Eighteen-year-old Kim, from a Catholic family, is in the process of moving from adolescence into adulthood. At home, she waxes the hair on her legs herself and begins learning to cook from her mother. Sent on an errand to her brother’s room, she stumbles upon an adult videotape, and feels worry and excitement all at once.
Paromita Dhar is a filmmaker and cinematographer who earned a Master’s Diploma in Film from Sydney Film School. She has worked on several projects, including Birha (2018), which was screened at the Busan International Film Festival and the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, and That Cloud Never Left (2019), which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. She directed the short film In Between (2014) and is currently working on her first feature-length fiction film, ULTA/MADAM.
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
