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On a cold winter morning, Myeongkyung gets on a train with Woojoo and brings back her memories for a moment.

VHS Death Valley footage shot by Seoungho Cho in 1993 can be viewed only in a technically degraded state today. Cho grasps this playback as an artistic advantage: interfering bars of video static, sudden switches from colour to black-and-white, random noises generated on the soundtrack – all this can now be manually manipulated and played like a DJ mixes samples. An ode to the glory of machines!

A documentary on cultural and artistic work produced by people with mental disability after the creation of public jobs dedicated to rights in 2023..

Determining which memories are real and capturing something with a camera share a commonality: what lies outside the frame is forgotten. The moment a photographer chooses to capture something, everything else is excluded and pushed out of the frame. In 2024, I weave together a story that reaches beyond the image squares of my childhood and beyond my father's moldy film. This journey raises essential questions: What do we choose to remember, and what remains?

Attending a straight friend’s wedding, I feel incredibly jealous. I recently broke up with my girlfriend of three years, and I was sure I would be the first to get married. People say celebrations are reciprocal, but as a queer person, I wonder if I will ever get my wedding gift money back. While I hope that same-sex marriage is possible, I question whether the institution of ‘marriage’ is truly necessary for living well together.

There is a child called 'Wilson' born with only one eye congenitally. Bright and positive, Wilson, who enjoyed drawing, becomes afraid of drawing due to repeated bullying by school kids at school. One day, Wilson discovers a strange creature in the school backyard and is led into a forest where unexpected events happen..

Jaejin is losing his sight and becoming more suspicious. And he is trying to confirm the unconfirmable.

"20" is a captivating film that explores the enchanting world of lucid dreams, unraveling tales of hope, love, and despair amidst serene landscapes where shadows dance gracefully. Against the backdrop of insomnia, the film seamlessly blends a sleepless night's story with a multilingual poem.

Once upon a time, there was an old couple in a rural village of Korea. They ran a pumpkin farm. The story goes that they lived to a great age. Maybe, more than two centuries? Of course, the messengers of death wouldn’t have missed this news. That doesn’t make sense at all. Finally, one day, the messenger visited the old farmer couple to take over their souls.

"Your Voice" explores the unique connection between Gina, an American woman adopted from Korea at a young age, and Jaewoo, a lesser-known Korean film director. Their relationship, solely built through an anonymous call app, deepens despite the physical distance. The film navigates themes of identity, cultural roots, and the challenges of modern digital relationships, and beautifully captures the essence of contemporary relationships and self-discovery.

A boy takes care of his sick mother while his father works at sea. He suffers from terrible nightmares, haunted by the worst imaginations about his mother and father. One day, he sees a girl dragging a huge rock along the beach. Intrigued, he follows her home and discovers how she managed to escape the worst imaginations.

In the process of parting, lovers discover that their love was as elusive as a fleeting cloud.

Director Yeo Hong, who dreams of becoming the second Bong Joon-ho, and actor Joo Yeon, who dreams of becoming star are contacted by a film festival.

An encounter with a sailor. A car drifts through the city. This short film is based on a poem written in English by the filmmaker himself.

98% is an organization for the disabled, raising funds by online broadcasting. Jung-min, the lone non-disabled person, controls and supervises them as 98%’s representative. Jung-min embezzles donations for disabled people for personal gain and gaslights them through violence and illegal (sex offenses) filming. One day, a member(Ji-yoon) of 98% refuses to be filmed, so Jung-min goes in search of her. The person who appeared in front of Jung-min was not Ji-yoon, but Eunhye, a deaf girl he had never met before. Jungmin invites the beautiful and charming Eun-hye to become a new member of 98%, and he takes her to the filming location, an abandoned factory. Thanks to Eunhye, people donated a lot of money. However, the delight of money flowing in was short-lived because the members of 98% protested against Jungmin for his wrongdoings, and Eunhye suddenly disappeared. Where is Eunhye? Why are the members of 98% suddenly become disobedient?

“I almost drowned when I was five on a family trip, but I don’t remember anything. I just knew it, because every time my family got together, they talked about it. A few years ago, I asked my family about this incident. I discovered that my mother had completely different memories than other family members. It’s the only (dance) sequence in the film.”

The journey is a process during which many substances are brought to me : receipts, tickets and plastic packaging are easily thrown away. However, these materials contain all the time, language and air of the city. I wanted to collect things that were recorded but not saved and explore their properties. First, I printed travel documents such as receipts and tickets. Then I randomly inserted audio from videos taken at the travel destination. This work is a travelogue that goes beyond visually stimulating images of tourist attractions.

Jeong-min, who is working at the corner of the industrial complex, finds a hen left behind on the weighing plate. The day he decides to take over the office instead of his lover Tae-hee, Jeong-min builds a chicken coop in the backyard, but the hen goes missing.

Yoon, a gender queer who experiences body dysmorphia, takes a bath for the first time with their girlfriend, Pin, but has a hard time revealing themselves in front of Pin. However, slowly, the sincerity and love Pin shows toward Yoon makes Yoon open up and face their scars.

Jisoo is afraid of her middle school friend, Sehyun, who knows her secret about being the culprit in the dormitory shower theft. Meanwhile, as her roommate Jaerim gets closer to the truth, Jisoo decides to confess everything and leave the dormitory.

Ji-young, a contract worker, clears out her belongings on her last day at work. Just before leaving, Tae-young from the HR team asks her to return her employee ID. However, at the bus stop, an urgent matter forces her to return to the company. Without her ID, she finds herself locked out and stuck at the entrance.

At the end of the day, Ji-young, a woman in her twenties, discovers a crumpled receipt in her pocket while smoking a cigarette. Looking at the record of her whereabouts, she reflects on the simple moments that made up her day.

The protagonist begins to clean the old house.

Seek Body Contour is a movement and poetry short film, exploring trauma, healing, and reconnection through the body. The film is told through the composition of vignettes and is inspired by somatic dance practice. It is deeply concerned with how womxn of color navigate social and cultural surveillance, male validation, and a myriad of other standards and demands. The contours mentioned in the title refer to the lines that map the experiences and emotions for how womxn live in their bodies. All of the womxn who participated in the creation of the film (currently living in South Korea as foreigners) have contributed to sharing how they disturb, complicate, excite, and add weight to gendered spaces.

Mobility Rights is a poetic visual examination of disabled people’s struggle in South Korea. It portrays the disabled fights being seen after decades of being denied basic rights.

Mac is concerned about her childhood friend 'An' ignoring her. Then, due to an accidental incident, she is possessed by ‘An’ and experiences a strange incident.

A photograph of someone. They are emptied, replaced by something else. I discover the vertical side of 8mm fits with the empty screen.

To prevent the absence of sense from becoming an absence of image, the image obtained on the retina after passing through the pupil and the lens must pass through the blind spot before arriving at the optic nerve. A dark room is a blind spot in an image.

On the road of horses that erased horses, I remember the time of the horses. Use the horse's ears and mouth to feel it. Blurry but wide vision, distant and near passing conversations.

Taeyang(meaning the sun in Korean)'s father and brother left home. Taeyang tries not to be like them, but the hysteric mother thinks Taeyang takes after them. Taeyang believes his brother is the only way to cure his mother, but that idea pushes his mother to death, and Taeyang wants to get a refund for the shoes which he gave his mother, lying his brother bought them for her.

Seoul has changed day and night due to the extreme UV rays caused by the climate crisis. Now people sleep during the day and work at night. In-Kyung, who is 30 years old, lives with her older sister who works a regular job. One day, In-Kyung gets a phone call from her sister telling her to come out right away at midday when everyone is asleep.

On the magical island of Korinco, where animals have human souls, a Colombian bear, a Korean tiger, and an Indonesian Komodo dragon seek traditional games from their countries to help the depressed monkey president.

Eun-Jeong, who works for a company by day and manages an independent film community called Curtaincall at night, sees her future at the company one day. She quit her job as she got promoted and then focused on the community. One day after 4 years, she doubted, “am I doing well?” followed by depressed thoughts. Hoping to soothe her anxiety, she visits friends who do similar things to her.

Soo and To-o, who once lived on different stars, fall in love and stay together until the very end of their world’s collapse.

Two young sisters named Mideum and Somang live in Bulsangsa Temple up in the mountains. One day, after seeing Santa Claus on television, Somang starts nagging her sister Mideum. While Somang wishes for Santa Claus to visit the temple for Christmas, Mideum prays to Buddha for a different wish.

A Wobbling Shadow is an attempt to explore the physical limitations of a 16mm camera by capturing the moment the sun disappears below the horizon and a rotating lighthouse emitting light in a repetitive cycle, using two cameras in succession.

Hyeong-jun learns of the death of Min-jae, a junior at the university. To find out the truth about his death, he goes to meet Sung-bin, Min-jae's successor to the army, and receives a cassette tape that Min-jae left behind.

A composer named Hyeon, lost in darkness, finds herself at a 'Movement Healing Workshop. There, she begins to explore her inner self through new movements. Through unfamiliar encounters and unique movements, Hyeon confronts life, death, darkness, and light in a new way.

Shinwoo, who can't do push-ups, likes Eunhee, who is good at push-ups. However, Shinwoo pushes away Eunhee, and faces the memory which she wanted to avoid.

Mido is a new Android that resembles humans and has a human heart. Mido desires to get out of the confines of inhuman experiments and to leave where no one can find her. Mido is like an elephant tied to a stake. She transfers to Sira's school for a beta test while she cannot escape the lab freely. Through meeting Sira, a new being she has never encountered before, she realizes that she can go anywhere if the two of them are together.

One day, Sunwoo, a lesbian, is told by Jiyeon, her long-time partner, that their relationship is over. This sudden breakup sends Sunwoo into a period of emotional turmoil as she struggles to cope with the loss of someone she deeply loved. As she grapples with feelings of rejection and heartbreak, Sunwoo embarks on a journey of self-discovery and healing. Along the way, she confronts the challenges of moving on, navigating her identity, and finding the strength to rebuild her life and sense of self in the face of loss.

A balloon, floating lightly above the ground, moves along the direction of the wind. The balloon drifts to wherever the wind blows, reaching out to everything it encounters. The moment the balloon and the wind meet, that place becomes a ballroom where their movements intersect. A dance takes place and is created as the balloon and the wind begin to move together.

Woosung, a former personal assistant for persons with disabilities, visits the home of Jung-hyun, a former client of Woosung himself, for the first time in a long time. On his way to catch the bus, he finds a dead bird. Wanting to bury it, he carefully wraps it up to find a suitable place to bury it.

I continue to indulge in the illusion that I am a fish.

I often envisioned floating images. Not knowing where they were heading or why they were drifting left me feeling uneasy. So, I decided to observe from a distance. I layered the moments when I felt myself floating over the gestures of drifting. Could the image of floating, settled onto film, provide answers to these questions?

The protagonist, who has just ended a six-year relationship, talks to her ex-boyfriend about what she felt during that time. Later, she falls in love through a dating app, but that relationship doesn't last long either.

Bear Ung and Raccoon Young are colleagues who joined the company at the same time. Every year, all employees go on hibernation leave during the winter. However, at some point, Raccoon Young stops taking hibernation leave and becomes entirely focused on work. Bear Ung doesn't understand Young's behavior, but starts to feel conflicted as he sees Young rapidly climbing the corporate ladder.

A lyrical reflection on the commodification of affection takes place among the spectacular forms of carbon. The sounds, broken down into acoustic and synthetic sections and composed into an urgent poem, are accompanied by images taken from documentary and fictional forms and folded into visual reflections on light, its refraction and decay. Sound details coalesce into a spatial formation, and randomness gives way to a solid structure.

A young girl appears in a different space every day. The space takes on different forms depending on her emotions. One day, she meets a fish that lives in it and follows it.

A short film by Uri Han.

This is a story about the heroine who keeps making romantic imagination, and the lint who comes to my garden everyday.

The film’s dialogues are excerpted from five essays by Go Han-Yong, the first Dadaist during the Korean colonial period, and Max Stirner’s “The Ego and Its Own,” the cause of Joseon anarchism.

Korean Short Film