An ashtray full of cigarette butts, and a desk with whiskey bottles and glasses. The room of the main character Jay (starring Han Hae-in) is soaked with a strong odor of cigarettes and alcohol. Jay is a promising young novelist who goes deep into writing as if holding her breath and diving, composes sentence after sentence, drains out of the text exhaustively, and falls asleep late. Jay has just finished her second novel and comes out of the room, and Geonwoo (starring Lee Hanju), who lives with her, prepares breakfast; a slightly different scene unfolds. Geonwoo is a warm companion who cooks for her and supports her creative work. Novelist Jay and a teacher at an English academy Geonwoo respect and care for each other more because they are working in different fields. The balance between the two begins to crumble due to Jay's unexpected pregnancy. Geonwoo wants to keep the child, but Jay refuses to give birth. as she thinks about her seniors who disappeared along with the pregnancy. She also doesn't stop drinking. Birth is a report by director Yoo Ji-young, known for Duck Town (2017), which explores the inverse proportion between women's creative careers and childbirth. The film sensitively depicts pregnancy, the most complicated problem for women, from physical changes caused by pregnancy to sharp public interference and anxiety felt only by women who seem to have to show their abilities invariably. Birth won the Proxima Grand Prix at the 57th Karlovy Vary IFF. [BAE Dongmi]