Synopsis

A girl draws a circle on the ground. Passers-by step into it, one by one. Soon the circle is full of people, struggling to stay within. Once the girl returns and erases the circle, people start heading their way.

Yumi Joung

Director Yumi Joung creates animation and picture books with her delicate and distinctive pencil drawing technique. In 2009, her animated work Dust Kid was invited to screen at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight. In 2013, Love Games made its world premiere at Berlinale Shorts and won the Grand Prix at Animafest Zagreb. In 2014, Dust Kid was published as a picture book and won the Bologna Ragazzi Award. She won another Bologna Ragazzi Award the following year for her work My Little Doll’s House. In 2019, Yumi became a member of the AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).