The Silence (S. Korea) w/ Q&A
Genre: Fiction, Drama
Country: Republic of Korea
Year: 2023
Duration: 40 mins
Director: Cheol-soo Jang
Language(s): Korean
Subtitles: English
Producer: Park Jin-sung
Principal Cast: LEE Hae-sun, LEE Yun-jee
Q&A w/ Dir. Cheol-soo Jang
Synopsis
One day, what if you can’t hear a sound?
A “Silence” that came unannounced in a peaceful daily life.
As a bizarre phenomenon occurs in which sound disappears only in Mapo-gu and Seodaemun-gu, housing prices plunge and people leave static areas.
However, after her mother passed away, Naul, a university student who was depressed, could not leave the place even after a silence phenomenon and stayed at home.
Then she finds people like her who haven’t left the silence zone...
Naul goes to where they gather and meets the deaf barista ‘Jisoo’.
What kind of path will the two take in a silent world?
Date
Asian World Film Festival
The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), founded by Kyrgyz public figure Sadyk Sher-Niyaz and overseen by Executive & Program Director Georges N. Chamchoum, brings the very best of a broad selection of Asian World cinema to Los Angeles to draw greater recognition to the region's wealth of filmmakers and strengthen ties between the Asian and Hollywood film industries. Uniting through cross-cultural collaboration, the Festival champions films from over 50 countries across Asia, spanning from Turkey to Japan and from Russia to India and South-East Asia. The Festival is unique in that it predominantly screens Oscar and Golden Globe submissions for Best International Feature Film and Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language respectively. All films that participate in the Festival will have a unique chance to be guided through the challenging awards season and showcased to members of the Motion Picture Academy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and all Guilds for enhanced exposure, media attention and awards consideration. AWFF is a non-profit organization under Aitysh USA.