Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! In a remote Alaskan town DongSu, a snow crab fisherman, is struggling to make ends meet for his immigrant family. When the snow crabs he depends on suddenly disappear due to climate change, he and his family have to decide whether to stay or leave their new home behind.
Starring:
Jongman Kim
Taehee Kim
Hailey Soomin Lee
Paul Dillon
Spencer Kramber
Directed By: Justin Kim WooSŏk
Written By: Justin Kim WooSŏk & Ki Jin Kim
Produced By: Sara Beers & Tim Beers
Cinematographer: Rasa Partin
Production Design: Hanrui Wang
Editor: Darrin Navarro, ACE
Costume Designer: Sophie Kay
Music: Caroline Ho
Sound Editor: Geramie Laufersky
Casting: Matthew Glasner, CSA
Colorist: Andre Rivas
Screenings:
Tribeca 2023
TIFF Lightbox 2023
Maryland IFF 2024
IFF Boston 2024
Palm Springs ShortFest 2024
Wyoming IFF 2024, Best Actor
HollyShorts 2024, Best AAPI Film Semifinalist
Catalina Film Festival 2024, Best US Short, Director, Actor
PAAFF 2024
Florence Short Film Festival 2025
Thank you to the Indeed x Hillman Grad Rising Voices Fellowship, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and the fishermen in Kodiak, Alaska and Gangneung, South Korea who showed me the way.
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