In celebration of the 2024-2025 Korea-Canada Year of Cultural Exchanges, the Korean Cultural Centre in Canada is pleased to host a Director's Talk with JEONG Dahee, who is visiting Ottawa as a member of the Feature Jury for the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Join us on September 29, 2024, at 3:30 PM (ET) for a screening of her acclaimed short animations, The Empty (2016) and MOVEMENTS (2019), followed by an insightful conversation about her creative journey and body of work.

- Date: September 29, 2024, 3:30 PM (ET)

- Location: Korean Cultural Centre Canada, 150 Elgin Street, Unit 101, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1L4

- Registration: https://forms.gle/ucdVPQxdYNNWzvCt7

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The Empty

Animation / 2016 / 9min 27sec / Color / Painting on paper, 2D computer / 1.77:1 / 5.1 surround / Korean Dialogue / English, French subtitles

Time is what the room has the most.

Dust is what I have the most.

MOVEMENTS

Animation / 2019 / 10’ 15” / Color / painting on paper, 2D computer / 1.78:1 / stereo / No dialogue

In the space of 10 minutes, the African baobab tree grows 0.008mm, the fastest dog in the world, the

Greyhound, can run 12km, and the Earth travels 18,000km around the Sun. “Movements” is a 10-minute

animated film which I drew at a rate of 2 seconds of animation per day. We are all walking, seeing,

working, running, and stopping together.

About Director JEONG, Dahee

JEONG, Dahee Studied Communication Design in Seoul. After working in advertising, went to France and got a Master’s in Animation at the ENSAD in Paris. Since 2013 Dahee has been working as an independent animation film director and producer. Her first film, Man on the Chair (2014), was presented at the Directors' Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival, won the Cristal Grand Prix at the Annecy Int'l Animated Film Festival. The Empty (2016) won the Grand Prix at the Hiroshima Int'l Animation Festival and was screened at over 100 film festivals around the world. Her latest film, Movements (2019) was presented at the Directors' Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.