Happy Ending

With real testimony from a Korean prostitute, this beautiful painted animation explores what it is like to be the subject of other people’s pleasure.

Director : EunJu Ara Choi
Animation: EunJu Ara Choi
Additional Animation : Ansso An

Voice Over : Yuna Shin
Music Composer : Rachael Philip

Sound Design & Mixing : Benjamin Goodall
Editor: EunJu Ara Choi, Sean Koo

Award :
Special Mention Student Film Competition-Animafest Zagreb 2019
Special Mention Short Film Competition - Animaphix International Animated Film Festival 2019

Festival Selections:
BFI London Film Festival, London, UK, 2018
KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival, Amsterdam, Netherland, 2018
Fête de l'animation de Lille -Best of European Animation Schools, Lille, France, 2018
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2019
ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival, Paris, France, 2019
Anifilm, Třeboň, Czech Republic, 2019
The Athens International Film and Video Festival, Ohio, USA, 2019
Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle, USA, 2019
Krakow Film Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2019
Animafest Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 2019
Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Annecy, France, 2019
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2019
Guanajuato International Film Festival, San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, Mexico, 2019
Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2019
Insomnia International Animation Film Festival, Moscow, Russia, 2019
Wiesbaden International Festival of Animation, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2019
IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Varna, Bulgaria, 2019
Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, UK, 2019
Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow, Russia, 2019
Bucheon International Animation Festival, Bucheon, South Korea, 2019
Animest International Animation Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania, 2019
Animaphix International Animated Film Festival, Bagheria, Italy, 2019
Cork Film Festival, Cork, the Republic of Ireland, 2019
interfilm Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2019
CINANIMA - International Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal, 2019
ANIMASIVO, Mexico City, Mexico, 2019
This human world - International Human Rights Film Festival, Vienna, Austria, 2019
ANILOGUE, Budapest, Hungary, 2019
Slamdance Film Festival, Park City, Utah, USA, 2020
the European Film Festival of Lille, Lille, France, 2020
Mecal Pro, Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival, Barcelona, Spain, 2020