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Cafe Midnight 深夜咖啡厅
Production Country (s) South Korea Production Company (s) K-Dragon Corporation
Genre Fantasy Healing Drama Production Spec HD / Color / 7mins x 6 Episodes = Total Running Time 42mins.
Production Stage
(or Project Status)		 Screenplay Development Expected Date of Completion December 2019
Total Budget
(Negative Cost)		 100,000 USD Confirmed Financing Total 100,000 USD
(Financing Needed $20,000 / Financing Done $80,000 : Government Grant)
Fellow Name Kay Heeyoung KIM
Director Jajoon KOO Email of Director ninetempo@gmail.com
Profile of the Director Jajoon KOO directed his first short film LATE(2002). While studied master’s course in film producing, he directed and shot ANYWHERE BUT HERE(2002), which was screened in Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival. He entered the commercial film industry by participating in THE HOUSEMAID (directed by Sang-soo IM, 2010) and CADAVER (directed by Taewoong Son, 2007)), etc. From the assistant director of CYRANO AGENCY (2010, tvN) to A COMPANY MAN (directed by Sanyoon IM, 2012) as an a scriptwriter, he is currently working on diverse films.
Producer (s) Kay Heeyoung KIM Email of Producer (s) kay0711@naver.com
Profile of the Producer (s) Kay Heeyoung KIM had been for 3 years the executive officer in marketing & strategy in a Korean VFX Studio, Macrograph, where she contributed for JOURNEY TO THE WEST(directed by Stephen Chow, 2013) etc. as a VFX producer. In 2013, KIM established K-Dragon Corporation and produced a short film JOURNALIST BOY TONG 3D in 2014 and made the co-production deal of CROSS BORDER with Hengdian Entertainment in 2016. In 2017, it made a copyright assignment agreement regarding SWEET PAPARAZZI and the project is currently produced by Dadi cinema in China. K-Dragon has been focusing on films to be expanded across multiple platforms via transmedia storytelling in co-production with China and the US.
Logline A college student Jaeyoung, who just got rejected by his crush Mina, gets to work at a magical café named “Café Midnight” by coincidence that exists beyond time and space. There he encounters with young ‘Mina’ from the past and ‘Nayeon’ who claims to be Jaeyoung’s ex from the future.
Synopsis Jaeyoung, a college student who is working part-time in a convenience store sees Mina, his crush, in sorrow after her breakup. As Jaeyoung cheers Mina up, he confesses his feelings he secretly had towards her, but Mina rejects. To make things worse, Jaeyoung gets fired from his job.

After losing his job and love, Jaeyoung wanders around the streets and he runs into a job opening flyer of “Café Midnight”. This café opens only from midnight till sunrise and it’s not found on the map or GPS navigation. Who would come to this café when no one can find where it is?

Mysterious barista Jihoon in a unique fashion is the owner of the café with no fixed menu. The menu and the mood of the café change constantly as Jihoon’s mood changes. The café is very mystical but something is fishy. As Jaeyoung is about to leave quietly after looking around the café with suspicious eyes, a girl who seems familiar steps into the café. It’s Mina! Caught up in the fact that Mina is a regular, Jaeyoung decides to work at the café.

Jaeyoung approaches to Mina and apologizes without any explanation. But as Jaeyoung looks at her closely, She’s not the Mina who rejected him a few hours ago. She was 20-year-old Mina who seems to be depressed, dispirited. Right before Jaeyoung figures out what is going on, a girl named Nayeon, who claims to be his ex from the future shows up. What is happening here?

Mina, Jaeyoung’s crush that he would not have a second chance,
Nayeon who claims to be Jaeyoung’s ex from the future,