Private Project

KIMCHI

Yoon, international student from Korea finds his late grandma's frozen Kimch stew while staying home alone at Christmas.

  • Troy Byeongheon Kwon
    Director
  • Troy Byeongheon Kwon
    Writer
  • Troy Byeongheon Kwon
    Producer
  • Troy Byeongheon Kwon
    Key Cast
    "Youngyoon"
  • Meeone Yang
    Key Cast
    "Oksoon"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    김치
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 59 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 20, 2026
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English, Korean
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Troy Byeongheon Kwon

Troy Kwon Byeongheon is a Korean-born filmmaker and actor based in Melbourne. His work explores loneliness, desire, identity, and the quiet violence of isolation through intimate, character-driven stories rooted in lived experience. Shaped by years of watching soap operas with his grandmother from the age of five, Troy gravitates toward heightened, twist-driven drama and emotional turns that linger rather than resolve.

With a background in acting, theatre, and self-produced short films, he often centres queer Asian characters navigating displacement, intimacy, and self-worth in the West. Troy approaches filmmaking as an act of excavation—embracing mess, contradiction, and emotional excess as a way to sit with discomfort and search for connection.

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