Map without Island

From the beginning the film was planned to be a collaborative project. Yasmin, a refugee from Yemen, and I wanted to share our perspectives on the life of Jeju Island. After her sudden departure I discovered a message in the camera she rented from me. I felt the strong need to remember Yasmin’s absence collectively and connect our relations of memory in the form of film letter. Islanders who received the letter were invited to tell their stories in the way they decided; they answered with forms of improvised body movement, walks through forests and along ocean shores, visiting protest sites and traveling together. This made the film a map-like composition collaboratively drawn between the people who resonated with the life of refugee.