The owls have grown as big as the half moon
Director Maya Connors
Countries Germany
Duration 16 min
Synopsis
A trip to South Korea, searching for memories from early childhood, spent there between the age of 1-3. Memories that barely exist., During the trip through the country and to places of the past, the memories gradually become even more elusive. Layers of strangeness blend together: being a foreigner in the country and the strangeness vis-a-vis the past and the own biography., An essay film about how memories are formed and change again over time. And about the parallels to learning language. Wandering in the gaps, in between the noise and silences.
A trip to South Korea, searching for memories from early childhood, spent there between the age of 1-3. Memories that barely exist., During the trip through the country and to places of the past, the memories gradually become even more elusive. Layers of strangeness blend together: being a foreigner in the country and the strangeness vis-a-vis the past and the own biography., An essay film about how memories are formed and change again over time. And about the parallels to learning language. Wandering in the gaps, in between the noise and silences.