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Together (2021 short film)

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Together
Directed byAlbert Shin
Written byAlbert Shin
Produced byAlbert Shin
StarringKim Jae-rok
Ahn So-yo
CinematographyMyung-Hwan Moon
Edited byCam McLauchlin
Music byLeland Whitty
Production
company
TimeLapse Pictures
Release date
  • September 11, 2021 (2021-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time
12 minutes
CountriesCanada
South Korea
LanguageKorean

Together is a Canadian-South Korean short drama film, directed by Albert Shin and released in 2021.[1] The film stars Kim Jae-rok and Ahn So-yo as a man and a woman in South Korea who are meeting in person for the first time after having known each other only as online acquaintances, in order to finalize and carry out a mutual suicide pact.[2]

The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] It was subsequently screened at the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.[3]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Elisabetta Bianchini, "TIFF 2021: Korean-Canadian filmmaker explores internet suicide pacts". Yahoo! News, September 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Rachel Ho, "TIFF 2021: Together Review". That Shelf, September 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Steve Newton, "Vancouver International Film Fest announces award winners". The Georgia Straight, October 13, 2021.
  4. ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada’s Top Ten films of 2021" Archived 2021-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 6, 2021.
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