Animator Interview #42 featuring Jinkyu Jeon

Evan Vernon interviews Jinkyu Jeon, directors of The House of Loss, featured in Program 72 of our In Competition Films for Season 7 of Animation Nights New York.

THE HOUSE OF LOSS

The elderly at the nursing home have their heads shaved. The protagonist who works there sees them but can’t read their expressions. However, from one instance, he finds himself looking closely at their faces.

Jinkyu Jeon

Jinkyu Jeon was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1987. In 2008-2015 he studied animation at the “Korea National University of Arts”. In 2015-2017, he worked as a 2D animator at “Studio Shelter” and in  2019, he worked as a 2D animator at “Workroom Yaha”. In 2018-2022, he studied animation at the “Tokyo National University of Arts”.

SHOW NOTES

00:40.000

Animation Nights New York presented the 2022 ANNY Cannes Short Film Corner Collection (Program #72 | Season 7 | In Competition Films)

Program 72

https://www.animationnights.com/screening72/

Social Media Links

https://www.instagram.com/jjk_jeon/?hl=en (Instagram)

https://www.jkjeon.com/ (Professional Website)

Interview by Evan Vernon

Theme music by Joe Lazenby

You can subscribe to The AFA Podcast on iTunes, Acast, and Stitcher.

Join ANNY  on our Discord Server!

About ANNY: Animation Nights New York is a curated monthly screening event and annual festival first established in NYC in 2015. The event showcases animated short films and virtual reality animation experiences from all around the world and both project submission and admission to monthly screenings of in-competition films are free to the general public. If you would like to submit a VR/AR/Game or short film project, you can find Animation Nights New York on Film Freeway.

ANNY Exchange is our talent connect initiative. We connect animation talent to opportunity using our festival as a vehicle.

ANNY Best of Fest is our annual festival held in mid November.