Dear Chaemin
채민이에게
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
THREE-CHANNEL INSTALLATION
2020 | 17:15 | COLOUR | KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a series of video letters are sent to the director’s sister in Seoul. Should we want to return to the ‘old normal’?
The autofictional film juxtaposes the Korean and Dutch contexts of contact tracing, biopolitics, and crowd control practices, each of which intensifies the stigmatization and violence against queer communities and people of Asian descent.
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COMMUNITY SCREENINGS (KR)
이 작품은 퍼플레이를 통한 공동체 상영 신청이 가능합니다 →공동체상영 신청하기
directed, written, and edited by
Cyan Bae
original soundtrack by
archival footage courtesy of
한국정책방송 KTV
강석판
with special thanks to
Mijke van der Drift
Lizzie Malcolm
Dan Powers
awards
Grand Prize (Seoul International Women’s Film Festival 2021, Asian Shorts Competition)
“This film was like a train rushing towards us. […] The film's virtues — or deftness in weaving the lives of society and individuals, excellent recognition of its subject matter, powerful rhythm, and mystique — reminded the audience powerfully of the problematic areas of the Covid-19 situation. Therefore, the film won the support of all the juries.”
National Award (Leiden Shorts 2021, National Competition
“While we enjoyed diving into all films in the line-up, our decision on which film to grant the National Award was unanimous. […] While it addressed the current pandemic with remarkable precision and originality, what struck and moved us was the generosity of the filmmaker for giving voice to her inner thoughts in such a direct, open manner.”
Best Film About Covid-19 Pandemic (The Hague Film Festival 2021, Pandemic Chronicles Competition)
screenings & exhibitions
2023
15th Leiden Shorts (NL)
Asian+ Queer Festival, Berlin (DE)
ISIA, Urbino (IT) | Group Exhibition Dove Sono Finite Le Immagini Pandemiche? [Where Have the Pandemic Images Gone?]
WESS, Seoul (KR) | Group Exhibition Kill Time Trash_temp
2022
17th London Korean Film Festival (UK)
Home Cinema x Home, homecinema.video (NL)
Alte Münze, Berlin (DE) | Group Exhibition Practicing Sovereignty
Indie Space, Seoul (KR) | Programme Cine-Feminism Academy 2022
Paviljoensgracht 20, The Hague (NL) | Bermuda Open Studios
2021
23rd Seoul International Women’s Film Festival (KR): Closing Film
13th Boston Asian American Film Festival (US)
12th Women’s Film Festival in Gwangju (KR)
22nd Jeju Women’s Film Festival (KR)
13th Leiden Shorts (NL)
5th The Hague Film Festival (NL)
37th Wicked Queer: Boston’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival (US)
5th Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival (UK)
4th Zeitgeist Film Festival (US)
2020
40th Nederlands Film Festival (NL)
press
PHOTOGRAPHY
exhibition view at Alte Münze, Berlin (2022)
Till Vill
Chaeyuen Bae (they/she) is a visual artist and researcher based in the Netherlands. Working primarily with moving image, Cyan explores felt experiences and embodied knowledge intertwined with socio-technical systems.
WORKS
Chaeyuen Bae (they/she) is a visual artist and researcher based in the Netherlands. Working primarily with moving image, Cyan explores felt experiences and embodied knowledge intertwined with socio-technical systems.
WORKS