Short film

Bleeding Edge

2026 · 15 min

A quiet, emotionally intense short that immerses you in a young athlete's pressured world, balancing tenderness and tension.

Tagline: What hides behind perfection?
Overview: A young Korean-American figure skater must bear the tough-love parenting of her mother, the mind games of her coach, and her own insidious self-doubt as she recovers from an injury.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, identity, ambition, parenthood
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
ambition
parenthood
healing
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Genres: drama, family
Directed by: Daeyoung Kim
Written by: Daeyoung Kim
Starring: Mina Kim, Sook Hyung Yang, Lindsay Wang, Terese Francois, Kaitlyn Farley, Alice Highman
Runtime: 15 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Korean