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Format/Genre/Production Country: Short Animation, Drama | Canada & South Korea
Language: Korean
Logline: After losing his “pearl”, a grieving jeweller is given a final chance to make peace with his mortal desires through a chance encounter with a young lady.
This simple story is adapted from a medieval poem of the same name, “Pearl”, the masterpiece of English dream vision poetry. Our Pearl animation differs from its source material, however, in its cultural context and form: where the poem concerns post-Black Death England, Pearl animation is situated in my homeland, Korea, during the Joseon period.
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Supported by the Ontario Arts Council’s 2023 Skills and Career Development Grant, I undertook a skill development trip to the Bucheon International Animation Festival 2024 (Bucheon, Korea) and Spark Animation 2024 (Vancouver, Canada). This grant also facilitated consulting sessions and study activities focused on animation filmmaking.
