VATAE MINKYEUNG KIMLEE & MARLENE DIRVEN - joint programme

MARLENE DIRVEN - Five Nights Shomal (pilot)
16:00-16:45 hrs

Reflecting on her own experience with PTSD, filmmaker Marlene Dirven screens the pilot of her fiction film ‘Five Nights Shomal’ followed by a Q&A on the filmmaking process.

Drawing from personal memories, the film follows a young woman as she navigates trauma after a violent rape incident, and its effect on her identity and relationship.

In her first feature fiction film ‘Five Nights Shomal’, filmmaker Marlene Dirven shares her cinematic account of her own experience with PTSD, in which her music compositions play a key role. After the pilot film of 12 minutes, Dirven reflects on the filmmaking process and themes with live music and spoken word, revealing how trauma continues to shape a woman’s sense of self and independence over time.

VATAE MINKYEUNG KIMLEE - Dissolving alley
16:45-17:30 hrs

Vatae Kimlee briefly introduces her research ‘what is this wall between you and me’ followed by the screening of her short animation film and a Q&A.

Garak (string pieces) is a film about a woman in her mid-20s living in Incheon, Korea, who spends the day drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes, and eating chocolate.

Vatae Kimlee started asking her grandparents about a place where they lived. As a young woman born and raised in Korea, the feeling of disconnection and rootlessness was not simply a personal problem. Story pieces wander around the places that are demolished or are about to be demolished.

This event is part of the Master of Film – Artistic Research Week 2024

ARW 2024 | VATAE MINKYEUNG KIMLEE & MARLENE DIRVEN - joint programme