Gong Ki Joon, who lost his 11-year-long dream, and Ji Ho Sung, who has too many dreams, will portray a close chemistry that makes viewers smile.
Gong Ki Joon looks off into the distance as if he’s lost in thought, while Ji Ho Sung hands him an ice cream bar with a bright smile on his face. In the new stills, Gong Ki Joon and Ji Ho Sung share a conversation while sitting side-by-side. Kim Yo Han stars as Gong Ki Joon, a former Taekwondo athlete who must give up on his dream due to an injury, and Kim Kang Min plays Ji Ho Sung, whose dreams are always changing but is sincere in pursuing whatever it is he’s focused on. The coming-of-age tale will follow the growth, friendships, and romances of 18-year-olds facing uncertain futures. The eighth installment in KBS’s popular “School” drama series, “School 2021” will tell the story of high school students choosing to follow their dreams instead of just preparing for college entrance exams. The article benefited from the help of Korea Independent Animation Filmmakers Association (KIAFA).KBS 2TV’s upcoming drama “ School 2021” revealed new stills of WEi’s Kim Yo Han and Kim Kang Min! In 2011, he graduated from California Institute of the Arts. He was born in 1979 in Incheon, South Korea. Despite the cold, monochrome aesthetics of this film, the foam hearts of mother and son beat with an unexpected warmth.ĭirector: KIM Kang-Min | Producer: David Braun, Jason Milov, KIM Ki-jin | Scenario: KIM Kang-Min | Animation: KIM Kang-Min | Character: KIM Kang-Min | Editing: KIM Kang-Min | Sound Designer: SLAGLE Barrett | Music: SLAGLE Barrett | Voice: KIM Kang-min, PARK Joung-soon There is a love and painful intimacy in this mother's dreams. But the figure of the mother, and the dreams she sees at night, do act as a kind of antidote. Pervading the film is a low foreboding of danger of life's ever-present potential to bring sudden misfortune. The image of the mother herself seems crudely drawn at first glance, but quickly becomes imbued with emotional power.
Kim's soft-spoken narration and thoughtfully crafted images re-create the world of his mother's dreams in loving detail. But the miracle of KKUM is that it is so emotional. It's ironic that Styrofoam is sometimes used as a metaphor for the lifeless or the emotionless a sentence that begins with the words, "Your Styrofoam heart." is unlikely to end well. This film is a prime example of the adage that less (when utilized properly) is more. Even the film's most startling special effect, when various forms display sudden bursts of growth, was achieved with a very straightforward method: burning pieces of Styrofoam, and playing back the footage in reverse. The materials are ordinary, but the results are not: he is able to create astonishing images thanks to precise, subtle lighting and sharp black-and-white photography.
But Kim largely restricts himself to foam, foam core, and Styrofoam in the making of this work. Long after the son has left home and embarked on life as an adult, his mother's dreams and prayers continue to watch over him, and envelop him in a protective shield.Īnimation, with its ability to reproduce a wide spectrum of forms, textures, and colors, is a natural medium for portraying dreams. Insects indicate recovery from illness, and a pumpkin foretells the conceiving of a child. When the mother dreams of fire, it predicts the fulfillment of a wish, or a passed exam. I rely on her dreams more than any religion - Kim Kangmin, Director My mother’s dreams have always been strong premonitions for important moments in my life. A mother, hit with a sense of foreboding, reaches out across vast distances to check if her son is okay. There is another kind of connection that transcends space, and that links this particular mother and son: namely, the mother's dreams. A phone call is a tenuous (but when you stop to think about it, somewhat miraculous) connection between two people separated in space. The 9-minute stop motion short film KKUM (which means "dream" in Korean) is bookended, appropriately enough, by a phone conversation. KKUM by Kangmin Kim won the Nelvana Grand Prize for Independent Short at the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2020. Darcy Paquet reviews the acclaimed animation short. Darcy Paquet reviews the animation short KKUM by Kim Kangmin.
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