During the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye administrations, despite the question "Are there still people doing student movements?", there were youths guarding Gwanghwamun Square. Time passes and the director, now in her thirties, seeks out colleagues from that time when those moments began to feel meaningless. What remains for them, and how much has the world they hoped for changed? The film follows moments where past passion and present life intersect, reflecting on memories of activism and what came after.​

Director Lim Subin was a student activist not in the era of fiery struggles against dictatorship, but in the 2010s. Entering university in 2011, she joined a new wave of movements focused on student rights and diversity. To a Waverer begins with the disquiet that met her upon graduation.

What meaning could those fiercely committed years possibly hold? Seeking an answer, Lim reconnects with fellow activists who once dreamed of change alongside her. In doing so, she revisits the slogans against tuition hikes, the debates on identity, and the national traumas of the Sewol ferry disaster and a presidential impeachment—events that form a vital diagnosis of contemporary Korean society. It is telling, too, that Lim and every former comrade she interviews are women.

Much has been said about young men drifting from social movements; far more important is to listen to the young women who still fill the public square. Though it begins in doubt, this film does not retreat into self-pity. Instead, through small acts of care and solidarity that resist grand narratives, it offers encouragement and a vision for building a better world, sent from one generation of activists to the next. Lim’s documentary embodies that very spirit.

This is a story of student activists in the 2010s—a generation that, long after the fight against dictatorship, still gathered on campus to “dream of a different world together.” They fought for lower tuition, student self-governance, and diversity, while joining broader social struggles, from labor strikes to the aftermath of the Sewol Ferry tragedy. The director, herself a former activist, revisits her twenties alongside her comrades. While their experiences cannot speak for an entire generation, their reflections offer a quiet measure of comfort to all who once dreamed of another world—and to those who still do.

• Producer임수빈 LIM Subin
• Cinematography 임수빈 LIM Subin
• Edit 임수빈 LIM Subin
• Sound 길민서 KIL Minseo
• Cast Cast 강다영 KANG Dayoung 김보미 KIM Bomi 박솔지 PARK Solji 이은경 LEE Eunkyung 임수빈 LIM Subin