THE QUIET MIGRATION

Carl, 19, lives a quiet life in the Danish countryside with his adoptive parents, who expect him to take over the family farm one day, continuing their traditions. But Carl begins to feel the pull of two worlds – “home” plus his native homeland, South Korea – and the day is fast approaching when he will have to choose.

“I think all of Carl’s feelings are from myself to a certain extent. When I was younger, I had this moment of feeling alienated ... when people suddenly say something to you on the street. If you hear a racist comment, suddenly you can feel quite alone. I wished I had more Korean people living in Denmark, then having that kind of experience (together) may have helped me.”

DIRECTOR: Malene Choi. SCREENPLAY: Malene ChoI, Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Louise McLaughlin. EDITING: Sofie Steenberger, Malene Choi. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Josephine Farsø. COSTUME DESIGN: Mathilde Kjær Bang. SOUND: Freja Printz, Kristoffer Salting. CAST: Bjarne Henriksen, Bodil Jørgensen, Camilla Bendix, Ole Boisen, Jean Højerslev. PRODUCER: Maria Møller Kjeldgaard. PRODUCTION: Den Vestdanske Filmpulje, Det Danske Filminstitut, Manna Film, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond.