A MAN WHO TAKES PICTURES OF FLOWERS

Yoo Lee / 13 min. / 2026 / United States
Fiction and Animation Short Films 2026

SYNOPSIS

Jung Myung Kim, a photographer who has dedicated over 40 years to capturing wildflowers in Korea, shares his story of pursuing his passion for capturing flowers. Kim finds meaning and happiness in reflecting on his body of work, and his desire to take more pictures keeps him going as he battles an illness.

ABOUT THE FILM

DIRECTION: Yoo Lee
SCRIPT: Yoo Lee
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jung Myung Kim
ANIMATION: Aaron Wise
PRODUCTION: Yoo Lee, Shinae Kim, Shengluo Zhang
EDITING: Yoo Lee, Mengyao Mia Zhang
MUSIC: Joëlle Nager
NARRATOR: Jung Myung Kim

Yoo Lee

THE AUTHOR

Yoo Lee is a Korean-American director and screenwriter specialized in stop-motion. A USC graduate, she has been a fellow at LAIKA and Fox. Her shorts have been distributed by HBO Max and The New Yorker. Her work has been awarded internationally and has been screened at festivals such as Busan.

FILMOGRAPHY

2025 A Man Who Takes Pictures of Flowers [corto]
2023 7 LBS 8 OZ [corto]
2023 The Nectar Instead [corto]
2023 Welcome to 8th Street [corto]
2021 A Poem by Alba [corto]
2020 Wild Turkey [corto]