SUNNYSIDE PRESSKIT NOTE 2page(EPK)

SUNNYSIDE Press Notes
SYNOPSIS
Fernando‭, ‬an undocumented immigrant‭, ‬crosses the border to find work to support his family‭.
‬He earns a living in New York City as a day laborer but due to traffic and heavy snow‭, ‬he is
late to work and gets fired‭. ‬Instead of waiting on‭ ‬the street‭, ‬he tries to find a job on his own‭.‬
DIRECTORS STATEMENT
The Film‭, ‬SUNNYSIDE‭, ‬I made it for my graduate thesis project last year‭.‬ I made this movie
because of my personal experience‭. ‬One day‭, ‬a Latino laborer came to my home to ask about
sweeping snow in front of my house‭. ‬I realized that most of them are single fathers who
support their families in their home countries‭. ‬They send money to‭ ‬their families‭, ‬but they
cannot see them due to their undocumented status in the U.S‭. I decided to make
SUNNYSIDE to share with an audience how Latino laborers on the street are struggling‭ and
missing their families. ‬I hope that my movie helps audiences to understand the lives of day
laborers and to‭ ‬think their families‭.‬
DIRECTOR
Youngki Jin is a film director‭, ‬writer residing in New York‭. ‬Originally from South Korea‭, ‬he‭ ‬has
his bachelor degree in Creative Writing and MFA in Film directing at‭ ‬ The City College of New
York‭. ‬His movie credits including SUNNYSIDE ‭(‬Best Fiction‭ at City Vision, 68th ‬Cannes Short
Film‭ ‬Corner‭), ‬BLACKBIRDS ‭(‬Manhattan Film Festival‭, ‬Brooklyn Short Film Festival‭, ‬Korea
American Film Festival‭),‬ HOLE ‭(‬CUNY Asian Film Festival‭). ‬He has made movies related to
family issues such as how characters sustain and love their families‭. ‬He is currently writing on
developing a feature scripts Broken Window and Riding a Bicycle‭.‬
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Genre: Social Drama
Production language: Spanish, English
Country of origin: Mexico, USA
Year of production: 2014
Total running time: 13’ 07”
Production format: blackmagic 2.5K
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
Sound format: Stereo
“Some people seemed to get all of sunshine
and some all shadow …”
CAST AND CREW
1st assistant director
script supervisor
fernando
maria
sol
luna
Israel Islas
art department
Natasha Soto
Kanchalee Wijakpaisarn
Seunghyun Park
Blanca Leticia Guerra
sound
Uladzimir Taukachou
Ismael Fernandez
gaffer
Xaisongkham Induangchanthy
Dora Elizabeth Morales
1st assistant camera
Jeanette Sear
2nd assistant camera
Yung-Jen Yang
abuela
Maria Orfelinda Trejo
amigo
Max Morales
set photographer/trailer
Eunseok Choi
Plinio Villablanca
hair&make up designer
Melissa Butler
flesh guy
subway guy
Fan He
pick up guy #1
Donghwan Lee
pick up guy #2
Jaewoo Park
house girl
IVY Yoon
New York
poster designer
marketing
title
set pa
catering
YoungKi Jin
co producer
producer
Haesun Suh
director of photography
Louise Paterson, Byoungho Lee
Fan He
director of photography
production designer
Warut Snidvongs
Gio Park
music
Christian Stahr
editor
Sarah Kim
Cathy Jiang
Haebog Moon, Juno Kim
Areum Jung, Jinyoung Huh, Johan Park
Jaewoo Park
Mexico
director/scriptwriter
co producer
Yuri Kim
1st assistant camera
sound
boom operator
set decorator
set construction
Dulce Navar
Roberto Collado
Leonardo Collado
YoungKi Jin
Javier Trevino
Dora Elia Gonzalez
Israel Gonzalez
technical support
Jose Morales
sound editor
Napat Snidvongs
driver
Max Morales
sound effect
Sung-ting Yang
set pa
MA. Guadalupe Morales
color correction/VFX
Yunsik Noh
SALES & PRESS INFO
Youngki Jin
45-15 40th ST 3F SUNNYSIDE NY 11104
+1 347 345 9891 // filmmakerjin@gmail.com
film stills, trailer and other info
http://filmmakerjin.com/sunnyside