Jo Ok Sim works among flowers in the nursery, with the mountains of Ushuaia behind her

A DOCUMENTARY BY DANIEL KIM

“a cultural connection between an Eastern cadence and the whirlwind of social obstacles Argentina brings”

Translated from Spanish · Victoria Duclós Sibuet · EscribiendoCine

할머니

HALMONI

ARGENTINA · 2018 · 65 MIN

Discover the film USHUAIA, TIERRA DEL FUEGO

01 / THE FILM

할머니HalmoniKorean for “grandmother.”

Jo Ok Sim.
From Korea to Ushuaia.

In 1974, Jo Ok Sim arrives in Ushuaia with her husband. There, the family begins to cultivate the land. Years later, her grandson Daniel Kim films her everyday life among the flowers of the nursery.

Photographs, home movies and present-day scenes piece together that story. Work and memories of Korea run through this portrait of a family who built a life at the southernmost tip of Argentina.

Synopsis adapted from Paula Maguire’s introduction for Korean Film Nights.

Documentary65 minutes2018

Flowers in the nursery and the mountains of Ushuaia as Jo Ok Sim tends the soil

THE NURSERYUshuaia, Argentina

02 / MEMORY

Images from the film.

Jo Ok Sim among white flowers in the family nursery — Jo Ok Sim in the nursery.01 / HALMONI

A woman from the family works outdoors, her hair blowing in the wind — Everyday work.02 / HALMONI

03 / THE DIRECTOR’S EYE

Daniel KimDIRECTOR

Daniel Kim

Born in Tierra del Fuego in 1990, Daniel Kim studied at ENERC. Halmoni, his first feature film as a director, portrays his grandmother, Jo Ok Sim.

Profile in Noticias que hacen bien · 2018

04 / THE CREW

Film credits.

Director: Daniel Kim
Producer: Mariana Luconi
Production assistant (Ushuaia): Andrea Maradona
Assistant director: Cecilia Kang
Sound director: Nahuel Palenque
Location sound: Pedro Jacomet - Marcos Silvestrini (Estudio OM Ushuaia)
Director of photography: Santiago Troccoli
Camera: Rodrigo Isla Treleani - Laura Fuente - Santiago Troccoli - Daniel Kim
Editing: Florencia Tissera
Color grading: Ada Frontini