Motherland
A Korean American adoptee embarks on a relentless journey through South Korea to search for her birth mother, driven by her longing to discover the truth of her origins. 2024 Academy Award Qualifying - Best Live Action Short Film Provincetown International Film Festival 2023 - BEST NARRATIVE SHORT HollyShorts Film Festival 2023 - BEST DIRECTOR Award Hamptons International Film Festival 2022 - Student Film Award Palm Springs International Shortfest 2022 Woodstock Film Festival 2023 San Diego International Film Festival 2023 Salute Your Shorts Film Festival 2023 TIDE Film Festival 2022 Dallas International Fim Festival 2023 Lighthouse International Film Festival 2023 Asian American International Film Festival 2023 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival 2023 Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2024 RiverRun Film Festival 2024 Starring Tiffany Chu Hong Kyung Taewoo Kim Minae Oh Written & Directed by Christina Yoon Co-written by Minkyu Kang Executive Produced by Addis Goldman, Hyomin Bong, Jin Cho Produced by Jungyoon Kim & Grace Merriman Line Produced by Seon Kwon Hwang Cinematography by Giorgos Valsamis Edited by Christina Yoon & Alan Wu Production Design by Ellie Jung Music by Jude Shih & Jacob Snider Sound Design by Bobb Barito Supported by the Katharina Otto-Bernstein Film Fund, The Caucus Foundation, The Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation, and Asian Cinevision. Winner of the Caucus Gold Circle Award. Produced in partial fulfillment of the MFA degree in Film at Columbia University School of the Arts.
