FOR EVERY MOVIE MADE,
DOZENS OF PICTURES REMAIN MISSING FOREVER.
MISSING PICTURES GIVES DIRECTORS A CHANCE
TO TELL THE STORY THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NEVER BE TOLD.
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Each unique in their own way,
the episodes reflect the character and experiences of the director
through animation and implanting the director via volumetric capture into the virtual world.
The series is at once an homage to the world of movie making
via a look into the complicated process of bringing a film to life,
and an important addition to the canon of cinema history
as an archive and a bridge builder between traditional 2D and VR storytelling.
Episode 4
father is gone
PCVR | Standalone | 6DoF | 360 Vidoes | France, UK, Taiwan, Luxembourg, South Korea | 2022 | color | 12 Min
Father is gone could have been Lee Myung-se’s debut film, but slipped into a long hiatus instead. After thirty years busy directing unprecedented features in Korea like First Love or Nowhere to Hide, Lee finally brings the lost project back to life through virtual reality. Set against the backdrop of a family of three moving to the outskirts of Seoul in the 1960s – where the director himself grew up – Father Is Gone questions the place of the father in the traditional Korean culture.
___Lee Myung-Se
Lee Myung-se is a South Korean filmmaker.
Lee began his career as an assistant producer under Bae Chang-ho for the films Hwang Jin-I, Our Sweet Days of Youth, and Dream. At the 1991 Asia-Pacific Film Festival, he was awarded Best New Director for the film, Naui Sarang Naui Shinbu, and in 1993 won the Special Jury Award for Cheot Sarang.
Other film credits include Nowhere to Hide and Duelist. Many of his films feature a tragically flawed protagonist. Lee also favors slow-motion fighting sequences.
Director Clément Deneux
Born in 1982, Clément Deneux first studied graphic design at the Ecole Estienne. He began creating title sequences. Between 2009 and 2011 he wrote and directed two horrific short films : The Nails, shot with a cellphone, and the viral Zombinladen. He has been focusing on the development of feature film projects ever since.
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A series directed by Clément Deneux
From an original idea by Joseph Beauregard
Produced by Atlas V, ARTE France, BBC, PTS, Serendipity Films, Wild Fang Films, Giioii
With the support from CNC, Pictanovo, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Procirep-Angoa, TAICCA, Film Fund Luxembourg, RAPA and Ministry of Science and ICT (Republic of Korea)
Countries of production: France, UK, Taiwan, Luxemburg, South Korea
Year of production: 2022