Visionary, provocative, and formally daring, Park Chan-wook is a defining figure in contemporary South Korean cinema. Known for masterpieces like Oldboy and The Handmaiden, his work has long challenged moral boundaries and visual conventions. This focused retrospective brings together three short films that offer a rare glimpse into his experimental side.
Cut (2004), part of the pan-Asian horror anthology Three Extremes, is a razor-sharp tale of cruelty, control, and aesthetic obsession. Night Fishing (2011) and Judgement (1999), co-directed with his brother, artist and filmmaker Park Chan-kyong, explore spiritual deception, collective guilt, and the absurd theatre of disaster.
Together, these films capture the intensity and irony that run through Park’s larger body of work – shifting between horror, satire, and metaphysical reflection. As compact as they are complex, they remind us that the short form can carry just as much force, and just as much beauty.
🎤 Films are screened in their original language, with Ukrainian and English subtitles.
❗ These films may contain potentially triggering or disturbing elements, such as blood, death, and murder.
🔞 Recommended Age: 16+
JUDGEMENT
Director: Park Chan-wook, Park Chan-kyong
Country: South Korea
Duration: 26
Two different families claim the body of a woman killed in a catastrophe.
CUT (FROM “THREE EXTREEMES”)
Director: Park Chan-wook
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30
A successful film director has to face a night of misery when a man who appeared in all five of his films as an extra captures both him and his wife to play a deadly game.
NIGHT FISHING
Director: Park Chan-wook, Park Chan-kyong
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30
A fisherman becomes entangled in his line when he catches something unexpected.