Animation | 00:06:04 | 2026

〈The Stump〉 is a fantasy animated film that follows a human's journey of shedding their physical form and becoming one with the spirits of nature. Set in a mystical world inhabited by a divine deer, the story depicts the transformation of a human into a spirit and their return to the natural world. Through this journey, the film explores the boundaries between humanity and nature, conveying the idea that all living beings are interconnected.

Seongeun Kim is a member of CAD Lab, specializing in Immersive Media and Animation Contents at the Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia, and Film, Chung-Ang University. Her work focuses on visual environment design through background layout and lighting in 3D animation. In the animated film 〈The Stump〉, she was responsible for background layout and lighting, emphasizing spatial composition and atmospheric lighting to visually convey the film's world, where nature and spirits coexist.