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Happy Ending

Happy Ending

Synopsis

A poetic documentary animation based on an anonymous online testimony of a Korean prostitute, exploring what it is like to be the subject of other people’s pleasure.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Lust to Love and in Between programme - World premiere
Official Selection Animafest Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film 2019 - Student Film Competition
Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2019 - Graduation Short Film Competition
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
4 mins 45 secs
Director
EunJu Ara Choi
Producer
EunJu Ara Choi
Editor
Sean Koo, EunJu Ara Choi
Screenwriter
EunJu Ara Choi
Sound
Benjamin Goddall
Composer
Rachel Philip
Principal cast
Voice Cast: Yuna Shin
Animation
EunJu Ara Choi, Ansso An

Genre

Woman Director

Categories

Animation Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Royal College of Art

Suzanne Buchan
Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2EU

Sales Company

Royal College of Art

Suzanne Buchan
Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2EU

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