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WHY HASN’T EVERYTHING DISAPPEARED YET

by Stefan Koutzev

synopsis

Two young siblings from Bulgaria realise they are all alone on the wrong bus heading to Cologne. For now, their story ends and a new one begins: Sori has been working aimlessly as a gallery assistant after dropping out of university and hiding the truth from his family back in Seoul. All by himself in Germany, he finds comfort in his drawings, while drifting through a fleeting urban life that only mimics belonging but never quite fulfills it. As Sori’s military service at the North Korean border resurfaces evermore, the waning days of a slow summer take over the narration: Childhood memories shift to the next estranged everyday object, encounters unfold from one character to another location with no point of return. The more he turns himself over to the life around him, the more it asks where home is.

international title: Why Hasn’t Everything Disappeared Yet
original title: Warum ist nicht schon alles verschwunden
country: Germany
year: 2026
genre: fiction
directed by: Stefan Koutzev
film run: 98'
screenplay: Stefan Koutzev
cast: Juho Lee, Dana Kantardzhieva, Bojan Kantardzhiev, Laura Schroeder, Chanmin Kim, Kihuun Park
cinematography by: Bernard Mescherowsky
film editing: Stefan Koutzev
art director: Thera de Freitas
music: Georgia Koumará, Chanmin Kim, Stefan Koutzev
producer: Stefan Koutzev
production: Lautmalfilm, Academy of Media Arts Cologne

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