Hayoun Kwon

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Hayoun Kwon was born in South Korea in 1981 and moved to France in 2011 to pursue her studies at the Nantes School of Art and Le Fresnoy, where she presented the video Lack of evidence for her final diploma. The complex relationship with her home country plays a leading role in her work and issues of immigration, political relations, national and extraterritorial laws are a consistent interest. To address these political questions, Kwon became very skilled in using animation, keeping a balance between a real and fictional register. She defines her videos as documentary animation.

Most Popular Hayoun Kwon Trailers

Total trailers found: 8

489 Years Trailer (2020)

18 April 2020

The oral history of a former South Korean soldier who once patrolled the DMZ is brought to life by computer graphics in a style that conjures first-person-shooter video games.

Le Voyage intérieur de Gauguin Trailer (2018)

27 November 2018

Kubo Walks The City Trailer (2021)

15 June 2021

Follow the footsteps of Kubo, a Korean urban flaneur, through an exquisitely illustrated 1930s Seoul.

The Bird Lady Trailer (2019)

19 February 2019

This adventure invites us to enter the heart of a story, which Daniel, a now retired drawing teacher, told us concerning a brief but striking encounter which occurred in Paris, in 1967.

Pan mun jom Trailer (2013)

01 January 2013

Pan Mun Jom (2013) goes further in the questioning on the fictional dimension of the DMZ (and of demarcations in general) by reducing to colour spots soldiers facing each other from both sides of the border… Who is who? Who is where? Where are we? As the shooting authorizations where cancelled following the 2013 North-Korean crisis, the video simulates the filming with a thermal imaging camera reproducing images at 37°C (98.

Model Village Trailer (2014)

22 March 2014

Kijong-dong, a propaganda village from the 1950s, is situated in one of the world's most inaccessible spots: the Korean demilitarised zone.

Lack of Evidence Trailer (2011)

01 January 2011

In Nigeria, to be a twin can be a blessing or a curse. The father of O is the village chief, a witch doctor who believes in the curse of twins.

The Guardians of Jade Mountain Trailer (2024)

29 August 2024

The story of an unlikely friendship between Chief Aliman of the Bunun clan (Taiwan's Aborigines) and Japanese anthropologist MORI Ushinosuke during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan.