Desperately building against the inevitability of time, a restless young woman is awaiting another upcoming loss. But maybe more important things never seem to be told.
Soon after the director moves into her 22nd house, she gets a phone call that her Grandma, who lives far away, is in a critical condition. Elsewhere, a huge apartment made of sand is being constructed as the tide rolls in, while she belatedly tries to build a relationship with her Gran. As the camera sensitively observes how we wait for the upcoming days, the film embraces the fragility of life, full of uncertainty. [2020, 11’ 05”]
with Young-Ja Kim, Tae-Yeon Kang
Director, Producer and Editor: Ji-Yoon Park
Executive Producer: Emma Davie
Cinematographers: Julian Triandafyllou, Ji-Yoon Park
Sand Sculptor: Jack Handscombe
Sound Designer: Simon Howard
Sound Recording: Simon Howard, Ji-Yoon Park
Colour Grading: Julian Triandafyllou
Open City Doc Festival 2020 (UK short film award nominee)
DMZ Docs 2020 (short documentary award winner)
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2020 (artist film)
IDFA 2020 (student competition)
Cairo Int'l Film Festival 2020 (short competition)
AFI Docs 2021 (short competition)
Otherfield Film Festival 2021
Equinoxio Film Festival 2021
collected in Korean Film Archive
more info: jiyoonsfilm.com/The-Way-We-Wait
(c) Ji-Yoon Park
