Coquitlam’s Jerome Yoo starts rolling on Idols Never Die next month.
But the writer/director has only eight days to shoot, edit and post his flick — in under $1,500 — as a finalist in the 20th edition of Crazy8s.
Co-written by Andrea Bang and produced by Lawrence Le Lam, Idols Never Die was picked out of nearly 200 applications for the competition.
Last November, emerging filmmakers submitted a three-minute pitch video of which 40 semi-finalists were chosen. And, earlier this month, the jury narrowed the field to six: Idols Never Die, Ada, Hatch, Parabola, The Mirror and Unkept.
Yoo’s movie tells the story of four girls grieving a K-Pop singer, who died in a tragic accident; in his memory, they seek to fulfill his last wish.
His finished work premieres Feb. 23 at The Centre in Vancouver.
Yoo, who made his directorial debut last year with his Storyhive short, Gong Ju, previously co-wrote the Crazy8s hip-hop short, Cypher.
His acting credits include Charmed, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, iZombie and Man in the High Castle.
