A story about 8 people who left North Korea during the Korean War to study at the Moscow Film School. Known as the Moscow 8, they opposed the idolization of Kim Il Sung, and defected to Moscow despite promising futures. The survivors tell the tale of their beliefs, comradery, and achievements during their exile. The lives of those diaspora with their multiple identities such as North Korean defectors, Russian Koreans, Soviets, and Kazakhstanis are portrayed through flowing spatial images. The film asks, “If where you are born is called hometown, what do you call where you are buried?” Director Kim Soyoung’s latest film Goodbye My Love North Korea is part of the Trans: Asia Screen project, as well as a trajectory of the expansions and connections of the Korean film industry. At the end of the film, the director confides: “I wanted to create a story about those who saw and created a different world through film.” She continues a course where filmmaking and film research walk deftly hand in hand. (LEE Seung-min)