Jon-Jae-Ui Jib

House of Existence

Berlinale Shorts 2022

There it stands, the house, drawn in pencil. It begins to fall apart. Bricks come loose from the wall, the front door falls off its hinges and walls break away. Everything sinks into endless nothingness. A view of the rooms is exposed. Furniture shatters, objects fall to the floor and the roof slides off. Melancholia and the possibility of leaving is all that remains.

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by Joung Yumi South Korea 2022 Without dialogue 8’ Black/White World premiere

Crew

Written and Directed by	Joung Yumi
Animation	Joung Yumi, Kim Jisu
Editing	Joung Yumi, Kim Kihyun
Sound Design	Hong Seongjun
Producer	Kim Kihyun

World sales

Match Cut Inc.

Produced by

Match Cut Inc.

Joung Yumi

Born in Busan, South Korea in 1981, she studied fine art at Kookim University from 2000 to 2004 and then took a degree in animation directing at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. Her short animation film Dust Kid screened in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. The eponymous book based on the film won the Bologna Ragazzi Award at the 2014 International Children’s Book Fair in Bologna. Following Math Test (2010), Love Games (2013) and House of Existence (2022), this is the fourth time her work is presented in Berlinale Shorts.

Filmography (short films)

2006 Naue jageun inheong sangja (My Little Doll’s House) 2009 Munjiai (Dust Kid) 2010 Suhaksihum (Math Test) 2013 Yeonaenori (Love Games) 2022 Jon-Jae-Ui Jib (House of Existence) 2023 Pado (The Waves) 2024 Circle

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024