Children of Light

21 mins, Drama, South Korea, United States

Based on an actual historical event that happened in the 1960s, which is haunting modern South Korea.

Festivals/Awards
50th Student Academy Awards - Finalist

28th DGA Student Film Awards - Grand Awards

2024 Fargo Film Festival - Best Cinematography Winner

2024 Carmarthen Bay Film Festival

2024 Medina Film Festival

2023 BAFTA Student Awards Shortlist: Live Action - Finalist

2023 Focus Features Award for Social and Cultural Impact - Winner

2023 National Board of Review Student Grant - Winner

2023 Arthur J. Harris Prize - Winner

2023 Norman Strauss Prize - Winner

2023 Tirana International Film Festival - Best Student Fiction Film

2023 Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival - Semi-Finalist

2023 Columbia University Film Festival - Jury Selects Films

2023 Energa Camerimage

2023 New Hampshire Film Festival

2023 Cambridge Film Festival

2023 Izmir International Short Film Festival

2023 Urbanworld Film Festival

2022 Katharina Otto-Bernstein Production Grant - Winner

2022 ASCAP(American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) Supports

Credits

Director, Writer, Editor: Minkyu Kang

Producer: Bofan Zhang, Minkyu Kang

Starring: Hyoje Lee, Jungchul Kim, Myungguk Kim, Kibaek Um