

Cinema Gwangju is the first theater in the Honam-region and the only theater that opened in 1935. The cinema has screened films in its original place up to these days. A musician Gonne Choi invites the seven musicians to share "Gwangju-ness" from her own perspective and they visit the cinema to speak and sing about their own "Withstanding and Existing". This documentary also contains the story of the painter Park Tae-gyu, who continuously has been working on hand-painting movie posters from the 1990s until today.

Kim Sawol
Self
Lead“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gwon Churl's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Withstanding and Existing is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”