Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

Youth

Nuclear Family

United States
2013 — 15' / Color

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Synopsis

Eun-Seo who came to US misses her father back in Korea. In her dream, her father teaches her how to pray in order to overcome fear. As her mother, Seo-Hyun, hears that Eun-Seo doesn’t get along well with her classmates, she decides to throw her American Birthday Party. Seo-Hyun makes Eun-Seo invite her friends but the invitation card that Seo-Hyun made for her is too childish so her friends make fun of her. Embarrassed, Eun-Seo rebels against her mother but she is too weak to win over her mother. In strained atmosphere, they stop at the gas station where Eun-Seo hears the bad news to her father…

Director Biography

Bongkeun Kwon was born in Chunchon, South Korea. During his sophomore year in high school, he began taking private composition lessons to enter a highly ranked university in Seoul. With the help of a private teacher who was also a professional writer, he began to visualize the invisible, that is, the world of art. He listened to stories of artists, understood the characters in novels and felt the emotion of a work of art. He became a dreamer, immersed in feeding his creativity with new materials.

Director

Bongkeun Kwon

Producer

Jessica Hua Shen

Cinematographer

Jordan T. Parrott

Editor

Heeyoung Choi

Sound

Won Kim

Contact

Bongkeun Kwon
1795 riverside drive apt 3c
New York, NY 10034
+646.643.6219
[email protected]