Best, Excellence, and Agora Awards ... Dong-Eui University Students Conquer the Busan International Short Film Festival

Dongui University Lee Minho, BISFF Operation Kino Best Work Award and Agora Award

Choi Soyoon and Lee Goeun, Excellence Award and All Categories Won in Digital Content Major

Ewha-young Lee, Hyo-eun Jeong, Min-ho Lee, Ji-eun Kim, and Chae-eun Kim from Dong-Eui University, who won the Best Film Award at the Busan International Short Film Festival for their documentary work "San23-1".

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A student from Dong-Eui University won two awards at an international short film event, with students from this university taking home major prizes.

Minho Lee, a senior majoring in Digital Content at Dong-Eui University, won the Best Work Award in the Operation Kino category at the 38th Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF), which concluded on April 26, with his work "San 23-1, X".

He also received the Agora Award, selected directly by visiting directors of the Busan International Short Film Festival, achieving a double crown.

Soyoon Choi, a senior double majoring in Digital Content and Journalism and Broadcasting, and Goeun Lee, a senior majoring in Advertising and Public Relations, jointly directed the work "Ttobagi," which won the Excellence Award.

Thus, students majoring in Digital Content at Dong-Eui University celebrated taking all three award categories.

The Best Work Award-winning "San 23-1, X" is a piece that looks at the current state of Dolsan Village in Munhyeon-dong, Busan, the city's first mural village that once attracted many tourists.

This 14-minute and 12-second documentary sensually expresses the desires born from the conveniences of civilization while looking at the brightly shining city beyond the dark, ruined village.

Minho Lee said, "I learned about Dolsan Village through the news and visited it. The first scene that caught my eye was the X mark painted over the mural. It was ironic and heartbreaking, so I made the video," adding, "I am grateful to the team members who worked hard together."

The Excellence Award-winning "Ttobagi" carefully captures Grandma Kim Gwang-soon and her workplace, a stationery store, and is a 12-minute documentary that leads viewers to think about the value of things that are disappearing as if naturally, drawn by the grandmother's ordinary daily life.

"Operation Kino" is a short documentary production support project supported by the Busan International Short Film Festival and Jung-gu Office to nurture film talent in Busan. This year, marking its 10th anniversary, six teams from four universities were selected as final production support works and competed in three categories: Best Work Award, Excellence Award, and Agora Award.

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