INDEPENDENT PROJECT

Swallow Dance - Dennis Tae Wook Kim
Dennis Tae Wook Kim

Nominee

Title:	Swallow Dance
Brand/Artist:	Dennis Tae Wook Kim
Director:	Dennis Tae Wook Kim
Instagram Tag:	@iamthedeerman @yiyangzhou_ins @saolio
How does this production embrace sustainability?:	I am submitting my film "Swallow Dance" under the 'creative sustainability' umbrella. I created "Swallow Dance" to honor my own personal healing journey, using the spiritual and fantastical visuals as metaphors for my inner growth. Throughout the entire process of creating this film, I always tried to be conscious of where my heart was and being as sincere as possible with what I was trying to get out of making it (or if it was even important that I get something out of it at all). With that in mind, I let myself immerse in the process from as an authentic place as I could, with the awareness that the film won't be for everyone nor understood at all.
Synopsis:	Open and close. A shared spiritual engagement between a boy and the Swallow. "Swallow Dance" is a sincere and honest culmination of themes centered around the experience of letting go. It is a visual expression of vulnerability, sacrifice, and union inspired by Japanese films, Claude Monet, and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince". The film is an attempt to understand what the act of 'healing' means for me and growing into my own self-worth, leading to this fantastical visual metaphor for emerging out of my shell with the imaginary guidance of a higher power. With this swallow dance, I release the full sincerity of my open heart.