'Call for May 18 to Be Included in Constitution Preamble'... Film Screening of Director Park Kibok's Works Held in Gwangju

Special Omnibus Screening of "Bap" and "Fallen Flower, Remaining Scent"
An Homage to "Human Acts," Connecting May 1980 and the Present

Poster for the free special preview screening to urge the inclusion of the May 18 Democratic Uprising in the preamble of the Constitution. Provided by the production company

A special omnibus screening featuring Director Park Kibok's new film "Bap" and his previous work "Fallen Flower, Remaining Scent" will be held at 3 p.m. on March 21 at the 6th floor theater of the Gwangju Visual Culture Complex. The screening will be free for local citizens.

According to the production company Mudangbeolle Film Co., Ltd. on March 11, this special screening has been organized to call for the complete end of Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law and rebellion, and to urge the inclusion of the May 18 Democratic Uprising in the preamble of the Constitution. After this event, a relay of screenings is planned to take place across the five autonomous districts of Gwangju and various cities and counties in South Jeolla Province.

During the opening of the event, there will be an introduction of the cast, and poet Kim Hyangmi, a friend of author Han Kang from Hyodong Elementary School in Buk-gu, will recite Han Kang's poem "Reminiscence."

The new film "Bap" is an homage to Han Kang, the Nobel Prize-winning author's novel "Human Acts." The film tells a story that connects the past and present through the ritual of a dancer comforting the spirits of a mother and daughter who died of starvation, in which a boy who died in May 1980 is reborn. Notably, it is produced in a nonverbal, stage-like cinematic format, making it an experimental work that expresses the meaning of history and memory through silence and physical movement.

Director Ki-bok Park.

This film was selected for the "Gwangju Cultural Asset Content Production Support Project" by the Gwangju Cultural Foundation and received continuous support for 2025 and 2026. The cast includes Park Sohee from the dance department and Yoon Sunghwi, Noh Geonwoo, and Park Seoyeon from the theater department of Jeonnam Arts High School, who expressed the values of human rights and democracy through the language of the body. The Jeonnam Office of Education also cooperated in the production of this student human rights film.

The accompanying film, "Fallen Flower, Remaining Scent," is set in Gwangju in May 1980 and depicts the tragic encounter and parting between a young woman aspiring to be an actress and a soldier of the martial law troops who tries to protect her. This film was selected for the "Gwangju Brand Feature Film Production Support Project" by the Gwangju Information & Culture Industry Promotion Agency and won a special prize at the 21st Korea Arts Awards.

Director Park Kibok has consistently produced a series of films on the theme of the May 18 Democratic Uprising, beginning with "March for the Beloved." He continues to document history and human stories through film, under the conviction that "the strongest weapon against violence is memory and record."

He also runs the "Park Kibok Film School," where he engages in filmmaking education with young people, focusing on local history and notable figures as subjects.

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