The Waves, The Sand, and Two Lovers in the Middle Of…
The sound of waves echoes in the silence. Two girls, Youngjin and Jaeyeon, go to the beach to sleep together. They appear on a trembling heavily pixellated screen, while a delicate voice guides us through a love story of apparently non-existing people. Let yourself go and be embraced by, maybe, the most minimalist film of the festival, which emphasises the importance of little details.
Director Jiyeong Hong constructed an ode to love, cinema and low-fi with a soft hand and (almost) archaeological digital effects. With a buzzing sound, flickers, and layers, she constructs a very personal post-futuristic and poetic paused dance, which helps her reveal a sweet love story reflecting on the non-normative relationships. A reflection is explained as a visual caress of the audience.
Javier Garcia Puerto

Jiyeong Hong (1985) started to make short video works in university majoring in Fine Arts. She studied philosophy in graduate school, and her master’s Thesis was mainly about queer theory and feminism based on Deleuze. Hong focuses on queer films and explores the alternative of narrative films. ""Blessedness: Monsters and Specters"" (2020) was in the Korean competition at the 21st Jeonju International Film Festival. ""Amor, Amor Fati"" (2016) won the Best Cinematography at the 2016 Chungmuro Short Film Festival.
Filmography:
Blessedness: Monsters and Specters (2020), The Waves, The Sand, and Two Lovers in the Middle of... (2023)





