Haein Cho
Un voisin inattendu - Film - 14min - 2026
présenté dans le cadre de l'exposition Panorama 28 - Invisibles ?
Film
“You’re French, you say? Well, I was born here.”
Cho is an ordinary immigrant, renting a small studio flat. Her daily life is turned upside down by the arrival of Grégory, a talking pigeon who claims the right to occupy her space. What starts out as an absurd dispute over private property gradually becomes a confrontation over legitimacy and belonging. Between the protected tenant and the “verminous” wanderer, who is really the intruder in this urban space?
Adopting the conventions of the sitcom and a hybrid aesthetic – blending 3D and 2D animation with cardboard sets – Un voisin inattendu constructs a deliberately artificial world. This playful imagery acts as a decoy: it establishes a comic comfort zone the better to confront us with the aggressiveness of the dialogues. The film does not seek to resolve the conflict, but to observe the shifting balance of power in an ambiguous space where solidarity gives way to the survival instinct.
Haein Cho is a multidisciplinary artist based in France and originally from South Korea. A graduate of ENSA Dijon and HEAR, she is currently pursuing her research at Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains. Her practice revolves around a hybrid aesthetic rooted in subculture, where computer-generated imagery, stop-motion, video games and set design intersect freely. Straddling the boundary between personal experience and collective structures, she explores poverty, shame and powerlessness in contemporary society. By subverting the conventions of sitcoms and satire, she deconstructs everyday hierarchies and constructs deliberately artificial worlds to offer an incisive critique of power relations.
Production
Credits
› Acteur : Melki Izzouzi
› Assistante-réalisatrice : Émilie Frey
› Cheffe opératrice : Liora Berliner
› Assistante caméra : Marie Merlan
› Cheffe électricienne : Lou Gallay
› Électricienne : Marine Vanderberghe
› Assistant-décorateur : Thomas Mouchart
› Stagiaires : Mila Szymanski, Woohyeok Choi
› Renfort régie : Kahee Lee
› Chargée de production : Pauline Thyss
› Étalonnage : Marie-Sarah Piron
› Montage son : Benjamin Poilane, Jülide Tüfenk
› Bruitage : Benjamin Poilane
› Enregistrement bruitage : Simon Lebel
› Recalage bruitage : Luc Aureille
› Mixage : Tom Nollet
› Assistant-recorder : Dany Jalain