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I first encountered news of Lee Seong-wook’s new work in a conversation following a screening of his previous film. Speaking in a voice that was neither slow nor hurried, but always deliberate, he quietly offered a few fragments about the project to come: a film of mountains and trees, a film unfolding at a slow pace. There was no opportunity to ask further. Some time later, during the interview process for this year’s residency filmmaking program, Lee spoke once again about the new work he wished to pursue, in much the same manner. A film of mountains and trees, and a film with a slow rhythm. This time, he revealed more: the film would take place between Bongnaesan Mountain in Yeongdo—the “island of shadows”—and the forests of Lodz, Poland, bringing together Korea’s mountain spirit and the spirits of Slavic mythology. The sensibility that has emerged throughout Lee’s films comes from directly confronting the difficulty of speaking about what cannot be fully explained—what remains beyond abstraction. In Devotional Cinema, Nathaniel Dorsky reflects on the nature of the shot and the cut, extending his inquiry into whether a filmmaker can form a bond with the viewer without force or intention. His concern with maintaining imbalance without sacrificing the fundamental structure of vision, and with resisting images that become confined to a purely narrative and one-dimensional mode, resonates in certain ways with the sensory language of Lee’s cinema. Through his gaze—one that invites complete and quiet immersion—how are the mountain spirit of Yeongdo and the spirits of distant mythologies transformed into images? Produced across Busan and Lodz, From the Mountain will remain as one of the most singular expressions of the potential and strange power of Busan independent cinema this year.
2026. 08. 30. 19:30 - 21:40 영화의전당 CinemaⅡ
CINETALK
Residency
이성욱의 신작 소식을 처음 접한 것은 그의 작품 상영 후에 이어진 어느 대화 자리에서였다. 느리지도 그렇다고 빠르지도 않은 속도로 신중함을 기한 그의 목소리는 신작에 대한 조각 몇을 차분히 건넸다. 산과 나무가 등장하는, 그리고 느린 속도의 영화. 그 이상을 물을 자리는 아니었다. 얼마 뒤에 진행된 올해 레지던시 영화제작 사업의 감독 선정을 위한 인터뷰 심사에서 이성욱은 이 프로젝트를 통해 진행하고 싶은 신작에 대한 조각 몇을 이전과 같은 어조로 들려주었다. 산과 나무가 등장하는, 그리고 느린 속도의 영화. 이에 더해 섬이 아닌 섬 영도의 봉래산과 폴란드 우츠의 숲을 배경으로, 한국의 산신과 슬라브 신화 속 정령이 등장하는 작업. 그가 지금껏 작품을 통해 구현해냈던 감각은 추상에 머무르며 설명 되어질 수 없는 것을 말 해야 할 곤란함을 정면으로 마주하는 과정에서 자연스레 흘러나온 것이었다. 너새니얼 도어스키는 『헌신의 영화』를 통해 숏과 컷을 말하며, 영화감독이 무심하게 관객과 결속할 수 있는지에 대하여 질문을 더 해 나간다. 시각의 기초 구성을 무시하거나 희생시키지 않을 불균형과 이미지가 지나치게 서술적으로 변모해 일차원적인 시각에 갇히는 것에 대한 도어스키의 경계심은 이성욱의 영화를 이루는 감각과도 일정 부분 공명하는 요소일 것이다. 온전히, 그리고 무심히 몰입하게 만드는 이성욱의 시점은 우리에게 익숙한 그림자 섬의 산신과 머나먼 신화 속의 정령을 어떤 이미지로 그려내었을까? 부산과 우츠를 오가며 제작된 <산으로부터>는 올해 부산독립영화가 보여줄 수 있는 가장 기이한 저력 가운데 하나로 남을 것이다.
I first encountered news of Lee Seong-wook’s new work in a conversation following a screening of his previous film. Speaking in a voice that was neither slow nor hurried, but always deliberate, he quietly offered a few fragments about the project to come: a film of mountains and trees, a film unfolding at a slow pace. There was no opportunity to ask further. Some time later, during the interview process for this year’s residency filmmaking program, Lee spoke once again about the new work he wished to pursue, in much the same manner. A film of mountains and trees, and a film with a slow rhythm. This time, he revealed more: the film would take place between Bongnaesan Mountain in Yeongdo—the “island of shadows”—and the forests of Lodz, Poland, bringing together Korea’s mountain spirit and the spirits of Slavic mythology. The sensibility that has emerged throughout Lee’s films comes from directly confronting the difficulty of speaking about what cannot be fully explained—what remains beyond abstraction. In Devotional Cinema, Nathaniel Dorsky reflects on the nature of the shot and the cut, extending his inquiry into whether a filmmaker can form a bond with the viewer without force or intention. His concern with maintaining imbalance without sacrificing the fundamental structure of vision, and with resisting images that become confined to a purely narrative and one-dimensional mode, resonates in certain ways with the sensory language of Lee’s cinema. Through his gaze—one that invites complete and quiet immersion—how are the mountain spirit of Yeongdo and the spirits of distant mythologies transformed into images? Produced across Busan and Lodz, From the Mountain will remain as one of the most singular expressions of the potential and strange power of Busan independent cinema this year.
2026. 08. 30. 19:30 - 21:40 영화의전당 CinemaⅡ CINETALK
