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It's Okay
2009, HD, color, 11'12"
Dir: KIM Sung-chul
Keyword: Drama
Int'l Competition & Internet Contest, 3rd I've Seen Films Int'l Short Film Festival (2010, Italy)
IndieForum, Independent Film & Video Makers¡¯ Forum (2010, Korea)
Competition, 9th Mise-en-scene¡¯s Short Film Festival (2010, Korea)
A mother kills her husband, and tries to strangle her daughter, Yu-ri. Yu-ri survives, but her mother commits suicide and Yu-ri is shocked. On the first day of school, Yu-ri wears a turtleneck sweater even in summer to hide her bruise on her neck. While Yu-ri runs laps as punishment for nonconformity in gym class, she sees the ghost of her mother and is consoled by her mother.
This film begins with a mother's extreme behavior. I want to show a girl's sorrowful situation with remarkable equanimity. The girl has to keep living even she has a psychological wound which never seems to go away. Then I also want to comfort that girl by saying, "It's okay¡±
KIM Sung-chul

Born in 1976, Daejeon
Graduated from Chong-ju Univ. Univ., Dept. of Theater & Film
Teaching in Korea Arts & Culture Education Service 

2000 [Belt of Moebius] DV 6mm, color/b&w, 14min.
         Competition, 2nd Seoul Int’l Youth Film Festival (2000, Korea)
         Seoul Fringe Festival (2000, Korea)
         Gwangju Int’l Youth Film Festival (2000, Korea)
2000 [Murder] DV 6mm, color, 14min.
         Jangryeo Award, 1st Mise-en-scène’s Short Film Festival (2001, Korea)
         Special Award, 1st Daejeon-Chungnam Public Access Festival (2001, Korea)
         3rd Seoul Int’l Youth Film Festival (2001, Korea)
         Seoul Fringe Festival (2001, Korea)
         Indie Kino Int’l Festival (2001, Korea)
2001 [The Little Woods in My Heart] DV 6mm, color, 12min.
2002 [We Can See the Continent of China] DV 6mm, color, 38min.
         Third Prize, 1st Travel Leisure Festival (2002, Korea)
2002 [Never Ending Revolution] 16mm, color, 12min.
         Excellent Award, 2nd Daejeon-Chungnam Public Access Festival (2002, Korea)
         Jangryeo Award, 7th KTV Public Access Festival (2002, Korea)
         Competition, 3rd Daegu Independent Short Film Festival (2002, Korea)
         Final Selection, nkino Youth Digital Festival (2002, Korea)
2002 [Manhole] 16mm, color, 15min.
         Excellent Award, 3rd Daejeon-Chungnam Public Access Festival (2003, Korea)
         Competition, 2nd Jeju Tmung Film Festival (2003, Korea)
         4th Daegu Independent Short Film Festival (2003, Korea)
2003 [Sea of Pain] 16mm, color, 15min.
         Third Prize, nkino Youth Digital Festival (2003, Korea)
         5th Daegu Independent Short Film Festival (2004, Korea)
         6th City Festival (2004, Korea)
         Seoul Int’l College Film Festival (2004, Korea)
2009 [It’s Okay] HD, color, 11’12”
         Int'l Competition & Internet Contest, 3rd I've Seen Films Int'l Short Film Festival (2010, Italy)
         IndieForum, Independent Film & Video Makers’ Forum (2010, Korea)
         Competition, 9th Mise-en-scene’s Short Film Festival (2010, Korea)


Director/screenwriter/editing KIM Sung-chul
Assistant director YOON Young-seol
Cinematography OH Jae-ho
Lighting CHU Yong-hyun
Composing AN So-young
Mixing KIM Byung-hyun
Recording PARK Duk-soo
Art JANG Mi-ok
Min-ji as Yu-ri
HWANG Young-hee as Mom