Sandra, The Primate Citizen

Can one day shape the rest of your life? A feature documentary on the South-Korean education system.

On 9 November 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. Andreas, Marc, and Sonya, as young people at the time, had to face the sudden unification head-on. After leaving Germany, they are currently living in Korea as a pianist, a film production manager, and a researcher at Samsung Electronics respectively. When a mood of reconciliation between South and North Korea is developing in 2018, they are hopeful that they may face a second reunification. They come to think that North and South Korea of today bears subtle resemblance to East and West Germany in 1989 beyond time and space···.

Mother Hyo-jeong moved to a different room three times while living with her mother-in-law. Hyo-jeong, who has been a full-time housewife for 20 years, became her new head of household as a counselor. But her dad still wants the role of her submissive wife. Her mom wants her independence into her safe space. While she lives in each room, her father's intrusion continues. Although her mother keeps moving rooms, her father continues to disturb her mother's space. Will her mom really have her own space, can she have that fifth room?

For 10 years, Nawruz has lived in BLISS, a former government housing project that has now become a shelter for local migrants, city workers, and university students. Originally from the southern Philippines, he has decided to stay in Manila not only for work opportunities but also for the comfort and freedom of urban living. But staying in Manila isn’t easy— and it isn’t cheap either. He accepts freelance design and animation work, sells beauty products, joins a community lending scheme, and thinks of renting a whole flat in BLISS and lease its rooms to others to earn and save money. One day, his mother calls and asks him to come home. She is worried about his financial troubles and offers to help.Reluctantly, he agrees and uses this opportunity to connect again with his family, especially with his mother whose values have always been old-fashioned.