Park Kyujae
浮石 / BUSEOK ( 부석)*
South Korea, 2024, 17’40’’
At the presence of the director
In this experimental short, which boasts a stunning use of the film stock and grain, and artfully juxtaposes colour and black-and-white negatives, someone is searching for memories of his family's past. This journey alternates between Geomeunyeo and the Buseok Temple, which are located in a straight line on the map of South Korea, and his grandmother's house in between. Geomeunyeo is a rock located in the reclaimed area of Buseok – which means floating rock – originally a reef that was exposed above sea level, but is now above ground. This project has received support from the Seoul Film Commission through EXiS - Experimental Film & Video Festival in Seoul.
A returning guest of the Pesaro Film Festival, Park Kyujae (born 1996) is a South Korean filmmaker who primarily works with analogue film media, exploring visual perception, materiality, and poetic imagery through 16mm filmmaking. His works have been screened internationally, including at ARKIPEL (Jakarta), Prismatic Ground (New York), and EXiS (Seoul).
director, Cinematographer, Editor: Park Kyujae
film lab: Space Cell
production support: EXiS, Seoul Film Commission
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