RESERVOIR

( 2025 )

Short Film Competition |

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

Korean |

23 min

About the film

Jeong-cheol goes to a reservoir with his teenage son. While teaching him to swim, he pushes too hard and nearly causes the boy to drown. Their relationship falls apart, and later, Jeong-cheol enters the reservoir alone to retrieve his son’s swimming goggles—only to confront the haunting memories he had long tried to bury.

Director

Deokgeun Kim

Kim Deokgeun is a Seoul-based filmmaker who earned his M.A. in Film Directing from the Korea National University of Arts. His latest short, To Each Your Sarah (2019), screened at numerous international festivals, including Sehsüchte and Poitiers, and won the Jury Prize at the Mise-en-scène Film Festival, South Korea’s largest genre film festival.

Producer

Sunmi Rim, Han-geul Kang, Sanghoon Lee

Production Company

Screenplay

Deokgeun Kim

Cinematography

Tei Lee

Editing

Youngduk Kim

Sound

Si Hyun Kim

Cast

Sung-il Park , Hyun-jin Choi , Joo-won Lee

Contacts

International Sales: Indiestory Inc., South Korea, international@indiestory.com

Producer

Sunmi Rim, Han-geul Kang, Sanghoon Lee

Production Company

Screenplay

Deokgeun Kim

Cinematography

Tei Lee

Editing

Youngduk Kim

Sound

Si Hyun Kim

Cast

Sung-il Park , Hyun-jin Choi , Joo-won Lee

Contacts

International Sales: Indiestory Inc., South Korea, international@indiestory.com

More About Film

Producer

Sunmi Rim, Han-geul Kang, Sanghoon Lee

Screenplay

Deokgeun Kim

Cinematography

Tei Lee

Editing

Youngduk Kim

Sound

Si Hyun Kim

Cast

Sung-il Park , Hyun-jin Choi , Joo-won Lee

Contact

International Sales: Indiestory Inc., South Korea, international@indiestory.com