Movie Night

Short Films Shot Locally

We'll watch and talk about three short films shot in Chicagoland and created by Korean or Korean American filmmakers.

These short films cover a range of topics, including friendship, national identity, relationships, connections, family, and more. Discussion with the filmmakers follows the screening.

Check Please, directed by Shane Chung (2024, 10 minutes)
Two headstrong Koreans can't agree on who's treating whom to dinner, causing their casual restaurant outing to spiral into a martial arts deathmatch.

Apart, directed by Sukwon Jeong. (2024, 19 minutes)
College dropout Sukjin leaves Korea to travel halfway around the world to close a growing emotional distance with his unspoken lover, Hayoon, only to be pulled even further apart.

BJ’s Mobile Gift Shop, directed by Jason Park (2021, 16 minutes)
A young hustler runs throughout the city of Chicago, making sales out of his “mobile gift shop.”

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