UNTOLD(2018)
South Korea｜2018｜79min｜Documentary
LOGLINE
UNTOLD is a story about two different memories on civilian massacre during the Vietnam War: memories of Korean soldier and Vietnamese victims.
SYNOPSIS
In central Vietnam, there are people who still live with the memory of brutal massacre. On every February, villagers offer prayers with all their hearts and burn incense at various places to console the victims. They’ve called this ceremony as “Dai Han(Korea) Commemoration”. In 1960s, South Korea fought in the Vietnam War as a US ally, insisting Korea should help to root out the communists in Vietnam. However, what they did was simple and cruel: they killed a large number of civilians. The survivors’ experience hasn’t nailed in the history instead it was treated as if it never existed. Korea’s official history documents that, thanks to the Vietnam War, Korea could achieve rapid economic growth. A memory of the war now has become a new war between two different memories which is “A War of Memories”.
FESTIVALS｜AWARDS
2018 The 23rd Busan International Film Festival, Korea – BIFF Mecenat Award, Juror’s Special mention
2019 The 21st International Women’s Film Festival in Seoul, Korea – Korean Feature Competition
2019 The 20th Persons with Disabilities Film Festival, Korea – Excellence Award
2020 Theatrical released in Korea
PRODUCTION
Cast. Nguyễn Thị Thanh(Phong Nhị)｜Nguyễn Lập｜Đình Câm｜Nguyễn Thị Thanh(Hà My)｜Vietnamese Veterans’ Association of Korea
Production company. Whale Films
Director. Bora Lee-Kil
Producer. Saerom SuhㅣSona Jo
Cinematographer. Sojin Kwak
Support. Seoul Women’s Foundation｜Seoul YouthHub｜Seoul Film Commission ｜Korea Film Council ｜Busan International Film Festival Fund(AND)
LEE YOUNG-HEE Foundation｜Docs Port Incheon ｜SJM Culture Foundation｜KT&G Sangsangmadang CineLab｜Post FinExecutive Producer. Bora Lee-Kil
Assistant Director. Saerom Suh
Camera Team. Bora Lee-KilㅣSaerom Suh｜Duhyun Ko
Camera Assistant. Dojoon Ryu
Production Designer. Sojin Kwak
Coordinator. Hyunwoo Kwon｜SooJeong Koo｜Nguyễn Thuỳ Duyên
Interpreter. Hyunwoo Kwon｜ SooJeong Koo｜Từ Thị Thuý Hà｜Nguyễn Thuỳ Duyên
Editor. Patrick Minks｜Bora Lee-Kil
Music. Minwhee Lee
Audio Post-production. mediACT
Sound Supervisor. Yong Soo Pyo
Sound Design｜Editing. Choi Ji yeoung
Sound Editing. Bon Min Koo
Foley. Sound DeepFocus
Sound Editing for Trailer. Jihye Chae
Color Grading. KT&G Sangsangmadang CineLab｜Hyoung-hee KIM
Title Design. Namhwa Hong
Transcript. Lê Thị Phương Thủy
Vietnamese Translation. Hyunwoo Kwon｜Nguyễn Thuỳ Duyên｜Jason Gwen
Vietnamese Supervision. Nguyễn Ngọc Tuyền｜Hyunwoo Kwon｜SooJeong Koo
English Translation. Jaeyong Park｜Sona Jo｜Dasl Yoon
English Supervision. Sona Jo｜Mark brazeal
Vietnamese Home-Sign Language supevision. Hyunhwa Lee