Motherland
A Korean American adoptee embarks on a relentless journey through South Korea to search for her birth mother, driven by her longing to discover the truth of her origins.
2024 Academy Award Qualifying Short Film
Supported by the Katharina Otto-Bernstein Film Fund Award and the Caucus Foundation Film Grant.
Winner of the Caucus Foundation Gold Circle Award.
Produced in partial fulfillment of the MFA degree in Film at Columbia University School of the Arts.
Narrative short film, 2022.
Currently in the festival circuit.
FESTIVALS/SCREENINGS
2022 Palm Springs International Shortfest - Premiere
2022 Hamptons International Film Festival - Student Film Award
2023 Provincetown International Film Festival - Best Narrative Short Award
2023 HollyShorts Film Festival - Best Director Award
2023 Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival
2023 Woodstock Film Festival
2023 San Diego International Film Festival
2023 Dallas International Film Festival
2023 Lighthouse International Film Festival
2023 Salute Your Shorts Film Festival
2023 Asian American International Film Festival
2022 TIDE Film Festival
2023 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
2024 Seattle Asian American Film Festival
CAST & CREW
Writer & Director: Christina Yoon
Starring: Tiffany Chu, Kyung Hong, Taewoo Kim
Producers: Jungyoon Kim, Grace Merriman
Co-writer: Minkyu Kang
Cinematographer: Giorgos Valsamis
Line Producer: Seon Kwon Hwang
Production Designer: Ellie Jung
Editors: Christina Yoon, Alan Wu
Composer: Jude Shih
PRESS
Deadline | Oscar-Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival Hands Out Awards
One Film Fan | Oscar Qualifying Short Film Review “Motherland”
Film & Television Business | OSCAR SHORTS – Christina Yoon’s incredibly moving and poignant MOTHERLAND
Take 2 Indie Review | OSCAR QUALIFYING SHORT FILM REVIEWS "...SPEAKS VOLUMES IN HUSHED TONES..."
Beyond the Cinerama Dome | Oscar Qualifying Short Film Roundup
Upcoming On Screen | Motherland ★★★★ HollyShorts Film Festival 2023
Shortstick Films | Hollyshorts Film Festival Review Roundup
Close-up Culture | Award-Winning Director Christina Yoon Talks Motherland
Film & Television Business | OSCAR SHORTS SPOTLIGHT – Motherland Director Christina Yoon
Flixist | Motherland director Christina Yoon discusses inspirations and hopes for her acclaimed short film
