PLANET OF SNAIL

PLANET OF SNAIL

Country/ies
South Korea
Production
Min Chul Kim
Editor
Length
87
Original Language
Original language
Status
Completed
Completed in
2012
Eurodoc Participant
Eurodoc Producer
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Year participation
2010
Distribution

The deafblind poet knows reality only by touch, just like a snail. His slow haptic world of darkness and silence is as far removed from ordinary reality as life on an alien planet. However, this healing film does not represent existence in isolation and solitude as an oppressive existential drama, but as a lifelong therapy of darkness. Young-Chan does not reside on another planet - we are the ones who have distanced ourselves from within in an excess of visual and sound perceptions. A meditation on barriers and freedom cleanses the traces of civilization and opens the door to the elemental world of shapes, surfaces, movement, and the passage of time.

Festivals & Awards

2012 International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA) - Best Feature-Length Documentary

Production & financial support