AT THE SURISOL UNDERWATER LAB

By Ayoung KIM

SEESAW PICTURES - as PROD

Experimental - Completed 2021


Festivals
& Awards

Busan Biennale 2020
Diaspora Film Festival 2021
Chuncheon SF Film Festival 2021
Jeonju International Film Festival 2021
CPH:DOX 2023
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Experimental
    • Countries
    • KOREA (South)
    • Director(s)
    • Ayoung KIM
    • Producer(s)
    • Heejung OH (SEESAW PICTURES)
    • Synopsis
    • In the wake of climate change and depletion of natural resources brought on by fossil fuels, eco-friendly bio-fuels have become society’s main energy source. In the Korean city of Busan, a “biomass town” has been established along the East Sea coastline. Surisol Underwater Lab, which manages an integrated process involving seaweed farming, water quality, ocean currents, and biomass, is also located in the area of the Oryukdo Islands. Sohila, a senior researcher at the lab, has just returned to the lab after taking a month-long vacation. She hears bad news from Surisol and out to conduct reconnaissance in the waters in question.


      The character Sohila was played by Sohila AlBna'a, a Yemeni migrant living in Korea.