Greek filmmaker Liron Shalit’s documentary “Living Euljiro” explores the hidden losses faced by people in central Seoul’s Euljiro area, who were about to be evicted due to a massive urban redevelopment project. His film captures the beauty of the centuries-old alleys and the deep relationships formed with residents whose lives were upended. Shalit has been creating award-winning short documentaries since 2017, exploring themes such as social issues, human rights, disability, natural disasters and urban life. He came to Korea in 2020 to work on a documentary about digital sex crimes, specifically the notorious Nth Room case. But like many projects that year, it was interrupted by COVID-19, leaving the film unfinished. “On a winter day during the pandemic, I was wandering through Euljiro, where I encountered something that would change the course of my work,” he told The Korea Times. “The streets were alive with the sounds of metalworkers, cutting, hammering, shaping raw material by hand. Then, almost impossibly, I stepped into a gallery hidden in the same alley — clean, well-organize
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