Controversy over Sydney Film Festival prize winning Mukbang

After receiving the short film award for best director at the Sydney Film Festival, Eliza Scanlen’s debut film as a director Mukbang drew controversy over appropriating Korean, racial discrimination, and post-edit

Sydney Film Festival award-winning film Mukbang directed by Australian actress Eliza Scanlen Source: Official poster

Mukbang is a short film about a white teenage girl fascinated by Korean online culture binge-eating Mukbang shows her sexual awakening.

It is Australian actress Elizabeth Scanlen’s debut film as a director and won the Rouben Mamoulian Award for best short film director at Sydney Film Festival last month.

Eliza Scanlen attends Through Her Lens: on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Source: Invision

The twenty-one-year-old director apologised for racism criticism over the film.

However, the 14-minute film still has more controversy.

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