July Jung
Directing
Biography
Jung Joo-ri (born March 1, 1980), also known as July Jung, is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Jung's directorial debut feature A Girl at My Door won the Best First Film at the 25th Stockholm International Film Festival. She also won the Best New Director at the 23rd Buil Film Awards and Best Director/Screenwriter at the 15th Women in Film Korea Awards in 2014, and Best Screenplay at the 2nd Wildflower Film Awards and Best New Director for film at the 51st Baeksang Arts Awards in 2015.
Known For
A family retreats to the seaside, far from the bustle of Seoul. Their daughter, Dora, suffers from a mysterious illness. Her discovery of love unleashes a force as powerful as it is dangerous, with far-reaching consequences for those around her…
Dora
Sent from Seoul to serve in a remote coastal village, a policewoman gets involved in the life of a mysterious teenage girl who is abused by both her father and her grandmother.
A Girl at My Door
A female detective investigates the cause of a high school girl’s death and uncovers a disturbing truth.
Next Sohee
On a hot summer day, a man wearing a sweater coughs as he walks. He enters an underground, gruesome restaurant and orders fried rice. The restaurant owner swears to customers who leave food on their plate unfinished and he struggles to finish everything on his plate. The film takes advantage of the short film form and accentuates its merits, taking the story through a dramatic flow in a simple situation with various characters.
A Man Under the Influenza
In a bizarre daydream, a man's car drives down a deserted road, narrowly missing a dead dog in the road. The car turns into a pitch-black road and plunges into a field below. When the man finally opens his eyes, he sees a dog glaring at him from the darkness.
The Dog in My Headlights
Two women meet in a local police station of Kangwha, a terminal unit of patriarchal authoritarian police department of state. They are connected through conversation of sharing wounds at heart in bureaucratic and result-oriented masculine system.