Goonamgua yeo riding Stellar a band that began at the cafe and bar Goonamgwayeo in Hoegi, Seoul, in 2005, has spent 20 years making music that mixes trot, garage, dub, and electronic sounds - music that fits into no genre lineage. But in September 2025, the band announced its breakup with a statement: “We are trying to stop the weird car that seemed as though it would run forever.” Then they set off on a ‘Annyeong Tour’ from Sokcho to Jeju. The film follows the final journey of one of Korea’s leading psychedelic indie bands. Capturing the band as they draw in their audience with rolling bass and languid vocals, it looks back on their 20-year trajectory through eight chapters in their own words. So, this film is not an obituary but an invitation to a final live performance. “We will return when the Earth is too broken - with music that can be made even without electricity.” This strange goodbye announcement remains, in the end, a promise to meet again.
He directed the short films Bunshin (2014) and A Dog and Spirits in the Rally (2023), and his feature debut, At the Peak of Our Own Story (2023), was invited to the Jeonju International Film Festival. He has also worked as a producer and editor on numerous films, including the fiction film The Killers (2024) and the documentaries Where We Stay for a While (2025), SAGAL: Snake and Scorpion (2022), Land and Housing (2022), and Evaporated (2020).
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
