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Snowy Train

Inside the train from Wengen to Lauterbrunnen, the snow-covered landscape and the darkness of the tunnel, three windows offer serene yet ever-changing impressions.

  • Ji-hwan KIM
    Director
  • Ji-hwan KIM
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 35 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 19, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    South Korea
  • Country of Filming:
    Switzerland
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • 21th Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul (EXiS)
    Seoul
    July 19, 2024
    World Premiere
    Korean Competition Section
  • 26th Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris (FCDEP)
    Paris
    France
    October 19, 2024
    International Premiere
    International Competition Section
  • 8th Beijing International Short Film Festival (BISFF)
    Beijing
    China
    November 23, 2024
    China Premiere
    Official Program : Siphon experimental film container
  • 5th Ribalta Experimental Film Festival
    Modena
    Italy
    March 13, 2025
    Italy Premiere
    Special Screenings
  • 15th Strangloscope – Experimental Video/Film, Audio, Performance International Festival
    Itajaí
    Brazil
    May 24, 2025
    South American Premiere
    Official Selecion
  • 17th Leiden Shorts
    Leiden
    Netherlands
    May 31, 2025
    Netherlands Premiere
    Focus Programmes - Exhibition
  • 1th Weekend Domain Experimental Image Festival
    Guangzhou
    China
    July 27, 2025
    None
    International Special Program : Sensible Timecode
  • 30th Split Film Festival / International Festival of New Film
    Split
    Croatia
    September 16, 2025
    Croatian Premiere
    Competition Shorts Programme
  • 37th Girona Film Festival
    Girona
    Spain
    November 3, 2025
    Spain Premiere
    Animation Section
  • 4th Film Diary NYC
    New York
    United States
    March 27, 2026
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Experiments in Cinema v21.5
    New Mexico
    United States
    April 19, 2026
Director Biography - Ji-hwan KIM

Kim Ji-hwan (b. 1990) is a Seoul-based filmmaker and curator. He holds an MFA in Documentary Filmmaking from the Korea National University of Arts and is a founding member of Sorigrim, a collective dedicated to introducing moving image works to audiences in Korea. Moving between film and digital media, Kim’s practice begins with the physical and sensory qualities of film and expands toward ontological inquiries. His works have been presented at numerous film festivals, including Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul (EXiS), Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris (FCDEP), Beijing International Short Film Festival, Leiden Shorts, Split Film Festival, and DMZ International Documentary Film Festival.

Frame In Frame(2019)
- 11th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
- 4th Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

If I Become Sand(2022)
- 2022 Asian Artist Moving Image Platform Festival

Snowy Train(2024)
- 21th Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul (EXiS)
- 26th Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris (FCDEP)
- 8th Beijing International Short Film Festival
- 5th Ribalta Experimental Film Festival
- 15th Strangloscope – Experimental Video/Film, Audio, Performance International Festival
- 17th Leiden Shorts
- 1th Weekend Domain Experimental Image Festival
- 30th Split Film Festival / International Festival of New Film
- 37th Girona Film Festival
- 4th Film Diary NYC
- Experiments in Cinema v21.5

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Director Statement

The train is moving forward without stopping. In a single timeline, forward-moving time encounters backward-moving time. Time and space break down between frames, finely dividing each second. While the window remains stationary, the world outside changes. This film does not aim to capture the landscape as a lifelike portrayal but strives to visualize the world more precisely through vibrations of shapes and colors. I edited the film by placing two different sources on one timeline through improvised typing. The first edit sets the rhythm, and the duration of the “typing performance” determines the film’s length. The film holds the potential to reach completion and to be infinitely created. I employed multi-camera editing, commonly used in broadcast studios, to create an unending movie. Aiming to blend the space between different moments and the space between spaces, I utilized DVO Fix, a tool used to restore films digitally. Drawing inspiration from these alternative techniques, I challenge the boundaries of filmmaking and incorporate the accompanying results into my creation.