Dear Chaemin (2020)
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a series of video letters are sent to the director’s sister in Seoul. Should we want to return to the ‘old normal’?The autofictional film juxtaposes the Korean and Dutch contexts of contact tracing, biopolitics, and crowd control practices, each of which intensifies the stigmatization and violence against queer communities and people of Asian descent.Watch Trailerwhere to watch in south korea퍼플레이에서 스트리밍 또는 공동체상영 신청해 주세요!directed, written, and edited byCyan Baeoriginal soundtrack bywaterparkenarchival footage courtesy of한국정책방송 KTV강석판with special thanks toMijke van der DriftLizzie MalcolmDan Powersawards & festival history2020 Nederlands Film Festival (NL)2021 Seoul International Women’s Film Festival (KR) – Grand Prize, Asian Shorts Competition2021 Leiden Shorts (NL) – National Award, National Competition2021 The Hague Film Festival (NL) – Best Film, Pandemic Chronicles2021 Boston Asian American Film Festival (US)2021 Women’s Film Festival in Gwangju (KR)2021 Jeju Women’s Film Festival (KR)2021 Wicked Queer: Boston’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival (US)2021 Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival (UK)2021 Zeitgeist Film Festival (US)2022 London Korean Film Festival (UK)2023 Leiden Shorts (NL)2023 Asian+ Queer Festival (DE)about the filmmakerCyan Bae (b. 1993, KR) is a visual artist and researcher based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Working primarily with moving image, Cyan explores felt experiences and embodied knowledge entangled with socio-technical systems. https://pingping.press/
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