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In the Absence

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When the MV Sewol ferry sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014, over three hundred people lost their lives, most of them schoolchildren. Years later, the victims’ families and survivors are still demanding justice from national authorities.

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Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Korean
  • shipwreck
  • disaster
  • ferry
  • sewol
  • south korea
  • short film

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Behind the camera

Director

Yi Seung-jun

Produced in

South Korea

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereDOC NYC9 Nov 2018
  • NetherlandsNL

    • PremiereInternational Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam19 Nov 2018
  • South KoreaKR

    • PremiereEBS International Documentary Festival19 Aug 2019

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In the Absence was released on 9 November 2018.

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    CinemaSerf

    9/17/2026

    7/10

    There is something really quite bizarre, almost sedate, about watching the first fifteen minutes or so of this documentary. We witness a ferry - the "Sewol" - that is clearly listing and is surrounded by ships of all sizes, but that is still more or less fully occupied by most of it's 476 passengers and crew who are awaiting an evacuation order. The authorities seem to be relying on the captain - who has been removed…

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