Half Moon

Name: Half Moon
Genre: Story
Released: 2026-06-18T22:06:52.356Z

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Hyojoo Yang is an outstanding director. Her short is a small masterpiece – meticulously structured and precisely executed. Every camera angle, every cut, every sound bit is the result of a conscious decision. But what is really striking with Yang is that she has the rare ability to put into a small sequence of images the core essence of the film. These moments transcend movies beyond borders and make cinema truly bigger than life. And that is why we want to work with her, and with Utopai. This collaboration will give us the possibility to support Hyojoo Yang’s unique visual language, maintaining her point of view

- Producers Roshanak Behesht Nedjad and Younghong Chung

Technical sheet

Genre

Story

Type

Movie

Co-product with

Germany’s In Good Company & Korea’s Paper Barn Studios

Written by

Hyo-joo Yang

Directed by

Hyo-joo Yang

Introduction

Written and directed by Yang, Half Moon follows Yeri and Ah-Jin, niece and aunt, but strangers to each other, as they spend a fractured summer together on a remote North Sea island. Yeri is isolated at school and emotionally neglected at home. Ah-Jin is living in self-imposed exile, working as a caregiver while carrying the physical and psychological wounds of her past. Over the course of the summer they learn to understand and respect each other, and eventually accept who they are. The film explores loneliness, family trauma, belonging, and emotional repair through the relationship between a young girl and the aunt she barely knows.