God's Daughter Dances

Shin-mi, a transgender dancer, is summoned to attend a military service examination in Sungbin Byun's award-winning short.

Shin-mi, a transgender dancer, gets a call from the authorities asking her to attend a military service examination. Despite identifying as a woman, Shin-mi decides to attend the examination, where things do not proceed as she planned.

Born in 1991, Byun studied Film TV & Multimedia and Eastern Philosophy at Sungkyunkwan University. His short films Horn (2014) and The Chicken of Wuzuh (2015) screened at Busan International Film Festival, while Hands and Wings (2019) won Best Short film at the Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival. God's Daughter Dances swept up awards at festivals across the world.