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Ban Dal (Half-moon)

Partner: future frames – presented by european film promotion

Director: Hae-Sup Sin
Filmmaker's profile

Annette, a Swiss woman, accompanies her adopted son to South Korea to meet his biological mother. But the reunion confronts both mothers with unspoken emotions, old wounds, and the question of what it truly means to be a mother.

Details

Duration: 22min.

Country: Switzerland

Language: English, German, Korean

Year: 2026

Genre: Fiction (Drama)

Topic: Asian, Family, Human Relationship, Identity, Immigration, Motherhood, Women

Cast & Crew

Director: Hae-Sup Sin

Production company: Zurich University of the Arts

Writer: Hae-Sup SIN

Cinematographer: Kyeong Yeob CHOO

Editor: Tereza DANIELL

Music: Paul Taro SCHMIDT

Actors: Lale YAVAŞ - Annette , Eun Jung SHIN - Minjeong , Mina AN - Sharon , Hae-Sup SIN - Joel/Jihoon

Festivals & Awards

2026

Solothurner Filmtage

Jeonju International Film Festival

Los Angeles Asian American Pacific Film Festival

Palm Springs ShortFest Palm Springs ShortFest Audience Award - Best Student Short

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

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