Determining which memories are real and capturing something with a camera share a commonality: what lies outside the frame is forgotten. The moment a photographer chooses to capture something, everything else is excluded and pushed out of the frame. In 2024, I weave together a story that reaches beyond the image squares of my childhood and beyond my father's moldy film. This journey raises essential questions: What do we choose to remember, and what remains?

When God Swallows Candy explores the intricate nature of memory and forgetting. The film examines how memories are selected and what we choose to forget, focusing on the recollections of a father and "me" through recorded images and voices. In 40-year-old photographs marked by mold, the past of memory and the present of forgetting coexist. The director navigates this temporal tunnel, guided by the camera and drawn beyond the boundaries of memory. Through the camera, physical changes created by the layers of time and the reconnection of memories are revived. The film's journey encompasses reflection, regret, questions, and resolutions, ultimately striving towards a new future.

What sound does God make when swallowing candy? Swallowing sweet candy is a blessing, and the human equivalent of that blessing is oblivion. Yet, even in oblivion, memory and history continue to intertwine, guiding us to the next story—a narrative that weaves together the passage of time and moves us forward. My father, an avid archivist, recorded my life from childhood to the present. But with over 300 GB of footage, some memories have been lost forever. To imagine the story beyond what was captured, I travel back in time through the mold, questioning the oblivion that took hold the moment God swallowed the candy.

• ProducerLEE Kangsun
• Screenplay LEE Kangsun
• Cinematography LEE Seungwoo
• Edit LEE Kangsun
• Sound LEE Kangsun
• Music LEE Kangsun

LEE Kangsun

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