022) 2nd Geonneot Maeul Film Festival (South korea, 2022) 48th Seoul Independent Film Festival: New Vision Award (South korea, 2022) 24th Daejeon Independent Film & Video Festival: Encourage Award (South korea, 2022) 18th Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival (South korea, 2023) 19th Incheon Women’s Film Festival (South korea, 2023) 5th Education Film Festival (South korea, 2023) 10th ChunCheon Film Festival (South korea, 2023) 11st Seoul International Children’s Film Festival (South korea, 2023) 1st Eunpyeong Salad-days Film Festival (South korea, 2023) 2023 HBC International Short Film Festival (South korea, 2023)

Award Winner

VAFF – FEATURED VAFF – FEATURED 100% 10 elephant 1 of 1 A34 Elephant in the Dark C34 5th Jeju Hondie Film Festival: Grand Prix (South korea, 2022) 23rd Persons with Disabilities Film Festival: Human rights award (South korea, 2022) 48th Seoul Independent Film Festival: New Vision Award (South korea, 2022) 24th Daejeon Independent Film & Video Festival: Encourage Award (South korea, 2022) Data cleanup 5th Jeju Hondie Film Festival: Grand Prix (South korea, 2022) 23rd Persons with Disabilities Film Festival: Human rights award (South korea, 2022) 48th Seoul Independent Film Festival: New Vision Award (South korea, 2022) 24th Daejeon Independent Film & Video Festival: Encourage Award (South korea, 2022) Turn on screen reader support To enable screen reader support, press ⌘+Option+Z To learn about keyboard shortcuts, press ⌘slash

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