Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival

Island of Young-a

  • Director: Seung-hyun Choi
  • Country: Republic of Korea
  • Duration: 19'39"
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Institute: Sungkyunkwan University
  • Language: Korean

Synopsis: A sixteen-year-old girl lives on an island in the South Sea with her grandmother, who forbids her from using the quad bike. Although her grandmother and dog have been her entire world, she begins to envision life beyond the island.

Profile: Born in 1999, she grew up by the sea in Haeundae, Busan, and studied Korean literature and video at university.