Map without Island
Country/Region:
South Korea
Release Year: 2021
Release Year: 2021
Story:
After her brief stay in Jeju Island, a Yemeni refugee leaves a letter behind. The film follows the letter as it is delivered, encountering bodies resisting militarization and the destruction of the island’s unique ecosystem. Their movements become a new map drawn from the perspective of islands.
Casts & Crews:
KIM Sung-eun
Directors
Runtime:
91
minutes
Language:
Korean
Subtitles:
English
Festivals & Awards:
2021 Busan International Film Festival, South Korea
2021 Independent Film Festival Busan, South Korea
2021 Seoul Independent Film Festival, South Korea
2021 Incheon Human Rights Film Festival, South Korea
2021 Jeju Film Festival, South Korea
2022 Diaspora Film Festival, South Korea
2022 Women’s Film Festival in Incheon, South Korea
2022 Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival - Best Feature Film, South Korea
2022 Seoul International Women’s Film Festival, South Korea
2022 Seoul Human Rights Film Festival, South Korea
2022 Seoul International Architecture Film Festival, South Korea
2022 Urban Film Festival, South Korea
2023 Riga Pasaules Film Festival, Latvia
2021 Busan International Film Festival, South Korea
2021 Independent Film Festival Busan, South Korea
2021 Seoul Independent Film Festival, South Korea
2021 Incheon Human Rights Film Festival, South Korea
2021 Jeju Film Festival, South Korea
2022 Diaspora Film Festival, South Korea
2022 Women’s Film Festival in Incheon, South Korea
2022 Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival - Best Feature Film, South Korea
2022 Seoul International Women’s Film Festival, South Korea
2022 Seoul Human Rights Film Festival, South Korea
2022 Seoul International Architecture Film Festival, South Korea
2022 Urban Film Festival, South Korea
2023 Riga Pasaules Film Festival, Latvia
Tags:
#Refugees
#JejuIsland
#Ecology
#AntiMilitarization
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Director‘s Statement:
From the beginning the film was planned to be a collaborative project. Yasmin, a refugee from Yemen, and I wanted to share our perspectives on the life of Jeju Island. After her sudden departure I discovered a message in the camera she rented from me. I felt the strong need to remember Yasmin’s absence collectively and connect our relations of memory in the form of film letter. Islanders who received the letter were invited to tell their stories in the way they decided; they answered with forms of improvised body movement, walks through forests and along ocean shores, visiting protest sites and traveling together. This made the film a map-like composition collaboratively drawn between the people who resonated with the life of refugee.
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Casts & Crews
KIM Sung-eun
Director
Story:
After her brief stay in Jeju Island, a Yemeni refugee leaves a letter behind. The film follows the letter as it is delivered, encountering bodies resisting militarization and the destruction of the island’s unique ecosystem. Their movements become a new map drawn from the perspective of islands.
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