District Sewol (“세월호 디스트릭스”)

Director Jason Verney, already an active member of London-based group, "Remembering Sewol U.K." from when the ferry disaster occurred back in April 2014, came face to face with the huge tragic vessel itself in the harbour in Mokpo in the Summer of 2017.

What this filmmaker witnessed in 2017 - and in a further visit there in 2022 - was too much for him to put into words & so instead created a moving short film, a kind of 'doc-montage' and video tribute to all those 304 lives which were lost to the sea in that Spring of 2014.

Jason Verney saw this area as a kind of 'community of loss' whilst almost a 'district of hope' - a place where families, parents of children who had died, volunteers and an immense amount of ribbons marked this huge area of sadness.

Using a track by Moby, aptly named "Lacrimae" this moving montage of tears includes a list of all those who lost their lives, and for whom we are forever remembering.

  • Jason Verney
    Director
    Reparation
  • Jason Verney
    Writer
  • Jason Verney
    Producer
  • Jason Verney
    Key Cast
    "Himself "
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Documentary, tragic, human story, human rights
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 16, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    South Korea, United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    South Korea
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Jason Verney

British-born Jason Verney is an established, award-winning film director, video artist, editor, videographer, multi-podcaster and journalist.

Although mostly self-taught in the process of filmmaking, he combines his experience of working on film sets over the years, and courses attended at the Met Film School in Ealing and Raindance in Central London, with his love for writing, creating editing and ultimately directing.

His screenplays from 25 years ago may differ hugely to his recent works - which focus on different cultures and social issues - but his passion for Asian cultures and Asian cinema is what drives his fiction and documentary ideas, but loss, love and longing also play a big part.

Jason's recent film projects have been focused more on Korean culture and its diaspora, resulting in Korea-related video art which resided in the well-known Kingston Museum in London, UK and being commissioned to film a variety of events at the prestigious Korean Cultural Centre UK, for much of the last decade.

Other highlights include film work in Jeju, South Korea and creating an interactive a music video for a track by esteemed musician, Damon Albarn (Blur; Gorillaz), which rather predictably, perhaps, featured a Korean actress.

Jason has also been a film judge at the Seoul Whistler Film Festival in Seoul, Korea and assisted in other film festivals, such as the Kingston International Film Festival, UK.

His recent film projects have included the dual language [Korean/English] drama, "Reparation" and feature-length documentary "S.E.W.O.L. - Sealed Eternally With Our Love" as well as other short video art projects relating to the Sewol ferry tragedy.

In addition to this, Jason has given talks and speeches on Korean culture and issues, as well as been involved in panel discussions, Q & As and runs a podcast on filmmaking, as well as one on Korean culture.

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