The World Of Us(HKAFF 2016)

After winning the Crystal Bear in 2014 for the short film Sprout, Yoon Ga-eun makes her feature debut with an observant tale of friendship and fallout between two 10-year-old girls. Sun doesn’t have it easy due to her family’s economic circumstances and her father’s drinking problem. At school, she is an outcast despite her earnest efforts to make friends. Over the summer break, she meets new girl in town Jia and they quickly develop a close bond. Once the school year starts, however, their social differences become increasingly apparent and Jia begins to distance herself from Sun. Yoon’s delicate film takes us into the world of children and its fragile balance of camaraderie and cruelty.