PUSHER

Directed By John Kim

USA | Narrative | 12 min

World Premiere

Recently graduated from college and unemployed, Jeanie tries to get through her oppressively still and quiet days during the height of COVID-19 and is haunted by her witnessing her step-sister Minju being pushed in front of a moving subway train in a hate crime. When Jeanie is tasked with babysitting her niece, she fails to push through her intrusive thoughts of terrible things happening to her family.

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    Film Details

    1. Korean, English

    2. English

    3. World Premiere

    4. 2024

    5. 12 minutes

    6. Drama

    7. Narrative

    8. USA

      9. John Kim


      John (Ji-heuk) Kim is a South Korean-born American writer, director, and editor based in New York City. He focuses on nuanced narratives of Koreans in the US. His work as a writer/director has been awarded the Indian Paintbrush Production Grant and his work as a co-writer has been to the Berlinale Talents Tokyo Screenwriting Lab and the second round of the Sundance Development Track. He is currently in pre-production for his next short film, They Fell From Ginkgo Trees, and developing his first feature, The Loneliest Shade of Green.

      10. Dorothy Zixuan Wang

        Joyce Xing

      11. John Kim

      12. Jueun Kang

        Esther Hur

        Borah Ahn

        Joohong Jung

        Allison Suh

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