Back Then

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Haneul greets his parents and heads to college. While in a taxi to New York, he finds an old, crumbled wrapper tucked into his belongings. As Haneul embarks to adulthood, the old taxi driver shares his old memories back in Korea, which sparks Haneul’s diminishing childhood memory 12 years ago—his first school year, first friend, or perhaps—his first love. Flashing back to Grade 1, Haneul meets a Spanish girl named Patricia. As the only foreigners at the elementary school, they soon become close friends. However, an unforeseen circumstance brings a longing threat to their relationship.

Junhyeok [Eric] Kim is a Korean filmmaker at New York University Tisch majoring in Film. His first short “WELL-DYING,” has won over 20 awards and nominations including Audience Award at the Oscar®-qualifying Indy Shorts Film Festival, Special Presentation at the Oscar®-qualifying 32nd Heartland International Film Festival, Oscar®-qualifying deadCenter Festival, and many more. RogerEbert.com described as “Wrenching and exquisite. It feels like the work of a filmmaker three times his age.”

Producers: Chris Zou, Jackson Boomer

Writer: Junhyeok Kim

Composer: Catherine Joy

Post Sound: Gigantic Studios NYC team

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