Official Selection

Korea 2018
Duration: 06:30
Directed by: Nari Hong
Animation: Nari Hong
Technique: drawing on paper, pencil
Music: Seung Joon Ahn
Dialogue language: no dialogue, Music with Korean lyrics
Subtitles language: English

This story is about death. A while ago, I had met a cat on the way home. We’d carefully watched out for each other. Even though when we had known each other for a long long time, we had kept some distance all the time. I cannot forget the day when the cat allowed me touch. It was very warm and soft. That's how we became friends. One grey drizzly day, the cat died. What I saw in the next morning looked like a dress left by the cat. I folded up what remained with sincerity and buried it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (lyrics - subtitle) We will see someday Don’t say no ‘cause we all know That nobody here knows the right answer I may become the wind and you may become a tree Or I may become a net and you may become a lion Whatever it looks like, we will see someday and we will know Maybe on the grassland or in the water or just in the wind for a second We will see someday I may become a petal or a tiny bug or a human again by chance Whatever it looks like, we will see someday and we will know We may become a cloud, or a migratory bird, or a duck, or a human again by chance Maybe we’ll cry or laugh Maybe just the smell will remind me of you Whatever it looks like, we will see someday Although invisible, we will know each other A petal, a root, some sand or a human again by chance

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