Lim Seung-hyeun

Lim Seung-hyeun

Still: Homeless
LIM Seung-hyeun (1987, South Korea) was educated at the Graduate School of Cinematic Content at Dankook University. His short film For Elise (2018) was screened at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. His first feature, Homeless (2020), is about the terrible housing situation in Korea. According to a Korea Statistics report in 2018, 22.6 percent of youths living alone suffer from poor housing, and in Seoul the number escalates to 37.2 percent due to the high cost of living. During his own youth, filmmaker Lim was no stranger to this problem. The film won the CGV Arthouse Award at the 21st Jeonju International Film Festival.

Filmography

The Ghost (2016, short), For Elise (2018, short), Homeless (2020)