How to Stop Being Korean

Jin-sik, Kang-young, and Eung-il were living like losers in a semi-basement room. Then one day, an unknown delivery box falls at the door of this room. When Eung-il opens the box, Point Man, a four-dimensional monster, pops out with a Penrose triangle. The Point Man unilaterally informs them that a contract has been signed with the Galactic Federal Lone Star Lifespan Bank, but when they refuse to sign the contract, the Point Man kidnaps Jin-sik, Kang-young, and Eung-il into space with their house. They fight desperately with the point man to return to Earth...

Nine individuals living in South Korea, with varying ages, genders, and occupations, yet all ordinary people. Across 81 fragments of daily life, inner voices of solitude, anxiety, and hope whisper softly.

The death of a soldier at Panmunjeom, the symbol of the division of the Korean Peninsula, still stands as an unsolved case. Was it death by suicide (as the official investigation team announced) or was he murdered? What is the truth?

Nowadays, film critics do not have to rely on written or verbal language anymore. Not only critical film makers, such as Harun Faroki or Tom Anderson, but also film critics, like Kent Jones, Tag Gallagher, Kevin B. lee and others frequently begin to perform their work by using film and video footages. Mediact opens a course of audio visual film critic yearly to expand the scope of film ciritic and visual art.

The upper stream of Hongjecheon has a long history. This region has been called different names in different eras. Its namesakes have been buildings in nearby areas, all of which now disappeared; places like the Shinyoung Shopping Complex, which was dismantled; Baeksukdongcheon, an area now under restoration plan; Segumjeong, an already-restored building. Buildings are not the only objects of restoration. The history of Segumjeong and Hongjecheon was also restored. Perhaps everything the film shows may be a kind of restoration