WELCOME HOME FRECKLES (short film)

Huiju Park, United Kingdom / South Korea, 2025, 26 min., documentary, Korean with English subtitles

A daughter returns home to confront the domestic violence of her childhood, uncovering a generational cycle of abuse that only she can break.
Huiju Park (director)
Huiju Park is a korean documentary filmmaker based in London. Whose work deeply explores the intersection of personal experience and broader societal issues. Her films are inspired by her close connection tot he world around her. With a strong focus on feminism. Huiju often appears as a character within her documentaries. Blending her own narrative with those of her subjects to create a dialogue between her films and the audience. This style has become her hallmark, allowing her to craft films that offer a mirror to society. After years of making personal documentaries, she started extending the courage and resilience she found in her own experiences to empower new voices and perspectives.
Tickets: Sat, Nov. 2, 9:00 p.m.
German premiere
WELCOME HOME FRECKLES celebrated its world premiere at the SXSW Film & TV Festival and its European premiere at Visions du Réel. Other festivals included DC/DOX, Berlinale Talents, Cannes SFC, Austin Asian American Film Festival, and the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival (South Korea). The film received the Special Jury Prize at the SXSW Film & TV Festival and the Jury Award at the Austin Asian American Film Festival.

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