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One summer night, Jeong-ho's younger brother, Jeong-gi, suddenly comes and asks him to scrap the car. On the way to the junkyard, Jeong-ho almost hits a deer that suddenly appeared. Then, a familiar thump comes from the trunk.

Dream and deficiency, a letter without recipient.

Escaping the extreme heat, K takes a vacation to a highland retreat, only to be disappointed by a landscape far from what he saw online. To kill time, he takes photos with his smartphone and unexpectedly encounters a mysterious woman in his hotel room. He begins photographing her in earnest, and what began casually turns into deep immersion. Through the lens, the scenery transforms into unfamiliar yet beautiful images, and K becomes captivated by a world he had never truly seen. In a place detached from his expectations, his quiet journey unfolds—gently questioning the boundary between imagination and perception.

A high school student named Eungyo Han is recording her life in 2004.

One night, Su-min secretly looks through his girlfriend Eun-young’s phone and becomes convinced she’s seeing another man. A few days later, when Eun-young comes home late from work, he suddenly suggests they visit Mokseom, a small island off the West Sea that inspired his novel Tide of us.

Here is a girl who keeps running - fleeing, being chased. What is she running from, and what is it that pursues her? Where will her journey finally lead her to?

Soohyun, a solitary professional boxer, is preparing for a match when she spars with Minkyung, an amateur who boxes as a hobby, and takes a solid hook from her. After the hit, Soohyun begins to feel drawn to Minkyung, who suddenly enters her life, causing her match preparation to falter.

Tracing the faded time of those who once turned the pages Chŏng Yagyong(1762-1836)’s Chil Shil Gwan Hwa Seol (On Viewing Paintings from the Dark Chamber). In a dark room of their own, they steep tea, mend fragments with thread, and enfold them in bojagi cloth—crafting a cinema that was unseen.

Artistic swimmer Seokhee appears strangely composed after the sudden death of her partner Yeong, who was once her perfect counterpart. Yet her body betrays the deep loss her mind has avoided, as she is unable to submerge herself underwater.

In Jeongneung Valley, Seoul, where redevelopment is expected, two times intersect: the present, where it has ‘not yet' begun, and the future, where it is ‘already' inevitable. In this overlapping moment, photos left by residents, hand-tended fields, repaired homes, and memories within familiar landscapes merge into stories—proof of life itself.

Following the death of her beloved friend Seo-yeon, Se-ryeong reflects on their time together and cherishes the memories they shared.

Ray is an experimental film that stages an emotional farce centered around intoxicated figures, juxtaposing the structure of desire with X-ray imagery that exposes and refracts the body.

Su-han takes his final bath as the bathhouse closes. In the emptying space, he comes across traces of the past, and long-faded memories resurface. The once-familiar place grows distant, and as what remains and what disappears intersect, the past flickers like a wavering haze.

"Seriously? Ugh, my period again?!" Minhee is frustrated because her period cycle doesn't align with her girlfriend's, making sex difficult. Then, Jisoo shows her something. And that is... The app that gives hope to all women: Womb Mates! 'Swipe to choose your ideal womb and enjoy perfect love and sex!' Minhee's wild adventure to find a period-free womb begins now!

Beginning as an attempt to document the present by rewinding the past, the film reveals a startling truth: that which has vanished and that which will vanish both persist in the here and now. Traces of what was overlap with the current moment, creating a layered reality where memory and time blur, and the forgotten world asserts its continued existence.

Documentary filmmaker Kim Myung-yoon, a former member of the Dokdo Police Security Detachment, relocates with his wife and son, Noah, to Kumi, a remote village in Japan’s Oki Islands. A UNESCO Global Geopark, the Oki Islands boast majestic natural beauty, but also serve as a politically charged symbol, with Japan asserting territorial claims over Dokdo, calling it, “Takeshima.” As Kim builds relationships with local residents and engages with their perspectives, he explores the histories, ecologies, and memories surrounding Dokdo and the Oki Islands.

Cho Young-sook, who has continued the tradition of women's gukgeuk for 74 years, has two brilliant students. Park Su-bin has worked as a female performer who plays male roles in women's gukgeuk for more than 20 years. Hwang Ji-young was raised as a female gukgeuk actress. They are running a women's gukgeuk production center and are struggling to continue the momentum of women's gukgeuk, which is losing popular interest. However, it is not easy to continue performing women's gukgeuk, and the two are changing their minds more and more. The two, who want to make a big stage with women's gukgeuk even once before Cho Young-sook passes away, prepare for a performance of "Legendary Chunhyangjeon," thinking that it is their last performance. However, it is not easy to perform in the absence of funding. Park Su-bin and Hwang Ji-young, as third-generation women gukgeuk artists, spend their days searching for teachers, recruiting them, and scrambling to raise funds for the performances.

The owner of a car presents himself in front of the person in charge of reporting a no-parking zone.

Seok-gu, a documentary producer specializing in current events and accusations, wishes to find meaning in the dark and inconvenient things of the world. Old women who fell in love with Hangeul (Korean alphabet) appear in front of him. Over and over again, they say "old people should die," but their joyful lives are more exciting than anyone else's.

My mother goes on a picnic once every three weeks.

"Was it the President who ordered the rivers to be six meters deep?" In 2008, under President Lee Myung-bak's administration, South Korea's Four Major Rivers Restoration Project turned the country's beautiful rivers into scenes of devastation. What were once pristine first-grade waters became lifeless rivers, choked with toxic green algae emitting foul odors. Crops irrigated with this contaminated water are now served on the table of Korean people. The government disguised a grand canal project as river restoration, and the media turned a blind eye — together enabling one of the greatest environmental destructions in Korean history. The consequences of this deception will be borne by future generations. To ensure that future generations can once again run freely along the rivers, we must act—now. We must make Korea's rivers flow again.

What kind of dream are three people dreaming of in dreamy and beautiful Madagascar? A photographer who takes passport photos at a small local photo studio but dreams of going to Africa to take family photos. A thirdrate cabaret singer and a street vendor who support his dream. A road movie about three people traveling around Madagascar, Africa, to achieve their own dreams.

A dragon named Mir was swept away by a typhoon and washed down to a river. Their first meeting was the worst, but Mir grows fond of a homeless fortune teller who helps him overcome his fear of water. One peaceful day, the fortune teller saves Mir from a flooded river but gets swept away. To repay the kindness, Mir musters the courage to overcome his fear.

A jellyfish emerges from the sea, dancing gracefully and seducing fish with its hypnotic movement.

An art curator is told about a past visit to Searles Lake, a salt desert near California's Mojave Desert, and the nearby town of Trona, while pulling out a burned pharmaceutical encyclopedia. Trona's borax serves as a raw material for film developer, becoming becomes a link between the memory of the place and the act of filmmaking. Long-held memories of conversations with the filmmaker's mentor James Benning, colleagues, and other mentors about the book found in front of a burned house in this borax-mining village are restored as script.

The film follows an abandoned son's search for the mother who left him. Like the final scene of Im Kwon-taek’s Gilsotteum (1986), which evokes the primal power of Korean kinship, this journey is filled with lingering images and sounds. Chronicling his travels through Japan, Portugal, and Spain, the film traces the unbreakable—if unseen—thread of blood that connects a mother and son, and extends through a scattered people.

This omnibus film was created for a workshop commemorating the 30th anniversary of Korea National University of Arts School of Film. Students, alumni, and faculty present eleven shorts exploring everyday images across film, photography, painting, games, animation, and advertising through contemplative, critical, and satirical approaches. From supercut aesthetics to structural compositions and essayistic narration, each work examines how images generate meaning. While functioning independently, these shorts intersect within a shared framework, offering new perspectives on viewing moving images.

It is about daily life of a high school student named Aoi Aya in Japan.

The footsteps of the stars, our journey together. 9 Stellas gathered together this winter.. Where the brightest and most beautiful night sky begins StelLive's first group concert

“Where does the soul go once it leaves the body?” For religious and philosophical reasons, viewpoints may all differ, but fundamentally, human beings have constantly asked this question. Like a lit matchstick, human life ignites the beauty and ugliness of life intensely and without reserve. The undertaker says, “The more funerals I hold, the more I think that death might not be a period but a comma.

The Close-Up of Bae Chang-ho is a documentary that delves into the work of director Bae Chang-ho. In this cinematic essay, he revisits key locations from his films, exploring the intricate relationship between nature, urban landscapes, architecture, and his works, while sharing his reflections on life and cinema.

The Heart-Heart Orchestra, an ensemble composed of members with developmental disabilities, is raising awareness of disabilities through various performances both domestically and internationally. They are developmentally disabled, but they are also professional musicians who take on roles in the orchestra. This film observes how these two identities interact.

Mirae begins preparing to end a life devoid of dreams and hope and seeks out her uncle to entrust him with the care of her father.

Twenty-eight-year-old Gin-hee is an office worker at a used car lot. One day, things around her start to disappear, and even her body begins to rust. She struggles to understand if the world has gone crazy or if she's losing her mind.

Colorless Odorless follows the work records and archival materials of victims of semiconductor biohazards, tracing the smells and effects of substances that cameras cannot capture. Testimonies of the past overlap with current symptoms, and the disaster repeats itself in other bodies and places.

The documentary production team, which was tracking the connection between Gutenberg and Goryeo metal types, finds the "Pope´s Letter to King of Goryeo" in the Vatican archives. In the face of opposition from scholars for lack of relevant evidence, they leave for Europe in search of historical traces to complement it.

Believing her son is talented at playing the cello, Haesook has devoted herself to his training since he was in middle school. Donghan is accepted into a respected music college, but he drops out before completing even a semester due to biased behavior from professors. Haesook becomes hopeful about her son's independence. However the founder prioritizes the ensemble's marketability over the musicians' artistic growth, deeply distressing Haesook. Donghan receives an offer to work as a teaching assistant in an orchestra Haesook had previously known, and they dream of a new future.

Jin-tae and Seong-yeon, an acting couple living together, audition for the lead roles in the same film. Only Jin-tae makes the cut. To help him prepare for his final audition, Seong-yeon must once again perform the very role she failed to get. While they practice, a mysterious old man pays them a visit.

Living in a harsh reality, Oh Sori holds on to her own fantasies as she dreams of becoming a musical actress. Though she repeatedly fails auditions, she never gives up. One day, she meets her idol, the diva Jin Sunhee—but in trying to impress her, Oh Sori makes an irreversible mistake.

Three visitors gather in a multi-story house, unfamiliar and absent of its owner. Each carries a different path, dream, and wound, gradually revealed through songs and quiet conversations. Over the course of a single day, laughter and silence intertwine, and their connection deepens. After they part ways, the house remains—now holding a different kind of resonance than before.

Jung Soo-yeon, a first-year elementary school teacher, experiences an absurd situation after school when she gets trapped on the school rooftop by her 5th-grade students' pranks. The children lock the rooftop door, mock Soo-yeon, and leave, and Soo-yeon tries to call for help in the empty school but no one is there.

In the winter of 2025, vulture chick came to Ulsan from Mongolia. People feed vultures who have no food, treat injured individuals, and return them to nature. How should vultures, who have lost their homes due to industrial development, live in the future?

Ae-young and Ji-woo go in search of a rainbow for a perfect breakup.

In an era defined by climate crisis and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a group of individuals embarks on a mission to sow the seeds of a controversial plant. They initiate their farming venture in Paju, near the border between North and South Korea, attracted by hemp's ecological benefits and its potential to foster peace. However, they soon face significant obstacles in a country where hemp is classified as an illegal drug. Those who require hemp for medical purposes, along with its advocates are criminalized as the plant itself is. In a nation that has declared a war on drugs, no one associated with hemp remains untouched by the shadow of illegality.