26th(2024)
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Lucky, Apartment
KANGYU Garam
- South Korea
- 2024
- 96min
- DCP
- color
SYNOPSIS
Lesbian couple Sun-woo and Hee-suh. dream of a stable living environment and buy a small apartment, which they’ve put everything for. But when Sun-woo loses her job and injures her leg in the recession, their relationship begins to sour while Hee-suh is sorely responsible for paying the mortgage and interest. While staying at home, Sun-woo tries to find a job, but it’s not easy. Their stress level reaches a fever pitch when a foul odor starts to emanate from downstairs.
Director
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KANGYU GaramKANGYU Garam
Kangyu Garam won the Best Korean Documentary Award at the 3rd DMZ International Documentary Film Festival for My Father’s House (2011), a film about familism and real estate issues in Korean society. She received the Documentary Director Award at the 7th Wildflower Film Awards for her film Itaewon (2016), which explores the changing lives and spaces of women living in a military camp town. She won the Korean Feature Competition Award at the Seoul International Women’s Film Festival for Us, Day by Day (2019). Her work focuses on documenting changes in women’s lives and spaces.