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A Night of Counting Stars

· Director	KANG Heeen, WON Ji-yeon
· Information	2015┃HD┃color┃0:03:05
· Technique	Cells, etc
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Synopsis

The main character is feeling lack of something deep inside him. He is attracted to the stars while he is climbing up a hill on a starry night. The stars soon become a passion with him and he gradually feels an eager desire for having a star in his hands. Led by the enchanting light of the stars, he embarks on a journey towards the stars and unexpectedly, he encounters another world beyond the stars. Because he is blinded by his obsession, he abandons the world he belongs to and finally faces a tragic end.

Purpose

Inspired the famous Korean poem, "A Night of Counting Stars," written by Dong-ju Yoon, we focused on the fact that people watch and count on the stars and it leads people to become emotional and look back on their lives. We thought the stars have a symbolic meaning of an unreachable goal, desire or dream that is too idealistic to make it real. Through the animation, we aimed to portray a tragic story of a man who is gradually attracted to the stars not knowing that his obsession can drive him towards a self-destruction.

Director

KANG Heeen
- 2015 [A Night of Counting Stars]
  -2016 The 12th Indie-AniFest2016, First Flight
  -2016 The 20th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
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