MATE (2019)
Film stills from MATEOriginal Title: Mate
Format: DCP, 24fps, ProRes, H264
Sound: Surround 5.1, stereo
Process: Black & White and Color
Resolution: 2:39:1, HD, 2048x858
Runtime: 4min 24sec
Country: USA, South Korea
Trailer for Mate
Credits
Director: Chaerin Im
Animation: Chaerin Im
Cinematography: Chaerin Im, Ray Chang
Compositing: Chaerin Im
Editing: Chaerin Im
Music: Roger Kim
Sound Design: Shanthal Caba Mojica
Soundmix: Craig Smith
Technique
2D, Object animation, Stop-motion photography, Intaglio printmaking (etching, drypoint, mezzotint)
Logline
A close-up of the powers at work in mating rituals.
Synopsis
A close-up of the powers that influence mating rituals: powers of attraction and repulsion. Copperplate prints, drawings and photos flicker at different points on the screen.
Director’s Note
As an experimental filmmaker, I have always been interested in developing a new visual language. In my new film ‘MATE’ I incorporated my personal interest in intaglio printmaking into film. This film uses the many different visual textures that come from the intaglio printmaking process, from the prints to the etched copper plate itself, as way to create an unfolding structure.
Orignal Artwork
Festival Screenings
*62nd INTERNATIONAL LEIPZIG FESTIVAL FOR DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATED FILM (International Programme, World Premiere, Leipzig, Germany)
OCTOBER 28, 2019
8th PRIMANIMA WORLD FESTIVAL OF FIRST ANIMATION (Night Moves Program, Budapest, Hungary)
OCTOBER 30, 2019
*23rd BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL - PÖFF (Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation, Tallin, Estonia)
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
12th ANIMASIVO - COMTEMPORARY ANIMATION FESTIVAL OF MEXICO CITY (Student Category, Mexico Premiere, Mexico City, Mexico)
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
37th FESTIVAL TOUS COURTS (5th Experimental Short Film Competition, France Premiere, Aix-en-Provence, France)
December 3, 2019
18th LES SOMMENTS DU CINÉMA D’ANIMATION - FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE MONTRÉAL (International Student Competition, Montréal, Canada)
December 3, 2019
*25th SLAMDANCE (Animation Shorts, US Premiere, Park City, UT, USA)
January 24, 2020
**JURY’S CITATION**
*39th THOMAS EDISON BLACK MARIA FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, New York, USA)
February 8, 2020
ANIMAC - INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA (FutureTalent, Lleida, Spain)
February 27, 2020
25th FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL D'ARTS NUMÉRIQUES DE CLERMONT-FERRAND - VIDEOFORMES (Official Selection, Clermont-Ferrand, France)
MARCH 12, 2020
*17th VIS VIENNA SHORTS - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR SHORT FILM, ANIMATION & MUSIC VIDEO (International Competition Animation Avantgarde, Vienna, Austria)
MAY 28, 2020
*60th ANNECY INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL (Graduation Short Films Competition, Annecy, France)
JUNE 15, 2020
17th EXIS - EXPERIMENTAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL IN SEOUL (Nationa Competition, Seoul, Korea)
AUGUST 1, 2020
29th FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL (Sunspots: New Visions of The Avant-garde, Orlando, FL, USA)
AUGUST 7, 2020
19th COUNTRYSIDE ANIMAFEST CYPRUS, VIEWS OF THE WORLD, THE INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL OF CYPRU (International Competition, Nicosia, Cyprus)
AUGUST 9, 2020
*18th INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL HIROSHIMA (Special Program “Best of Stars of Students”, Hiroshima, Japan)
AUGUST 20, 2020
32th GIRONA FILM FESTIVAL (Videocreation - Experimental Art Film, Girona, Spain)
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
*22th BUCHEON INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (International Competition - Graduation Film, Bucheon, South Korea)
OCTOBER 23, 2020
*15th TACOMA FILM FESTIVAL (Animated Short Films, Tacoma, WA, USA)
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
5th LES FEMMES UNDERGROUND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Los Angeles, CA, U.S)
AUGUST, 2021
Event Screenings
SCARBOROUGH ART GALLERY ‘ANIMATED SHORTS WITH Q N A - monthly screening at the Scarborough Art Gallery in Scarborough, United Kingdom
MARCH 5, 2020