“A Whale Who Drank a Fish Bowl,” a feature-length film directed by PMA Lecturer Doorim Kim, will screen at the Houston Asian American & Pacific Islander Film Festival (HAAPIFEST) from May 30 to June 14, 2024. The movie will also screen at the Social World Film Festival in Vico Equense, Italy, from June 30 to July 7, 2024.
The film is a fantasy road trip movie about 25-year-old Jisoo, who feels like a stranger living in the New York countryside. She meets mysterious people on her way to the airport to run away from her life, reflects on her own life, and discovers who she is.
Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/709577785
Read more about HAAPIFEST: https://www.haapifest.org/
Read more about the Social World Film Festival: https://www.socialfestival.com/live/index.php
Read Doorim’s full comments about the film: https://pma.cornell.edu/news/doorim-kims-film-whale-who-drank-fish-bowl-premiere-film-festival