나는 말이다 / I Am a Horse
Chaerin Im
South Korea / 2022 / 7' 58''Screenings
MSU Cinema Metropolis, 17:30 h
Kinoteka, 16:00 h
Synopsis
Where are the girls? Unable to find girls in the diverse artwork of the Korean artist Lee Jung-seob, Chaerin Im unravels an imaginative tale of women born with half of their bodies being a horse and a tiger. These roaming women are too fierce and free to match their given role as a daughter, wife, and mother in the patriarchal society. The tale is inspired by the Korean birth dreams, Tae-mong (태몽), of her mom when she was pregnant with her twin sister and herself.
Chaerin Im (1994, Seoul) is an experimental filmmaker from South Korea who explores gender issues and sexual imagery with the use of craftsmanship and distinctive materials. She graduated from Seoul National University’s Visual Communication Design BFA program (2017) and earned an MFA degree from the CalArts Experimental Animation MFA program (2020). Her films have been accepted to various festivals such as Annecy, DOK Leipzig, Hiroshima, and Slamdance. Eyes and Horns (2021) is her graduation film.