
Films · Short
THE MASTERPIECE
ZAQSAL FILMS
Directed by Daehan Lee
· 29 min
- World Premiere
- GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival
- North American Premiere
- Days of the Dead Film Festival
- European Premiere
- Anatomy: Crime & Horror International Film Festival
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A promising commission brings a music video director to an artist’s secluded studio. The client wants praise for his work but has little interest in paying for someone else’s. When the director tries to leave, the meeting takes a darker turn. Artistic ego and a bad business proposition become the setup for this horror comedy.
Film Info
My Part
- Music
- Production Sound
- Sound Post-production
Trailer
Film Recognition
- Best Short Film (Grand Prize)Winner · 2024Kanazawa Film Festival
- Best Dark ComedyWinner · 2024Tuesday of Horror
loose leaves
our second zaqsal film went to the woods
a bigger crew and a longer shoot
also a lot of aircraft overhead
the location sound wouldn’t carry it
we rebuilt the sound in the studio and rerecorded the dialogue
i hadn’t replaced that much sound before
i worked on it again before the cinema screening
i learned a lot from this one
i wanted that green in my portraits too
cherryjavelin photographed me among the trees in the river park
a small connection to that year’s film
those details matter to me



