DEFACE

Sooyoung is a faceless worker in a small town in North Korea who stays quiet and follows the rules. But when his daughter dies of starvation, Sooyoung is driven by his outrage to vandalize the large propaganda posters that decorate the town, an act punishable by death.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Filmmaker, John Arlotto

John Arlotto earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in painting from Cornell University before turning to the medium of film. John moved to Hollywood and worked as a professional editor of reality television shows and industrial videos before earning his MFA in film from the Art Center College of Design. John’s short film DEFACE has played in over thirty film festivals and has won several awards, including Best Narrative Short at the Austin Film Festival, which qualifies DEFACE for Oscar consideration for Best Live Action Short of 2008. At the request of the South Korean government, DEFACE was screened at a conference concerning human rights issues of North Korea.

John recently directed the short film Wounded, which premiered at the Palm Springs Festival of Shorts and his feature script Heart Murmur is now a quarter-finalist in the Nicholls Fellowship in Screenwriting Competition. John and his wife Viviane live in West Hollywood, CA.

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