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1–20 of 23 films

  • Epicenter

    2022 Adults 10 min

    by Hahm Hee-yoon

    An old man dreams about the Bukhansan Mountain perpetually covered with snow, while a young woman sees the mountain grows taller after an earthquake. Slowly, the worlds of fantasy and reality collide, exposing an invisible universe.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
  • Eyes and Horns

    2021 Adults 6 min

    by Chaerin Im

    The exploration of masculinity begins with the Minotaur, a mythical creature the artist Picasso used to portray himself in his etching print series. The Minotaur goes through a violent struggle between being male and female. Finally, the lines blur, and the boundaries of sexes disappear.

    • Experimental
  • Man on the Chair

    2014 Adults 7 min

    by Jeong Dahee

    Man on the chair is tormented and constantly doubts his very own existence.

    • Drama
  • View

    2009 16+ 6 min

    by Na Yoon Rhee, Nayoon Rhee

    Viewis an imaginary story, but also a reality of a “child” who thinks that her “mommy” has left her behind because she does not love her anymore.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • The Empty

    2016 16+ 9 min

    by Jeong Dahee, Dahee Jeong

    A room retains one’s traces of life. I want to question on humans’ being and loss as time flows, by reflecting on the traces left in a room and its elements ranging from space, walls, door, windows, stuffs and so on.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • The Death Vendor

    2019 16+ 6 min

    by Jinkyu Jeon

    One day a boy encounters a street vendor who sells chicks. Even the boy knows these birds will die very soon. To his eyes, the man is selling none other than death itself.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Sigh of sighs

    2021 16+ 6 min

    by Gim Boseong

    A stranded whale lies neglected and decayed on the shore of Han River. Such a strange thing, yet no one in the city cares, only birds and a dog gather around the whale. The scene reminds of the depression which has been hanging over South Korea for a while.

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Seoul Station

    2017 Adults 92 min

    by Yeon Sangho

    The animated prequel to the box office record-breaker “Train to Busan” and the latest from director Yeon Sang-ho, “Seoul Station” follows a man sleeping in a train station who becomes a catalyst for the pandemonium in downtown Seoul: a zombie apocalypse. The rapidly-spreading infection propels an authentic family drama, drawing mordant parallels to real-world social horrors.

  • Pigeon

    2022 16+ 6 min

    by Sang Joon Kim

    Joe is having a bad day. But now he is at the brink of becoming a part of the world that makes bad days.

    • Comedy
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • Peejay: Seoul Sori

    2019 16+ 3 min

    by Kyoung Bae Kim, Kim Kyoung-bae

    Visuals in this music video that are at times horror-like are in contrast with the calm melodic song by a South Korean musician called Peejay. In the music video, we see a scared boy who is exposed to sudden space transformations. Various symbolic and mythologic characters come to life and it seems that they hold the boy’s life in their hands.

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Monsoon Blue

    2023 All audiences 14 min

    by Jay Hiukit Wong, Ellis Kayin Chan

    The dream of a goldfish to return into its wild form uproars her long-forgotten memories, and a self-conscious monsoon is about to be uninhibited.

    • Drama
  • Memory Theater

    2020 16+ 5 min

    by Hahm Heeyoon, Hee-yoon Hahm

    Theatrical stage takes place in a foreign space and reveals a feast of different forms of memories.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Manimals

    2017 16+ 5 min

    by OH Jihyeon

    The woman remembers her former boyfriends in images of animals.

    • Romance
    • Fantasy
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • Electric Soul

    2013 16+ 5 min

    by Joni Männistö

    An electrifying view to a buzzing micropolis.

    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Deer Flower

    2017 16+ 8 min

    by Kangmin Kim, Kangmin Kiim

    In the summer of 1992, Dujung, a boy in elementary school, goes to a farm in the suburbs with his parents. While his parents believe the expensive and rare specialty from the farm will strengthen their son’s body, Dujung suffers from side effects.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
  • Circle

    2024 16+ 7 min

    by Joung Yu-mi

    A girl draws a circle on the ground. Passers-by step into it, one by one. Soon the circle is full of people.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative