Farewell, Saranghae, Farewell

International Short Film Invitation Fiction

Farewell, Saranghae, Farewell

사요나라, 사랑해, 사요나라

Director HONG Sunhye
South Korea, Japan
2024
26min
MOV
Color
12 K·E

Synopsis

Hitomi and Naho are high school girls in the rural town of Namegata, Japan, and they are in love. Hitomi fully supports Naho's dream of becoming a K-pop star in South Korea. One day, after an audition in Tokyo, Naho is accepted and chosen to go to Korea. Hitomi, who never imagined that Naho's dream would actually become a reality, finds it hard to cope with the sudden separation and starts collecting empty plastic bottles.

Schedule

Oct 15 (Thu) 13:00 – 13:38 Tongjeyeong History Hall, 2F AV Room 12 K·E
Oct 17 (Sat) 20:10 – 20:48 Tongyeong RE:START Platform, 1F Art Hall Tong 12 K·E

Director

HONG Sunhye

She was born in 1996 in Seoul, South Korea and now works as a screenwriter and director based in Japan. After starting her education at the Korea National University of Arts, she transferred to the Japan Institute of the Moving Image, where she majored in screenwriting and graduated. In 2022, she won the grand prize at the Scenario Award for New Writers organized by the JAPAN WRITERS GUILD for her feature film screenplay "Mountain Fuji is Watching Us."