House of the Hummingbird
Directed By
Bora Kim
Seoul 1994, in the year the Seongsu Bridge collapsed, 14-year-old Eunhee wanders the city searching for love.
- ABOUT
- BIO
14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Ignored by her parents and abused by her brother, she finds her escape by roaming the neighborhood with her best friend, going on adventures, exploring young love and experiencing everything that comes with growing up in a country on the brink of enormous change.
The South Korean filmmaker studied directing at Columbia University in New York. Her short film The Recorder Exam won numerous prizes including a Student Film Award from the Directors Guild of America. Her debut feature film, Beol-sae (House of Hummingbird), received production support from the Korean Film Council, the Seoul Film Commission and the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Cinema Fund, as well as post-production support from the Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program and IFP. It premiered at Busan where it won the NETPAC Award and the KNN Audience Award. After Busan, House of Hummingbird got 24th awards from prestigious festivals like Berlinale, Tribeca, Seattle and Istanbul Festival
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