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When God Swallows Candy

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LEE Kangsun

  • South Korea
  • 2024
  • 14min
  • G
  • DCP
  • color, b&w

Synopsis

Saying which memory is real and capturing something with a camera share a similar context—both result in the exclusion of what lies on the edges. The moment a photograph chooses to capture something, something else is left out, pushed beyond the frame. In 2024, I construct a story from beyond the edges of images taken during my childhood, and from beyond the moldy film reels of my father.

Director's Statement

What sound does God make when swallowing candy? To swallow something sweet is a blessing, and for humans, that blessing is forgetfulness. Even within forgetfulness, memory and record continue to hold hands, leading people into the next story. This is a story that weaves time shaped by lives once lived, carrying us forward. My father, an obsessive archivist, documented my growth from childhood to now. But in over 300GB of footage, certain memories will never appear. To imagine the story beyond what¡¯s visible, I return to the past—through mold—as a passage. Asking questions about the forgetfulness born in the moment God swallows candy.

schedule

Code Time Theater Grade
Korean Spectrum, Here & Now Shorts 2 2025-08-23 | 10:40 - 12:05 MEGABOX Sinchon 2 GV
Korean Spectrum, Here & Now Shorts 2 2025-08-27 | 13:30 - 14:55 MEGABOX Sinchon 7

Director

  • LEE Kangsun
    Lee Kangsun (b. 1996) is based in Seoul and works with video, photography, and text. Her practice explores the images created when individuals pick up a camera to document, and the narratives that are omitted or rendered invisible in the process. She is particularly interested in how these fragmented narratives might form a new kind of terrain. Her first short film, Landing (2023), was screened at numerous festivals.

Credit

  • ProducerÀ̰­¼± LEE Kangsun
  • Cast À̰­¼± LEE Kangsun
  • Screenwriter À̰­¼± LEE Kangsun
  • Cinematographer À̽¿ì LEE Seungwoo
  • Editor À̰­¼± LEE Kangsun
  • Sound ¾È¹Î¿Á AN Minok