Culture School: The Most Beautiful Week of My Life

Five of the finest artists in South Korea visit an isolated mountainside village to run a ‘Culture School’ for one week. This village in Korea’s Gyeongbuk Province is so isolated that it is known as ‛an island on land’. With only 150 households, the village‘s school has only 8 students and the nearest movie theatre is at least 90 minutes away by car. The villagers don‘t have many opportunities to experience performing arts or other cultural events. From a popular movie director to a painter and a designer, five of Korea’s top artists join hands to develop cultural programs tailored for the people in the village. ‘Culture School’ effectively captures the touching process of communication and empathy between the villagers and the artists from the city. By witnessing the villagers undergo a transformation through their first lessons with various cultural programs, we ponder the meaning of culture and its effects on our lives.