The 45-year-old director with ADHD begins to stir up the waters of the Namdaecheon, expressing a desire to one day find the planaria she never found as a child. Along with her own brain...

After years of struggling with chronic lethargy, I ventured out one day for a stroll with my mother along the Namdaecheon, triggering memories of elementary school tasks – to catch planaria from the stream. Back then, I couldn't find any. Instead, I played and frolicked along the riverbank, bouncing on the trampoline and playing with bbop-gi(sugar toffees). Yet, even after 35 years, curiosity still strikes me whenever I pass by the Namdaecheon.

Are there planaria living in those waters?

Since there's nothing else to do anyway, I've decided to resolve the old question mark by finally searching for the planaria. However, things aren't unfolding as expected. It's not easy to even get out of bed in the first place. I, now in middle age, was diagnosed with ADHD late in life and inherently lacks enthusiasm. Yet, if I manage to find the planaria, something might change.

Can I really find the planaria?

How much does memory influence us? Where in the brain does the source lie that holds onto memories from the age of 10 until the age of 45, creating an obsession? Since being diagnosed with ADHD at 45, I have become fixated on retracing childhood memories, searching for clues that explain ADHD. BangBang and Planaria is a film rehabilitation project that reflects on dormant memories by resolving a childhood task of catching planaria from the Namdaecheon after 35 years, ultimately obtaining the dopamine needed to move forward.