Beyond the Line, 선을 넘어

3D Animated Short Film, 3min 16sec, 2020

A wheelchair dreams of one day being fast like a racing car.

레이싱 카처럼 빠르게 달리고 싶은 꿈을 꾸는 휠체어의 이야기

Director Statement

We all have the right to dream, even if the dream is far from reality. Dreaming gives us a chance to have a new interpretation of given reality and to change our lives. This film shows how a dream can overcome limitations. Before having his dream, the wheelchair had found the children's hospital a frustrating space where he had to go "slowly" and "carefully." But once the wheelchair started dreaming, this space became an imaginative playground for racing. The contrast between children's hospitals and racing speedways disappears over time, and it becomes a space where reality and dreams meet. We say that these fantastic things are like a scene in a movie. I want to present this film to those who are dreaming and seeking this "movie-like moment" in their life.

우리는 누구나 꿈을 꿀 권리가 있다. 비록 그 꿈이 자신의 현실과 아주 동떨어져 있는 것일지라도. 몸을 잘 못 가누는 소년이 카레이서를 꿈꾸고, 환자의 안전이 가장 중요한 휠체어가 스피드를 동경하는 것처럼 말이다. 꿈을 꾸는 행위는 주어진 현실을 새롭게 해석하고, 변화시킬 수 있는 기회를 준다. 본 영상은 꿈을 통해 자신이 처한 한계를 어떻게 극복할 수 있는지 보여준다. 꿈꾸기 전의 휠체어에게는 어린이 병동은 ‘천천히’ 그리고 ‘조심조심’ 다녀야만 하는 답답한 공간이었지만, 꿈을 꾸기 시작한 휠체어에게 이 공간은 상상력 넘치는 레이싱 놀이터이다. 어린이 병동과 레이싱 경기장과의 대비가 시간이 흐를수록 사라지며 점점 하나의 공간으로 합쳐진다. 현실과 꿈이 만나는 순간이 펼쳐지는 것이다. 우리는 이러한 환상적인 일들이 벌어질 때 영화 속 한 장면 같다는 얘기한다. 이처럼 영화 같은 순간을 꿈꾸는 이들에게 공감과 위로가 되는 애니메이션을 만들고 싶었다.

Award

Nomination, College Television Awards, USA 2021

Best Animated Short Film, Sedona International Film Festival, USA, 2021

Distinction, Athens Animfest, Greece, 2021

Audience Favorite Honorable Mention, Florida Animation Festival, USA, 2021

Silver Remi, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA, 2021

Special Prize, Bucheon International Animation Festival, South Korea, 2020

The Promising Animated Short Film, China International Cartoon & Animation Festival, China, 2020

Honorable Mention, Kuandu International Animation Festival, Taiwan, 2020

Honorable Mention, Dublin Animation Film Festival, Ireland, 2020

Screening

LA Shorts International Film Festival, USA (Academy Award Qualifying)

Cleveland International Film Festival, USA (Academy Award Qualifying)

RiverRun International Film Festival, USA (Academy Award Qualifying)

Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, USA (Academy Award Qualifying)

St. Louis International Film Festival, USA (Academy Award Qualifying)

Spark Animation Film Festival, Canada (Academy Award Qualifying)

Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia (Academy Award Qualifying)

Cinequest Film Festival, USA (Academy Award Qualifying)

Bucheon International Animation Festival, South Korea (Academy Award Qualifying)

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan (Academy Award Qualifying)

Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, India (Academy Award Qualifying)

HollyShorts Film Festival, USA (Academy Award Qualifying)

Manchester Film Festival, UK (BAFTA Qualifying)

Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK (BAFTA Qualifying)

Bolton Film Festival, UK (BAFTA Qualifying)

Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, UK (BAFTA Cymru Qualifying)

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Canada (Canadian Screen Award Qualifying)

WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, USA (Canadian Screen Award Qualifying)

Fantasia International Film Festival, Canada (Canadian Screen Award Qualifying)

Animaze, The Montreal International Animation Film Festival, Canada (Canadian Screen Award Qualifying)

Zlín Film Festival, Czech Republic

Kuandu International Animation Festival, Taiwan

Sedona International Film Festival, USA

Leeds Young Film Festival, UK

Mecal International Short Film Festival of Barcelona, Spain

Athens Animfest, Greece

Omaha Film Festival, USA

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, USA

Kansas International Film Festival, USA

Anchorage International Film Festival, USA

Red Rock Film Festival, USA

Palm Springs International Animation Festival, USA

Dam Short Film Festival, USA

Dublin Animation Film Festival, Ireland

DeadCenter Film Festival, USA

Magnolia Independent Film Festival, USA

International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh, Bangladesh

Tbilisi International Animation Festival, Georgia

VAFI & RAFI International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, Croatia

Athens International Children’s Film Festival, Greece

Rabat International Children and Family Film Festival, Morocco

Florida Animation Festival, USA

Très Court International Film Festival, France

La Guarimba Film Festival, Italy

Crazy Talented Asians & Friends, USA

Neum Animated Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nickel Independent Film Festival, Canada

FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, Spain

Cartoon Club, Italy

Fresco International Film Festival, Armenia

Västerås Film Festival, Sweden

SBS Ani Gallery, South Korea

Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival, South Korea

Jeongdongjin Independent Film Festival, South Korea

Animart Festival, Greece

Seoul Yeongdeungpo International Extreme-​Short Film Festival, South Korea

Seoul Metro International subway Film Festival, South Korea

Indie - AniFest, South Korea

Persons with Disabilities Film Festival, South Korea

Cinemagic International Film Festival, UK

ANIMARE Cartoon Film Festival, Italy

Sedicicorto Forlì International Film Festival, Italy

SCHLINGEL International Film Festival, Germany

Chaniartoon - International Comic & Animation Festival, Greece

Tirana International Film Festival, Albania (PANORAMA, Out of Competition)

Girona Film Festival, Spain

BCN Sports Film Festival, Spain

Animae Caribe International Animation & Digital Media Festival, Trinidad and Tobago

Vilnius International Short Film Festival, Lithuania, (Kids, Out of competition)

Indieground, South Korea

Big Eyes, Big Minds Singapore International Children's Film Festival, Singapore

Florence Korea Film Fest, Italia

Australia Animation Film Festival, Australia

Exhibition

Anime Art Dimension, National Taiwan Arts Education Center, Taiwan, 2021/07/13 - 2021/09/26

Film Specs

Length 3 minutes 16 seconds

Formats DCP, ProRes.mov, H264.mp4

Aspect 16:9

Audio stereo

Language English, Korean (subtitles)

Credit

Director / Producer Jinuk Choi

Character Rigger Hwanho Kim

Music Composer Corey Wallace

Sound Designer Nick Ainsworth

Foley Artist Andrea Gard

Re-recording Mixer Nick Ainsworth

Voice Greg Wright

Advisor Inpyo Hong, Steve Rittler, Angelica Vergel

Financially Supported by Bucheon, Bucheon International Animation Festival

Distribution Premium Films / 한국독립애니메이션협회 씨앗

© 2020.Jinuk Choi. all rights reserved.