Synopsis

Director's Comment

This animated work stems from a past experience of a breakup with a lover. During the time of parting, where only mundane phrases are exchanged, countless emotions and memories flow beneath the surface of that restrained moment. This project began with the aim of visualizing the condensation of emotions from that experience and the textures of memories brushed by those emotions.

While romantic relationships have been a subject and theme in countless media and works from the past to the present, most of them depict the dramatic narratives and dynamics between the individuals as the core of the story. However, in reality, breakups sometimes lack the dramatic development portrayed in dramas or movies. As a result, the breakup we ultimately face can (though not always) sneak up on us, blurred by emotions dulled by the inexorable passage of time. Just as the energy within human relationships gradually fades without any specific reason, akin to how we slowly approach a state of calmness called death within the vast flow of time, the breakup too can arrive unnoticed. In the face of this inevitable phenomenon, we and our partners exchange formal phrases, while behind us, we hold a funeral for the emotions and the other person that fade into the past.

“Dialogue : Arriving and Vanishing” departs from the conventional forms typically employed by the romance genre. It captures the time of parting between characters with a contemplative and restrained perspective, while bringing abstract subjects like emotions and memories to the surface, providing the audience with a more vivid sensory experience.

Staff

Detailed description

Does the white hole really exist? Man’s curiosity becomes a circle that wanders the universe. Things are endlessly sucked in and spit out again while drifting aimlessly, and we ultimately arrive at an unforeseen conclusion. Using finite materials like paper and pencil, this film takes us on an infinite cosmic journey in 3 minutes and 40 seconds. NOH Gyeongmu