SAVE THE GAME, which meticulously and ingeniously documents the history of Korean PC games from the rise of personal computers in the 1980s to the present, can be seen as a sequel to director Park Yoonjin’s previous work, People in Elancia (2020). While the earlier film observed trends in the gaming industry through the affectionate perspectives and dynamic activities of the players of the RPG game ‘Elancia’, SAVE THE GAME focuses on the history of the Korean gaming industry through the testimonies of industry professionals and historical materials. It is a clever and scrupulous documentary that systematically organizes the stories of the first-generation game developers, and summarizes the historical flow by varying the content of the introductory captions of these living witnesses of the Korean game industry.

현지인의 이야기를 담아내고, 동네의 맛을 오롯이 느끼는 길바닥 먹큐멘터리

Mother’s household ledgers contain a lifetime of arduous years. While her memory fades as she grows older, the details of her daily life, meticulously recorded in the household ledgers for 48 years since 1969, remain as traces of her existence. Director Seong Seungtaek discovered these ledgers among his elderly parents’ belongings when they moved in together after 30 years apart. Carefully examining those records, which are both precious documentation of his family history and his mother’s intimate diary, the director creates another important historical document. As Mother’s Household Ledger gradually intertwines the family story with modern Korean history and their shared memories, our hearts are profoundly stirred. The mother wrote down the passage of time, and the son now illuminates the world imbued with that time.

저임금을 줘도 되는 사람, 내보내기 쉬운 사람, 우리 회사에서 일하지만 우리 회사 직원은 아닌 사람. 계약직은 이제 도처에 널린 평범한 사람이 돼버렸다. 　　근데 그런 계약직을, 한 번도 아니고 아홉 번이나 한 사람이 있다. 바로 정규직이 아닌 ‘정규지’ 그녀가 그 주인공이다. 　　편의점 알바부터 카페, 배달전문점, 유학원, 스타트업, 임기제 공무원 까지 정규직 빼고 다 해본 그녀의 9개의 세계관이 펼쳐진다