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Although globally rare, the water deer is common in Korea and typically encountered when it suddenly jumps out and gets hit by a car.

Seventeen-year-old Mi-jin dreams of a life different from her selfish, immature mother who had caused her childhood trauma. Her mother returns home after seven months, pregnant with no plan whatsoever. Mi-jin's pathetic friend Tae-gu who had dropped out of school and works as a karaoke part-timer keeps bothering her. To refresh her mind, she plans to go on a trip with her other friend Sujeong with the money earned from a part-time job, but they get scammed.

Chang-hyeon, a transgender prostitute encounters a visitor who seems both familiar and alienated to him.

When it was decided that the 88 Olympics would be held in Seoul, the residents of Sanggye-dong were forced from their homes and they struggled against the government to at least guarantee them new residences.

Yeon-ju is an assistant director who has been trying to be a writer-director for ten years. After being turned down her last script and assigned an unwanted side job in her home town by an executive, she seriously considers quitting all. To make things worse, her mother gets sick. She got stuck in an unwanted circumstance. But strange enough, the unwanted side job gives her a glimpse of hope. The project is about the last Kie-sang (the feudal age courtesan) San-ok, who was the most excellent artist. Somehow Yeon-ju feels connected with her. At the verge of giving up her dream and life altogether, Yeon-ju starts to write a new script with the help of San-ok in her fantasy.

A mother bribes students and teachers in order to secure a good part for her child in a school play.

A psychological thriller about people running on abnormal orbits

A man works for the Universe Management Corporation. The man usually works on the earth. One day he goes off to another planet on business. A man gets a job in an architectural magazine company. However, he cannot see the boss who interviewed him for his first three days at work. During this time, he goes through not-so-ordinary experiences in his everyday life at the workplace. The boss comes to him out of the blue and takes him to Wonju with another female employee without notice. Although the boss wants to stay there together for the night, he comes back. A woman takes a trip to Jeju Island by herself.

Paul is a Korean-born immigrant whose life is turned upside down when his father is crippled from a robbery and his mother leaves them and marries the father of a bigoted gang leader, Billy. When Paul is constantly harrassed by Billy and his boys, Paul must use his skills in martial arts to defend himself. He learns that there is racial tension everywhere, especially when it involves his girlfriend, the daughter of a bigoted government official. Meanwhile, Billy must learn to adapt to this nature and attempt at peace with those who have done him wrong.

The drastic economic development in South Korea once surprised the rest of the world. However, behind of it was an oppression the marginalized female laborers had to endure. The film invites us to the lives of the working class women engaged in the textile industry of the 1960s, all the way through the stories of flight attendants, cashiers, and non-regular workers of today. As we encounter the vista of female factory workers in Cambodia that poignantly resembles the labor history of Korea, the form of labor changes its appearance but the essence of the bread-and-butter question remains still.

A part-time drama lecturer feels it’s his lucky day when he unexpectedly gets offered an acting gig on the same day that he learns of a faculty post.

A gorilla searching for freedom while fighting a caterpillar that emerged from its fecal matter. (Note: This early student film was only screened privately for members of a film club and has not been publicly released or made available for viewing.)

Ever since her son died, Yeonok spends her time playing her son’s favorite game. She has forgotten how to interact with people or express her affection and goodwill. The lonelier she gets, the more burdensome she becomes to those around her.

Recently discharged Chan-Woo receives a letter of will from ex-acquaintance and leaves for her hometown carrying her ashes with him. As he starts to reminiscent about the girl and prepares for her religious service, he meets mysterious innkeeper Jin-Kyung. He senses genuine love from her, discovering matured self in the process.

High school baseball star Chang Ho dropped out of baseball and applied to law school because of his father's strong opposition, but he failed twice and became frustrated. Captivated by frustration and anxiety, he considered suicide because he is paralyzed by a traumatic mental disorder.

Hyun-ji, a woman stuck in the past, incessantly listens to a recording of the good days, inconveniencing the people around her. After her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, a poet, ends, her sadness leads to her to be quiet and antisocial. Meanwhile, old friends Ga-young and Yu-jun meet on the street by happen chance. Ga-young remembers Yu-jun, however, Yu-jun does not remember Ga-young. Chance has it, the two are headed to the same poetry reading event. This meditative and interconnective narrative explores the moment of impact when conflict becomes the catalyst for inner healing. A fleeting story about things we’ll never see again.

The late artist Kim Tschang-yeul built his deep world of works around one motif: water drops. An artist's enigmatic world and a collaboration with his son, the film's co-director, who seeks to understand it, has created this meditative yet serene film. His water drops are a symbol representing the sad history of Korea and Asia, and they quietly but powerfully resonate with the world through his lifelong works and lives with his family.

The 100 years of history of the Chosun Ilbo and the Dong-A Ilbo show that wrong press can be a social weapon.

Kim Joe Rang, the new appointed chief of the village, takes charge of a strange case from the first day. A villager is dead just after telling that he saw a ghost. Kim Joe Rang offers his daughter for reward and sends monk Chon-Won and his pupil Min-Do to get rid of the ghost. But they are killed by the ghost. Kim Joe Rang goes to Jeom-Sa who tells him that is wolf's mischief and they should sacrifice a young lady born in Mu-Jin year to solve the problem. Kim is looking for the right person and his daughter Ran volunteers to be a sacrifice. When Ran is alone in the mountain trembling with fear, an eminent monk appears to help her and they defeat the ghost.

At a time when social distancing was in effect, the two directors and artist Park Se-jin held a simple, unmanned exhibition.

Joon-bae was working at a health foods company until one day he gets diagnosed with cancer. Hee-jin, who works at the factory, suddenly has a lung disease. A middle man named Gwang-woong approaches them and tells them about ‘human horns’, which are considered only a legend. A hunter has to make money for his mentally-ill daughter, and Gwang-woong gives him one last hunting offer. There’s no more hope or choice. To survive, these people will do anything… but they have to eat someone to do so.

Newlyweds in their second year of marriage face the ordeal of their husband's erectile dysfunction. But the moment she sees her wife's college junior, her husband's body heats up! The couple realizes that the secret help of a college junior is the only way to solve their problems

I think my boyfriend, who said he couldn't go out because of the fine dust condition, snuck out.

A student experiences different conflicts as she works toward being a scientist.

The 21st Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival Trailer

Ji-heon (female, 17), runs down the hallway every morning because she doesn't want to share the elevator with Hyun-min (male, 18), who lives upstairs in the same apartment. The one who doesn't want to face Hyun-min is Hyun-min's father, the mother's lover. They seem to be trying to take their mother away from Ji-heon. Then, Ji-heon witnesses his mother's attendance as Hyun-min's mother during the parent interview at the school.

Hana, who lives in a gloomy basement without sunlight, moves to a sunny rooftop. Hana, who begins to grow plants after being able to use her rooftop to her heart's content, gradually recovers from her exhausted daily life through her plants.

Yuwol, who is dancing all the time, has been considered to be the main culprit behind the dance virus at his school. The teachers calling for order begin to trace him.

Among everything obscure in an image, there is always the camera. This Isn’t What It Appears reconstructs and radicalizes the ways to see and interpret archival photographs of Korean women taken in the 1950s by American soldiers stationed in South Korea. This film attempts to reveal the camera within the frame, not as an omniscient eye but as a reciprocal medium that subverts the hierarchy in an image.

On a hot summer day, a man wearing a sweater coughs as he walks. He enters an underground, gruesome restaurant and orders fried rice. The restaurant owner swears to customers who leave food on their plate unfinished and he struggles to finish everything on his plate. The film takes advantage of the short film form and accentuates its merits, taking the story through a dramatic flow in a simple situation with various characters.

A program titled "Today’s Science" is on the verge of abolition due to its poor ratings. Seoyeon, the producer in charge, is in trouble both inside and outside. The boss urges Seoyeon to find new subject matters.

Hwi-young and Kyung-jun are the closest of friends, always at each other's side. However, just before their planned trip to celebrate Hwi-young's birthday, a misunderstanding causes Kyung-jun to start giving Hwi-young the cold shoulder on purpose. Will Hwi-young's long-awaited trip be smooth sailing despite his friend's sudden distance?

THE MAN roams through the mountains, rivers, and seas in search of THE ONE, whom he believes to be a messiah.

Dokgo Tak lives brightly and strongly even though he is smaller than peers in a disadvantaged home environment. It is an uncommon setting even in the present days that he is actually a self-supporting student having father on death. focuses more on the boy Dokgo Tak who is bravely facing against his less fortunate fate than to the baseball player Dokgo Tak. Also, ‘Bong-gu’, the boy who always formed a pair with Dokgo Tak grows further after meeting Dokgo Tak while he found out that he himself is an adoptee during while wandering around.

The death toll is very high at the construction site of a villa. The villa's owner and on-site construction manager also meet their deaths. The reason for their deaths is that the refuge and freedom of their spirits are being infringed upon so they start taking their revenge on the people. The house becomes abandoned and haunted. A scientist couple from the U. S. comes to live in the house. The spirits start making trouble for them so the couple asks a powerful Buddhist monk to help them. The Buddhist monk talks with the spirits and finds out their demands. The couple ends up moving elsewhere.

Seori tells the story of a fire that broke out at an institute for girls in 1995, and a girl named Yurim, who was petrified of fire but was nevertheless determined to start a fire.

Lee Hyun, is left with her father's debts to the mob when he dies. Only a college student with little choice, she pays the debt by working as a nightclub hostess for the mob. Just before paying off the debt she takes the risk and escapes. Hyun enrolls at a job training center where she meets Yumi, Seora and Hyemin; from similar situations. They all graduate together but with no place to go, Hyemin takes them to an East Coast nightclub. There, Hyun meets Sang Won and finds herself falling in love. Ashamed of her background, Hyun but refuses to start a relationship. Will she reveal her past to him or work at the nightclub? Will Yumi reunite with her child or find others to help?

Geon-woo finds himself in a situation where he has to take care of Do-hyun, a neighbor’s child. As he spends more time with Do-hyun, memories of someone else keep resurfacing in his mind.

Psychological thriller of people running on abnormal trajectories 'Deviators'

'Yeonhee', whose implanted artificial heart is broken, and 'Margo', a robot, who connected Yeonhee's broken heart to his body. The two in an inseparable destiny head toward the boundary to survive and...

Have you ever learned something just for fun? The Little Garden Sisters in Myeongju-dong, famous downtown in Gangneung, have been learning photography with smartphone for the past three years. They decide to go one step further and shoot a movie. Their average age is 75 years, but it is still fun. Their short film My Neighborhood Postman was invited to film festivals and won awards. So now, the new project is documentary filmmaking. However, it is not easy to accept the wrinkled and old self inside the frame, and the older sisters are now unable to move and can no longer film together. Besides, it is difficult to even get together due to COVID-19. Will they be able to complete the documentary?

A devoted son hears that, he must pay one thousand 'nyang' (old Korean currency) to save his father who is in jail for unknown reason. At that time, a low-grade official seeks for a man who could spend one night to mourn for the spirit of their DEAD daughter. The devoted son spends the night with the dead woman...

A young Buddhist monk, Jo Sin, is attracted to Tae-su's daughter, Dal-lye. He hopes to marry her, but she becomes Mo-rye Hwa-rang's wife. One day she secretly leaves the temple and runs away with Jo Sin. Hwa-rang finds out about it and is ready to take revenge on him. Jo Sin shouts out loud and realizes that he had just had a dream.

A powerful and emotional documentary about Korean women forced into sexual servitude by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, Silence Broken dramatically combines the testimony of former comfort women who demand justice for the "crimes against humanity" committed against them, along with contravening interviews of Japanese soldiers, recruiters and contemporary scholars who deny the existence of comfort women or claim that these victims "did this for money." In the film, these women demand an official apology, admission of moral as well as legal guilt, and compenstion from the Japanese government. They want human dignity and justice restored to them. The individual testimonies in Silence Broken, combined with unusual archival footage and dramatized images, shatter the half-century of silence and create a collective story filled with soulful sorrow and amazing resilience of the human spirit.

Yeong-mi swears that she will revenge herself against Ku Yeon-su after he ruins her family. First she gains his trust and eventually moves in with him. Then she sets her plans of his destruction in motion.

One woman. One racist lie. One lawsuit that shook Japan. Korean Japanese entrepreneur Shin Sugok takes on major media in this electro-shock legal thriller about refusing to be silenced.

NCT DREAM’s third world tour, ‘THE DREAM SHOW 3: DREAM( )SCAPE,’ is coming to the big screen once again, bringing back the vibrant world bathed in Pearl Neo Champagne! Join the journey as the story of the Mystery Lab unfolds—a special laboratory where the secrets of growth are discovered on the path to one’s dreams, and where the prescription for comfort and healing is shared. Captured from Seoul's Gocheok Sky Dome, witness their breathtaking performances that radiated youthful energy, plus the passionate efforts behind the scenes. Don’t miss NCT DREAM Mystery Lab: DREAM( )SCAPE in Cinemas—a stage for both escaping into dreams and embracing new beginnings.

Han-sung runs into his ex-girlfriend Soo-young after taking a year off from university. Unfortunately she has a new boyfriend Se-won, who is a director of a graduation film which Han-sung is supporting.