Selection

Screening: Student Competition 3
United States 2025
Duration: 12:38
Directed: Ejun Mary Hong
Dialogue Language: Korean

Footprints in the Sand is a mixed-media animated documentary that invites four lymphoma cancer patients from South Korea to share their stories—a collection of narratives inspired by my family member, who, despite her ongoing battle with lymphoma, continues to help other cancer patients anonymously through a Korean lymphoma community website by translating foreign medical research. This film was produced with the financial assistance of the ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum 2024 Scholarship and the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation from the University of the Pennsylvania. contact information: ejunhong@sas.upenn.edu