AFIN International Film Festival

Feature Film AFIN 135

Inside a funeral hall

Directed by Ho-hyun Lee

AFIN 2022 Nominee

  • 2022
  • 1h 3m
  • South Korea
  • English
First-time filmmaker
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Synopsis

Sang Eun, who’s been fighting cancer secretly behind his family’s back, goes to his grandmother’s funeral. There he sees his family members focusing more on how much money they’ll be inherited instead of remembering his grandmother. That makes him imagine what his funeral would be like. He meets his old friend Eunkyu’s uncle at the funeral and hears that Eunkyu is also getting treated for his pancreatic cancer at the same hospital and that he’s in stage 4. Sang Eun pays a visit to Eunkyu after the funeral and he immediately gets the feeling that his friend doesn’t have much time left. As he walks out of the room, he’s met with Eunkyu’s mother who’s in total despair and he sees that death could mean desperation beyond sadness to someone.

Director's Statement

Ho-hyun Lee, filmmaker portrait provided to AFIN.

We all face death at one point in our lives whether be it via accident, illness, or aging. However, the way everyone treats it is all different. People around them take it differently as well. I wanted to show how a family selfishly take their grandmother’s death on their own terms through Sang Eun, the main character’s eyes. The viewers who will be laughing at the comedy of the situation in the movie will get to see how different stances people take of Eunkyu and his mother who don’t have much life left battling cancer later in the movie. This will make viewers think about how they should prepare their death which might take place rather sooner than later.

What makes this one special

  • 21 awards at other festivalsABQ Indie Film Festival · Barcelona Indie Awards · Denver Movie Awards and 18 more
  • Programmed at 42 other festivals
  • Nominated for Best Picture
  • A first-time filmmaker

Also selected at

21 awards, 1 nomination, 3 finalist placings, 17 official selections across 42 other festivals

  1. WinnerABQ Indie Film FestivalBest Drama_Finalist / 미국 · Albuquerque · 2023
  2. WinnerBarcelona Indie AwardsBest Feature Film_Nominee / 스페인 · 2023
  3. WinnerDenver Movie AwardsBest Feature_Winner / 미국 · 2023
  4. WinnerEurope International Film FestivalBEST WORLD FEATURE FILM_Nominee / 포르투갈 · Lisbon · 2023
  5. WinnerHOLLYWOOD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVALBEST FEATURE FILM_Winner / 미국 · Los Angeles · 2023
  6. WinnerIndie Filmmaker AwardsBest Director of a Feature Film_Nominee / 미국 · South Pasadena · 2023
  7. WinnerLONDON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALFEATURE FILM_Honorable Mention / 영국 · 2023
  8. WinnerMonte Carlo Movie AwardsBest Feature Film_Winner / 캐나다 · Montreal · 2023
  9. WinnerORION IFF International Film FestivalBest Feature Narrative_Nominee / 독일 · Berlin · 2023
  10. WinnerVancouver Movie AwardsBest Feature film_Winner / 캐나다 · 2023
  11. WinnerBali FilmDaysBest Feature Film_Nominee / 인도네시아 · 2022
  12. WinnerCalgary Independent Film FestivalBest Directing(feature long film)_Winner / 캐나다 · Alberta · 2022
  13. WinnerDokyo film awordsJapan Premier / Best Drama Winner(Gold medal) · 2022
  14. WinnerDubai FestivalBest Director_Winnwer / 아랍 에미리트 · 2022
  15. WinnerFestival Internacional del arte y del cine independiente MIAXBest Feature_Winner / 멕시코 · Guadalajara · 2022
  16. WinnerMakizhmithran International Film FestivalBest Debut Feature Film · Alampattu · 2022
  17. WinnerMontreal Arthouse Film FestivalBest Feature Film · 2022
  18. WinnerNavy international film festivalBest International Feature Film · 2022
  19. WinnerSan Jose Independent Film FestivalBest Drama Film_Winner / 미국 · California · 2022
  20. WinnerTAMIZHAGAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALBest Asian Feature Film · Chennai · 2022
  21. WinnerVadugan Film AwardsBest Asian Feature Film · Chennai · 2022
  22. NomineeSydney Australian Film FestivalAustralia premeier / Nominee · 2022
  23. FinalistChicago Filmmaker AwardsBest Feature Film, semi-finalist / 미국 · 2022
  24. FinalistSanta Monica Film AwardsBest Feature_Semi-Finalist / 미국 · 2022
The remaining 18 festivals
  1. FinalistSeattle Filmmaker AwardsBEST FEATURE FILM_Semi-Finalist / 미국 · 2022
  2. SelectionFaten hamama film festivalOfficial competition / 영국 · London · 2023
  3. SelectionMadrid Film AwardsFeature Film Fiction_Nominee / 스페인 · 2023
  4. SelectionARFF Berlin // International AwardsCompetition · 2022
  5. SelectionBakunawa FestivalInternational Full-length Features 60min up_nominee / 필리핀 제도 · Bacolod · 2022
  6. SelectionBali film festivalworld premeier / best feature narrative · 2022
  7. SelectionCEBU INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALPhillipine premeier · 2022
  8. SelectionGohang Rural Film FestivalCompetition / 대한민국 · 2022
  9. SelectionGreece Film Festival AwardsAsian Feature Film · Greece premeier · 2022
  10. SelectionHuman ShadesItaly premeier / Best Drama · Milano · 2022
  11. SelectionJecheon international Music&Film festivalOfficial Invited / 대한민국 · 2022
  12. SelectionJecheon International Music&Film FestivalKorea premeier / Not Competition · 2022
  13. SelectionNeelshal international Film FestivalKuwait premeier / BEST ASIAN FEATURE FILM · Kuwait City · 2022
  14. SelectionNew Creators Film AwardsFrance premeier · Paris · 2022
  15. SelectionNitiin International Flim FestivalMalaysia premeire / BEST ASIAN FEATURE FILM · PULAU PINANG · 2022
  16. SelectionThe Fatherhood Image Film FestivalFeature Film_Finalist / 미국 · New york · 2022
  17. SelectionWeyauwega International Film FestivalNot yet · Wisconsin · 2022
  18. SelectionWorld Cine FestCompetition · proto · 2022

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Director's Biography

Ho-hyun Lee, filmmaker portrait provided to AFIN. Ho-hyun Lee Director

worked many films as a assitant director. "Inside a funeral hall"

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