OVERVIEW
THIS FILM PAYS HOMAGE TO THE WORK OF KOREAN CRAFTSMAN SOO-YOUNG KIM, WINNER OF THE YÉOL AWARD FOR CRAFTSMAN OF THE YEAR 2013. THE INTENSE HEAT REQUIRED TO FORGE HIS MATERIALS ARE JUXTAPOSED WITH THE HARSH KOREAN WINTER LANDSCAPE IN WHICH KIM SOO-YOUNG LIVES AND WORKS. YÉOL COMMISSIONED ME AS A DIRECTOR AND CINEMATOGRAPHER TO DOCUMENT THE WORK OF SOO-YOUNG KIM, THE WINNER OF THE YÉOL AWARD FOR CRAFTSMAN 2013. FOR THIS FILM WE SHOT IN THE SEOUL BASED WORKSPACE OF KIM SOO-YOUNG AND AT TAEBAEK MOUNTAIN IN KANGWONDO PROVINCE, SOUTH KOREA.
KOREAN FOLK AND ROCK SINGER, DAE-SOO HAHN, RECITES AN ORIGINAL POEM WRITTEN BY JIYEONG YOON THAT HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY THE FOOTAGE FROM THIS FILM.
THE MUSIC IS A TRACK CALLED "HER SOFT CIRCUMFERENCE" BY OFFTHESKY AND CAN BE PURCHASED THROUGH BANDCAMP.
DIRECTOR
NILS CLAUSS
PRODUCTION
A CONTENTED PRODUCTION
VIDEO
HANDCRAFTED ART BY
SOO YOUNG KIM, KISANG GIO
DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR
NILS CLAUSS
VOICE ACTOR
DAE-SOO HAHN
POEM
JIYEONG YOON
1ST ASSISTANT CAMERAMAN
SEONGIL LEE
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
SUNGMAN KIM
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
DOKHO SHIN
MUSIC
“HER SOFT CIRCUMFERENCE” BY OFFTHESKY
SPECIAL THANKS TO
JUNG-UK CHA, NEIL DOWLING, ADAM HOBBS, CHOA CHOI, YOUNGSOOK KIM