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The Walkman
· Director KIM Herian
· Information 2015┃HD┃color┃0:11:51
· Technique Drawing
· Keyword AniSEED
Synopsis

An old man in his 90s walks into the park inside an apartment complex. Younger elderly men are playing Go in the park, but they won't let the older man join them. The old man can only watch them. When he sits down on a nearby bench, he discovers a Walkman. After a moment's hesitation, he puts the earphones in his ears and presses the reverse play button. Suddenly, the old man starts to move in reverse, and his life and the world move backwards.

Purpose

The film tells the story of an old man born in Anyang in 1926 who lived through an era of rapid change. Through his story, the film shows the relationship between our physical body and the outside world. The main character shows the lives of the lower-middle class. He received a Japanese education, then he was sent off to war after Korea gained independence. In the period of rapid economic progress, he accepted everything and did as he was told, living as a tiny cog in the mechanism of society. The old man's personal memories, intertwined with his memories of war, poverty, and the pain and sorrow of the Japanese colonial era, are shown along with a geographical basis in the animation. The warm texture of the oil pastel requires each image to be drawn by hand in an analog process that moves away from the efficiency of digital techniques. Time plays an important role in both the production process of the film and the story dealing with the past. The final scene of the animation involves a group photo. Like the images that are layered behind the foggy scene when the photograph is taken, the memories begin to fade, becoming idealized, edited, and mixed together.

Filmography

 

Director
  • KIM Herian
    • 2020 [The Cat in the Art Park]

      -2021 The 33rd Aguilar Film Festival, Competition / Spain

      -2021 The 16th Festival du Film Coreen a Paris, Competition / France

      -2021 The 35th Leeds International Film Festival, Competition / UK

      -2021 Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Competition / USA

      -2021 Imaginaria International Animated Film Festival, Competition / Italy

      -2021 The 17th Lago Film Fest - International Festival of Independent Cinema, Competition / Italy

      -2021 The 16th Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival : BIKY, Invitation / South Korea

      -2021 The 14th Glasgow Short Film Festival, Invitation / Scotland

      -2021 Black Movie Geneva International Independent Film Festival, Competition / Switzerlands

      -2020 The 16th Indie-AniFest 2020, Competition / South Korea

      -New York International Children's Film Festival / USAl


      2019 [Forest Dental Clinic]

      -2020 The 15th Athens ANIMFEST, Competition / Greece

      -2019 The 15th Indie-AniFest, Competition / South Korea


      2015 [The Walkman]

      -2017 The 19th Ismailia International Film Festival, Special section / Egypt 

      -2016 The 12th Indie-AniFest 2016, Independent Walk / South Korea

      -2016 The 16th Seoul Independent DOcumentary Film & Video Festival / South Korea

      -2018 Tricky Women International Animation Filmfestival, Special / Austria

    Director INFO
Staff

Producer/Scenario/Storyboard/Character Design/BG Design/Lay Out/Animation KIM Herian

Camera/Effect/Editing HONG Ingee

Sound/Music Sert Jimmy

Voice KIM Byungsoo