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Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
The World of Us (2016)
At an age when perhaps friends mean more than moms, 10 year-old Sun is an outcast at school. During summer vacation, she meets Jia, who is new to town. As Sun shows Jia around the neighborhood and they play at each other’s houses and share secrets, they become best friends. However, when the new semester starts, Jia notices a strange vibe between Sun and the other kids. Jia tries to get into the cool kids group and starts to distance herself from Sun. Inside the complex and delicate world of children, the two girls end up hurting and getting hurt by each other.
| Country | South Korea |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Duration | 95 min |
| Rating | 10 |
| Language | Korean |
| Subtitle | English, simul. translation cz |
| Directed by | YOON Ga-eun |
| Screenplay | YOON Ga-eun |
| Director of Photography | MIN Jun-won, KIM Ji-hyun |
| Edited by | PARK Se-young |
| Contact | FINECUT |
Biography
Yoon Ga-eun (1982) is a filmmaker from South Korea. In Seoul, she studied at Sogang University and at the Korea National University of Arts, where she graduated from the school of film, TV and multimedia. She directed the short films Taste of Salvia (2009), Proof (2010), Guest (Son-nim, 2011) and Sprout (Kong-na-mul, 2013), which scored at international film festivals. In feature film format she's presenting the family drama The World of Us (U-ri-deul, 2016).