World Premiere
When a woman is bitten by a zombie, her husband uses a delay patch that extends the duration of her transformation by an hour so they can have one more meal together.
Jungeon Park, Wangdo Kim, Eunchan Lee, Myungha Lee, Seongji Moon
South Korea
2025
In Korean with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Producer
Woojin Kim, Sinae Oh
Screenwriter
Hyejin Yoo
Cinematography
Seunghyeon Lee
Production Design
Suyeon Seol
Original Music
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Art Director
Sergio Kim
Hyejin Yoo
Born in Seoul in 1989, Yoo graduated from Sungshin Women’s University with a degree in consumer studies. She completed the short film production course at MediACT and made her directorial debut in 2018 with the short film Scent. Originally a research writer for a current affairs program at the Korean television network JTBC, Yoo later transitioned to a position as a variety show writer. She also spent three years operating an art gallery.
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