Directing
Nice Shorts consists of four short films from up and coming directors. A simple walk means so much more in the touching short "Shall We Take a Walk?" directed by Kim Ye Yeong and Kim Yeong Geun. Directed by Hong Sung Hoon, "Girl" tells of a father's strange day when his son's girlfriend shows up, and Lee Jeong Wook's "Mates" goes undercover into memories and crime solving. Winner of Best Korean Short at the 2009 Jeonju Film Festival and the Excellence Award at the Seoul Independent Film Festival, Jo Sung Hee's "Don't Step Out of the House" is about two young children who live in a rundown apartment by themselves, and what happens when adults invade their space.
While traveling around the world as a honeymoon, Kim1 and Kim2 meet Feruza at remote little village in a desert area in Ethiopia. Feruza, dreamy 17years old girl, has to marry soon. The only way that she can to avoid the marriage is go to the city far away and find a job. The Korean couple decides to go to the city with her and find her dream instead of their tour plan.
Yong-gwang, a boy who lost his sight, made a tactile map for his sister, who is staying at the hospital. He wants to go for a walk with his sister, so he takes her hand, and make her close her eyes. Now, his sister will take a walk on the tactile map through Yong-gwang’s way of looking at the world.
People come together to form a city. The appearance of the city is no more than a shell. Imagine a city free from walls and frames between people, relieved of its shell.
