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From the music of South Korean composer Jung Jae-il, Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante crafts a story of a native woman invoking the spirits of fertility in a Guatemalan forest with ritual fire. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.

Sung-chul (Park Joong-hoon), a Korean gangster, flees to Japan after killing a subordinate. On the flight, He-gu (Park Sang-min), an aspiring bartender, discovers his true identity and is forced to act as his guide. Despite multiple betrayals and brushes with death, the two form an uneasy bond. As Sung-chul rises through the ranks of the yakuza, He-gu too is drawn into the criminal underworld. Clumsy but determined, He-gu survives power struggles, betrayal, and heartbreak—only to make reckless decisions that ultimately lead to chaos. In the end, Sung-chul is ordered to eliminate He-gu. At the seaside, after one final plea for mercy, He-gu is shot dead by Sung-chul, who walks away silently.

A road movie about young people who heal their wounds from love through busking in the streets of Vietnam.

YeJoo and EunMin spent two years as a couple so far. One day, YeJoo wants to finish the relationship that she had with EunMin. EunMin gets angry and asks if there's another girl. Yejoo says she got a boyfriend.

A story about a woman who wanders between dreams, fantasy and reality. A woman and her husband in their 50s go through some events as they fix up a mannequin.

We, in that Fall “Gaeul” finds out that the movie that her friend is filming is about her past love story, and even the male lead actor is her ex-boyfriend. Online Love ‘Aran’ crushes on a man, and her friends cheer through virtual conferences for her to win his heart. The Best Day of My Life ‘Oh Eunsu’, one of the most common youths, is always rejected from every interview. On ‘Eunsu’’s 24th birthday, which is the worst day for her, a strange man approaches to her after she experiences another rejection from the interview.

Green is a professor in a long-term relationship with her lesbian partner. Failing at preparing the deposit for the house and Green being laid off for helping her homosexual colleague, the only option they can choose is to move in with Green’s mother. As their awkward stay prolongs, the mother drives all her energy into her job as a caregiver.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, a French sandwich shop called Bon-Amande. The owner and only employee is Bong Soo-ah, who quit her longtime job to open this shop after a series of events. She calls him Jin Woo-kun, and he's her first part-time employee. Since his arrival, the shop has been receiving unexpected and surprising customers. Her sandwiches are eaten out loud without realizing it, and they are eaten to the roof of their mouths.

Young-min and Mi-young graduated from the same college and fell in love. They finally got married. As time goes by, they bicker over even the tiniest of issues. One day, at a coffee shop, Mi-young waits for Young-min and meets her ex-boss. Young-min sees them together and jumps to the conclusion that he is her ex-boyfriend. When Mi-young goes to visit her parents, Young-min tempts another woman.

Summer vacation of the last year of high school, Yu-na and He-yoon go to Incheon, deceiving their parents to go to a rock festival. However, the concert which they want to see is postponed until the following day. They have no choice but to book tickets for tomorrow and decide to spend one more day in Incheon. The next day, the tickets that Yu-na definitely held in her hand the previous day disappear. He-yoon contacts her cousin to borrow money…

Gain visits her hometown to see her critically ill father only to find an awkward tension between them. She gets to know a man named Dokyung who came from Seoul and becomes close to him. As Gain sees who he really is, though, she feels her life is being threatened.

Depicts the rebellion that takes place when villains with different desires enter the Jungae Prison, where female inmates gather.

Jameson is a 52-year-old man who left his wife and daughter in Delhi, India. The unlikely duo met through an unexpected chance encounter. After visiting the factory that Je Imsun has run for 30 years, he fell in love with its snow-white rice cakes and wanted to learn how to make them. He was impressed not only with the flavor, but also with the fact that she was able to support her family on her own while maintaining a strong sense of locality.

Feng Zhengjie is suffering from a lack of inspiration that keeps him from both painting and falling asleep at night. One night, wide awake as always, he sees a woman slide by in front of him. She is faint, indistinct, and both nearby and unreachable all at once. She hovers around him, and appears wherever he goes; the bar, on the street, a coffee shop. He is no longer certain whether the woman is in his head, or whether he is the one in the woman’s head. Soon, his time starts flowing backwards. As more time passes, Feng Zhengjie falls deep into his inner world, and the boundaries between dream and reality fall apart. When he closes his eyes, he hears the everyday sounds of modern civilization. When he opens them, he again sees a dense forest, and wakes with the wind of nature. He is young again. He wanders aimlessly, until he comes face to face with the woman he was haunted by.

Korean newlyweds are on their honeymoon in Paris. Strolling in the Pigalle area, the young bride sees in a red dress in a store window and she enters the shop. Her husband goes to buy cigarettes while he waits for her. When the man comes back his wife has disappeared. Not speaking a word of French he desperately searches for her. A search that will turn into a free fall into a world ruled by illegality, prostitution, drugs, a universe with its own codes and punishments

Ye-ji who’s been living in the same neighborhood as her crush Jin-gyoo, asks Woo-yeong to live a good life with Jin-gyoo. Jin-gyoo and Ye-ji became a couple but in fact, Jin-gyoo’s sex partner went to Seoul so he can meet Ye-ji instead. Ye-ji is angry with Jin-gyoo, and Woo-yeong comforts her.

Black Comedy short

Min-ah finds herself on a stranger's bed when she wakes up. She's handcuffed. Stranger Nam-gyu was next to her. I want to let you go but my heart wants you to stay... I know it might be tough but stay here with me... What's your name stranger? Sorry but I love you

Kil is a professional hitman, who leads a very lonely life composed of a pack of Marlboro, instant noodle, cash in the freezer, a knife, a motorcycle and Chichi, a pet monkey. But when he bumped into a beautiful call girl Suha, his life could never be the same.

Aimless after failing in several public tenders, a young man ends up meeting the best chef in the region and falls in love with the world of cuisine that he shows him.

Dongdo, who is obsessed with movies, lives a satisfying life with friend-like mom, his only family. One day in high school, he befriends classmate Hyunseung and his bullying clique. Cigarettes and harsh words belch out of their mouths like smoke, and friendship engaging violence gradually draws him in. Meanwhile,his crush Yeonhee, a popular girl in the clique, has directions of arrows of admirers. Determined, he writes her a love letter, which discloses the arrow's potential and returns to him as a fear for violence.

Jong- gak who has not been out for a long time is about to start his special date with his girlfriend Sun-ji.

A couple is kidnapped by a serial killer on their first anniversary. The kidnapper forces the couple to play a twisted game of rock paper scissors. Hyunsoo encounters a lady who looks very similar to his favorite adult streamer while delivering food to her. He gradually begins to believe that the lady is indeed the streamer and tries to contact her. Sumi needs to buy a luxury bag for her boyfriend’s birthday. But the bag is too expensive for her to purchase. So, she makes a unique trade with a wizard. Ji-Eun, who lives with her ill boyfriend, goes out every night but her daily life collapses when she brings a guy she meets at a jazz bar to her house.

When a boy from North Korea finds a unique Christmas gift sent up from South Korea, he suddenly becomes the most popular child in his small town. But how long will it take for his new toy to attract the wrong kind of attention?

A collection of stories which explore the differences and resemblances between the life cycles of trees and humans.

Gong Hyo-jin, Korea's greatest rom-com queen Lee Chun-hee, an actor reborn as a furniture businessman Jeon Hye-jin, a housewife with 11 years of experience as a child actress Three people from different backgrounds with different intentions unite for the sake of the Earth! They attempt to live a carbon-free life at Jukdo, the only energy-independent island that's left! After discovering a lot of plastic bottles on the beach, they call the water bottle company and start inviting unexpected people to the island! Gong Hyo-jin X Lee Chun-hee X Jeon Hye-jin's Zero Carbon Project! How are they so sincere about the Earth?! (Source : Hancinema)

Jae-mo leaves the world behind and takes refuge in a remote fishing village. Out of nowhere, Soo-bin comes into his life. Their relationship is purely physical at first but their love intensifies as they begin to deeply understand each other's pain. Soo-bin unwittingly discovers sheets of music that Jae-mo had written and realizes that he was once a composer. She decides to help him fulfill his dream by returning to Seoul. Her only consolation in returning to the city she hates most is the fact that they will be together.

A documentary that scientifically analyses and tracks down the route of the Sewol Ferry that sank on the 16th of April in 2014 using its AIS to discover the cause of the unconfirmed sinking.

Jenny is a gold digger who buys luxury goods with conned money. She runs away to a village in Mt. Jirisan and learns of a thousand-year-old wild ginseng wine that is rumored to be a cure-all. Jenny thinks stealing it from the ailing grandfather and grandson will be a piece of cake. However, from the moment she encounters Doen-jang, the boy who swings a hoe and does strange dances, things spiral out of control.

A woman who receives a revelation to BIFF like fate in a dream. She realizes it is only a few hours left for deadline after opening eyes! It is a dedicated movie for you who are still passionate today on the deadline between dream and reality.

University students Gu-pil and Byeong-soo were recruiting a female member for an erotic film contest. They meet Tae-hee, a shy and ugly girl. She wasn't what they expected but they take her in anyway. They watch erotic movies with her and go to adult top shops for inspiration but nothing pops up. Tae-hee vents on them saying she was called ugly by a person she liked but they don't listen to her. So she's angry and decides to make up her mind.

Yeon-shil is the lover of crime boss Dong-il. She pays off one of the boss's henchmen, Man-ho, with whom she once had an affair; Man-ho is an opium addict, and he has been blackmailing Yeon-shil by threatening to disclose their past relations.

Mi-jin and Mi-soo, move out and came to Seoul to find a job. Mi-jin who used to have a boyfriend, happened to know a building owner in Seoul, and the meeting with the landlord begins. However, Mi-soo liked Mi-jin's ex-boyfriend, Ji-hwan, and she thinks it's her chance to seduce Ji-hwan to go out with her. The sisters and ex-boyfriend's secret live-in affair starts.

Hye-rim is a model prisoner serving out her sentence for murder. With two years left to go, she gets a special outing. Hye-rim gets on a train to Kang-reung to visit her mother's grave. At the place, she meets Min-gi, a young man running away after being involved in a crime organization. Min-gi's persistence melts the heart that was hardened in jail. Hye-rim and Min-gi fall in love.

A story about a man running a shabby neighborhood bathhouse. The man is in danger of losing his precious bathhouse because of the money he borrowed from a loan shark. Then, the loan shark offers odd suggestions to the man to solve this problem.

After six failed relationships Eun Jin is determined to succeed with her clumsy unromantic boyfriend, but questions arise when she suspects that he is hiding something.

A villa keeper maid is defiled her chastity by her master, a rich man who owns a big company, and even gets killed. Her departed soul does not leave this world and takes a revenge on his family members by tormenting them one by one into death. The vendetta ends when her mother kills the master.

Sung-min tries to break up with his boyfriend, but it's hard for him to bring it up. Instead, he runs away from him. But what Sung-min really wants is a "changed boyfriend."

Angdu is no ordinary boy. Indeed, in a past life he was a venerated Buddhist master. His village already treats him like a saint as a result. The village doctor, who has taken the boy under his wing, prepares him to be able to pass on his wisdom. Alas, Tibet, Angdu’s former homeland and the centre of his faith, lies far away from his current home in the highlands of Northern India. On top of that, the conflict between China and Tibet makes the prospect of a trip there even more daunting. Undeterred by these harsh facts, the duo set off for their destination on foot, accompanied by questions of friendship and the nature of life. With its narrative approach steeped in a serene sense of concentration, this documentary film, composed over a period of eight years, stands as a fundamental experience in its own right.

Set in 1920s Shanghai, the film recounts the activities of a group of young Koreans trying to destabilize Japanese control of their penninsula. Through an anti-occupation terrorist campaign, the five men hope to inspire a resurrection throughout their penninsular homeland.

A young girl goes missing just as a convicted sex offender moves into town. The girl's father, the inhabitants of the towns and even law enforcement believe he is responsible for the disappearance.

Dae-su, an army private, goes on night watch duty the night before his first leave. A trespasser appears and puts the fate of his leave in peril.

Muyeon who tried to make the alter ego finds out that she is the alter ego.

My mother's dreams have always been strong premonitions for important moments in my life. I rely on her dreams more than any religion.

He is the star of "The Age of Wild Men" that brought Kim Doo-han into Jong-ro. No one is able to hold onto their lives before Dual Wielding Swordsman's fists, which are deadlier than a knife. The legend of Joseon's greatest Dual Wielding Swordsman begins.

Koo Kyo-hwan and Lee Ha-na are lovers The cash-strapped couple plans their own self-associated documentary, "Project Name: Love," blinded by the five million won advance fund. However, they suddenly break up due to differences in personality, artistry, and taste.

Commissioned by South Korea's National Human Rights Commission, If You Were Me is an innovative omnibus film project to promote tolerance and human rights and shed light on the hardships disadvantaged people face in Korea. This third installment continues the If You Were Me tradition. Directors Jeong Yun Cheol (Marathon), Kim Hyeon Pil (Wonderful Day), Lee Mi Yeon (L'Abri), Noh Dong Seok (Boys of Tomorrow), Hong Gi Seon (The Road Taken), and Kim Gok and Kim Sun (Capitalist Manifesto: Working Men of All Countries) participated in If You Were Me 3, creating shorts on human rights issues of their choosing, ranging from labor conditions to gay rights to discrimination.

Jung-min, a rookie lawyer, becomes Yoona’s public attorney, as she is accused of murdering her husband. Against a nasty prosecutor, a mysterious judge, and all the suspicions surrounding the defendant, Jung-min seeks to unravel the truth behind the conspiracies of the case.

Dr. Nam, in his will, requests that his eldest daughter, Jeong-hui(Choe Eun-hui), marry a painter named Dong-su (Nam Gung-won). Jeong-hui is at risk of losing her house due to her father's debt, and a young physician Sun-cheol (Kim Seok-hun) who received his college education with the financial support of Dr. Nam, helps her by selling his own house. Despite his love for her, Sun-cheol cannot express his feelings because he knows of the request in her father's will. When Jeong-hui looks for a job to support her family, Bang, whom Dr. Nam once cured, offers her a position of saloon madam. Meanwhile, her younger sister Myeong-hui (Choe Ji-hui) promises Dong-su her hand in marriage. Jeong-hui, now running the saloon, wishes them happiness. It is only when she gets a proposal from Bang and decides to accept it that Sun-cheol confesses his love for her. Moved by Sun-cheol's true affection for her, Bang gives her up, and Sun-cheol and Jeong-hui exchange vows of marriage.

I love dancing K-POP with my best friend in our club. Though I am the tallest, the spotlight is mine at the center. But things are about to change- my best friend might become my ex-best friend; She's dating my secret crush! People say my mom and dad are a little unusual, but to me, they're just an ordinary family. The neighbor lady seems suspicious-she once filmed SNS videos with her daughter, and now she wants my mom to join instead. I have to stop this somehow. Maybe I should talk to her daughter first...

Filmed in the summer of 2022, this concert will let fans relive the rapper's SUMMER SWAG concert in South Korea where fans jumped, danced, and sang along to his well-known melodies and beats while being showered with water sprays.