StephenKang
- Writer
- Director
Born in South Korea, Stephen Kang moved to New Zealand as a teen, then studied at Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts. His debut feature, Korean émigré tale Fridge (aka {Dream} Preserved) was judged Best Digital Feature at the 2006 NZ Screen Awards. Kang scored further success with Blue — which follows a children's TV mascot with blue skin, who is reduced to working as a waiter. It won the Critics' Week section of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, after being one of 1250 initial entries. The same year saw the release of Kang’s second feature Desert, the tale of a woman abandoned by her fiancé on her wedding day.
Screenography
Awards
2011 Cannes Film Festival
Best Short Film - Critics' Week section: Blue
Nominated for Discovery Award: Blue
2011 Brussels International Independent Film Festival (Belgium)
Nominated for Best Short Film: Blue
“I wanted to have an ironic take on a seemingly simple fairytale in a modern context. ”