Kyeong-i An

An Kyung-lee (b. 1969, South Korea) was born in the same year as Soonhee, the heroine of her debut film. The director sees this as a significant year, the year man landed on the Moon, a year of great achievements in technology, yet so many inhabitants of this planet were living in spiritual and material destitution. An Kyung-lee studied at Nihon University in Tokyo, specialising in film theory and criticism. In Korea she was involved in production and also attended Dong-guk university. Short Life is her feature debut, for which she also wrote the story and screenplay.

MFF Karlovy Vary