MONGRELS (2024) by Jerome Yoo
Drama Experimental 106' CA KR English and Korean Language
Awards Fipresci Prize, Special Jury Award - Tallinn Black Nights 2024, Horizon Award - VIFF 2024

Festivals Tallinn Black Nights 24 WP - Northen Lights VIFF 2024


A Korean family – a widower, his teenage son, and young daughter – attempts to find footing in a new land while navigating the dark forests of grief.

The howling of wild dogs through the windows of a summer evening… In the middle of the night, a man talks to his dead wife on a disconnected telephone… Airplanes are swallowed up in the sky.


Gorgeous and brilliantly structured, Jerome Yoo’s first feature film is a lyrical and gut-wrenching tale of immigrant survival and resilience in Canada. Dreamlike, surreal, and filled with raw emotion, Mongrels is a remarkable study of family, loss, and hope in the midst of profound uprooting.


Director Screenwriter Jerome Yoo

Cast Sein Jin, Jae-Hyun Kim, Da-Nu Nam, Candyce Weir, Jedd Sharp, Morgan Derera, Executive Producers Jerome Yoo, Nach Dudsdeemaytha, Matt Drake, David Tomiak, Martin Glegg, Producers Nach Dudsdeemaytha, Tesh Guttikonda, Cinematographer Jaryl Lim, Production Design, Adriana Marchand, Editor Lawrence Le Lam, Composer Jude Shih, Tae-Young Yu, Sound Elemental Post, Telefilm Canada, Game Theory Films.