Here Comes Uncle Joe | 내일도 꼭, 엉클조 (2013)

He is not their uncle, and his name is not Joe. But to the old ladies of An-dong, a rural community in southeastern Korea, Uncle Joe is the only contact they have to the modern world. Uncle Joe’s delivery service is extraordinary. He reaches 15 isolated villages that have neither markets nor public transport and delivers to the clients’ door – or even into their refrigerator – whatever they order.

As the young leave these rural communities to acquire higher education and to find high salary jobs in the cities, there are no services or people to support old people. Uncle Joe becomes the only man for the elderly. He serves his clients sincerely, and elderly customers takes care for him as their sons.

However, his road taken isn’t always happy. Because of their advanced years, Joe often encounters his elderly customers misery and death. His hope is to share his life with his old friends as long as he can do. The film follows Uncle Joe’s delivery road from spring to winter with smiles, loves, and tears between one delivery man and 800 elderly.

BEST A.S.D PITCH AWARD (ASIAN SIDE OF THE DOC 2011)
BEST INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS AWARD (SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC 2011)
Directors  WOOYOUNG CHOI | SINAE HA
Producer  SINAE HA
Editors  JESPER OSMUND | METTE ESMARK | SINAE HA
Co-production  with              ITVS(USA) | NHK(JAPAN) | SBS(KOREA)
Shooting Format  HD | 1920 X 1080 | 30p
Sound 5.1 Surround | Stereo
Length  52′ | 73′
Genre  Documentary | Human Interest
Year of Production  2013
Language  Korean
Subtitles English
With Supported of  Korea Creative Contents Agency (KOREA) | SJM Foundation (KOREA) | Broadcasting Contents Promotion Foundation (KOREA)
Broadcasted at  Global Voices – PBS Network (USA) | NHK-BS1 (JAPAN) | NRK 2 (NORWAY) | SBS (KOREA) | Aljazeera (Qatar)| Arte (French) | Channel 8 (Israel)
Sales Agent  First Hand Films (Swaitzerland)

Awards
BEST LONG DOCUMENTARY AWARD (WORLD MOUNTAIN DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL OF QINGHAI 2014, CHINA)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATUE & BEST DIRECTOR OF NONFICTION (TELAS- SAU PAULO INTERNATIONAL TV FESTIVAL 2014, BRAZIL)
BEST LONG DOCUMENTARY AWARD (GOLD PANDA DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2014, CHINA)