High Commendation, Best Documentary Feature Film, 2012
Young-Chan comes from the Planet of Snail where deaf and blind people live slow and quiet lives. When Young-Chan came to Earth, nobody understood his language and he was desperate. Then Soon-Ho came into his life. She understands his loneliness and soon becomes an inseparable part of his life. Young-Chan also discovers an amazing world under his fingers as he learns to read with Braille. He dreams of writing a book. However, Soon-Ho cannot always be there for him because of her own physical difficulties. While she uneasily spends her first day waiting for his return, Young-Chan goes out into the world for the biggest adventure of his life.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
