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 2024.10.10

Song Youngyun’s “Fly To You” (2024), a production by the Art and Technology Lab (AT Lab), was officially invited to the 2024 XR Spark International Competition of the 24th Kaohsiung Film Festival.

“Fly To You” (2024) was produced by AT Lab and directed by Song Youngyun, who took an MA in Multimedia from the School of Film, TV & Multimedia. The work follows the poignant journey of an old lady, “Kang Songjeol,” who had a painful experience of family separation during the Korean War. Using volumetric capture and “Nerf” technology, “Fly To You” was nominated for Narrative Immersive at the 2024 Raindance Immersive, invited to the 2024 Ars Electronica, and now also invited to the 2024 Kaohsiung Film Festival.

Song introduced the film as a work set in a specific time in Korean history while at the same time talking about universal topics of “family” and “loss.” Song said, “It seems to be the power of high technology to induce audiences from different backgrounds into the story and let them engage with what is presented.”

Begun in 2001, the Kaohsiung Film Festival is one of Asia’s representative film festivals, which celebrates its 24th anniversary this year. Since the establishment of Kaohsiung VR Film Lab in 2017, the event has run various programs in cutting-edge content fields.