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Between winter and spring, on a night that could go either way, two directors take to the streets with cameras and memories still in motion. Confession and rejection, love and its wreckage as fiction and reality bleed into one another, what they're truly waiting for may not be snow at all.
The ocean is the beginning and end of all life. Yet now, this vast cradle of life is collapsing. SEAGNAL follows the final signals from the ocean, leading us on a journey to confront the truths we’ve long ignored. From marine debris and ghost fishing caused by abandoned fishing gear to overfishing that pushes marine species to the brink of extinction, and coastal villages sinking due to rising sea levels... Our oceans are dying due to humanity’s unchecked greed, ignorance, and indifference. SEAGNAL follows seven individuals who have sensed the ocean’s warning, asking not just to heed the alarm but to reconsider how we coexist with the sea. The ocean’s final signal, SEAGNAL. Are you ready to listen?
Sun-yeong strikes a man on a bicycle on her way home from work. Terrified, she flees the scene of the accident but is witnessed by Yeong-pyo who devises an ambitious blackmail scheme.
Holding a shaking hand with another hand, a former pickpocket confines himself in his apartment. He doesn’t talk to anyone for long. There is only one woman with whom he communicates.
Minjae, a delivery man, waits every day for the courier supposed to arrive at Samjin Corporation. It is because he has a crush on Dayoung who works there. One day, he finds that the members of Samjin treat her poorly. In order to help her, he quits the delivery and gets a job in Samjin.
Shock nearly kills the overworked Shin-ja when she learns that her boyfriend, whom she supported through medical school, is engaged to an heiress.
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.
After coincidentally witnessing a boy jumping from the rooftop due to pressures of the college entrance exam, our heroes conceive an idea for a learning device that works while you sleep. Dong-gi, Ho-tae, and Jae-ha go to Chairman Kim of an electronics company to get the funds to make it. They experiment the 'snooze machine' on their younger brother, Dong-seok. Once at the bottom of the class, Dong-seok goes to the top but he is ostracized by his classmates. They reject the snooze machine and shout, 'Let us live like human beings!' Ho-tae gets into an argument with the other two over the development of the snooze machine. He moves out but later is persuaded back by the great burst of laughter stemming from solid friendship. Arm in arm, the three face a brighter tomorrow together.
In the darkness of night, a man and a woman walk in an alley sharing a cigarette. They are detectives working together. Their story is complicated: They are about to make up a scene where they arrest a criminal whom they have already caught. In fact, this time with the help of TV crews, with whom they had a secret agreement, they are about to restage the event and act as if they are arresting the criminal for the first time.
Three generations of Youngseok’s family live together in a house. Even though his mentally ill grandmother’s time on this Earth is gradually running out, Youngseok is embarrassed by the way she behaves like a child in front of his friends despite her efforts to take care of him. The film displays the challenges of a family who live with a dementia patient, told from young Youngseok’s perspective. Dreamlike summer nights in the film evoke the innocence of childhood, and the gathering of dear friends and family.
Jeong-woo, who grew up with Han-na under their adoptive mother, goes abroad to contribute to a difficult family environment. However, after hearing the news of the death of his adoptive mother in a hit-and-run traffic accident, he returns to Korea, and found out that Cheol-jin, a member of the local organization Taechangpa, and former classmate of Han-na was involved. Meanwhile, Taechangpa joined hands with the Japanese yakuza organization to expand its power. They kidnapped Han-na to catch Jeong-woo, who was tightening them up. This makes Jeong-woo even angrier. The anger of a man who lost everything explodes!
Na-rin could not easily accept the breakup with her long-time lover Eun-chan after being informed of the sudden breakup, so she wants to have a one-month grace period for Eun-chan's feelings to return. "Love always ends out of the blue, and parting is always difficult." But as Na-rin jumps into the album production project for "History of Love," she's in a position to think about "breakup" more than anyone else. Can Na-rin find the purpose of the breakup that she has postponed?
Every Wednesday at noon, women who were kidnapped for sexual purpose by the Japanese army during its imperialism and their supporters demonstrate against Japanese government to request official apology and indemnity for their crimes. This documentary portrays sexually abused old women's suppressed story of overcoming of their shame and forced silence.
It is about life of Princess Deokon who is the last princess of the Joseon Dynasty in 1837.
Haesu, an ordinary man, dreams of hiring a hitman to murder his boss who has been bullying him severely for years.
"80 Billion Boy" will depict the journey of a boy who entered the world of cryptocurrency early and used his big funs to carry out a secret operation.
Young men and women enter a small studio, sit, respond to off-screen questions from the crew, and leave. But it turns out that one female subject has a prior, broken relationship with a member of the crew – which brings submerged tensions to the surface.
Tansil, a native of Hwajeongol in the back of Jirisan Mountain, goes to the house of President Woo Man-chan in Anguk-dong, Seoul, as introduced by his relative. President Woo, who had been away from home for a long time, returns and begins to approach Tansil, who was listening to the remnants of the disabled wife. The wife, who did not notice this, intentionally forces Tansil to take care of Woo in order to catch Woo, who returned. Tansil, who was pregnant due to his relationship with President Woo, was confined to a remote apartment, eventually gave birth to a son, and returned to his hometown after losing his son to his wife.
The movie follows a series of twists surrounding a child's paternity after a mother unknowingly becomes pregnant.
Seo-joon follows his dream of becoming a chef by cooking for Mi-young, who is unwell. As he takes care of her, Mi-young’s weight drops, which begins to weigh on Seo-joon more and more.
The Element of Hope is the story of a man who is completely cut off from the world and lives a life of isolation as if he were part of the house. He is looking for a job but does not seem hopeful. The only person he meets every day is his wife. However, communication between him and his wife is hard. His wife thinks their relationship has no hope. His wife, who is a faculty member at the university, appears to be dating another man.
Two brothers try to break free of the gang life, only to be attacked in retaliation for their decision. The younger brother is seriously burned and dying in a hospital, which drives his older brother to take vicious revenge.
His perfect home has just one flaw — The unrelenting noise from upstairs. For neighbors who refuse to listen, maybe fists will have to do the talking instead.
Young-ju's wedding is cancelled when it is revealed that her mother was a prostitute for American soldiers. Young-ju, pregnant by her fiance, gives birth to a child, but her ex demands that she give up custody to him as she has no future.
Middle aged Jang-Pil lives in a small one room apartment in Shinrim-dong. In the past, he might have studied for his bar exam, but now he makes a living by collecting junk, managing the apartment building he lives in and also makes wooden dolls to sell. One day he lends money to a young man in the same apartment building, but the man ends up taking his job. Jang-Pil is also tricked by a woman he met in the neighborhood.
Seungbum is a ‘faux’ environmental journalist who makes a living by threatening construction and waste disposal companies. Travelling to his hometown on business, he recalls a long-forgotten memory.
Seoul in 2020. TADA, a rapidly-growing mobility service called Korean 'Uber'. Threatened by TADA’s rapid growth, the taxi industry sues TADA for conducting a transportation business without a taxi license. Due to the backlash from the taxi industry, the National Assembly eventually passed a bill banning the service. Can TADA overcome this desperate moment? This documentary is not talking about the success of startups emphasized in numerous books and the media around the world. Focusing on the case of TADA, which has faced the worst crisis since its inception, the work takes a look at the harsh reality that startups are currently experiencing.
A personal and subjective video essay series on the Korean cinema, consisting of 9 episodes. Its episodes include fragments of memory about Korean films and their ‘field’, actual moments of what is happening here and now, and images excerpted from Korean films. [Ep 1] My Chungmuro (2002) [Ep 2] For March of Fools (2003) [Ep 3] Smoking Women (2003) [Ep 4] Kino 99 (2003) [Ep 5] Song of Keumsoon (2004) [Ep 6] The Creative Restoration of ‘An Empty Dream’ (2005) [Ep 7] Reflection on Kim Gu (2005) [Ep 8] Garibong, Again (2006) [Ep 9] A Short Film about Pre-1945 Korean Cinema (2006)
In 1988, fifth-grade elementary school student Han Jin-joo tries to prepare expensive gifts to make up with a Atheletic Teacher who is angry with her because of a minor misunderstanding in a high jump class.
Byeong-Gu used to be a professional boxer. But one day he finds out that he’s got punch-drunk. With not much time left, he decides to start boxing again. To complete his own style, called “Pansori-boxing.”
Eun-ji and Mi-jung are sisters. One day, they hear that Mi-jung's groom-to-be, who disappeared after suddenly announcing their breakup, has become a monk. The sisters climb a mountain to find him.
A girl meets a talking stone and goes on a short picnic with it.
A Korean-American secret agent from USA sneaks into Korea. He tries to make money by selling a high-priced painting. However, he is soon chased by the ones unwilling to expose it, and meets a woman who wants the painting.
The spy Im Su-myung refuses to speak. Kang Sin-jung is the lawyer appointed for Su-myung's defense. Sin-jung's interest is peaked. Su-myung was the youngest son of a ruined landowner. When two of his brothers defect to North Korea, the police torment the remaining family. In order to find out the truth about communism, Su-myung goes to the North too, leaving behind his other brother to watch over their mother. In North Korea, the three brothers are persecuted for being members of the Communist Party in South Korea.
A housemaid becomes pregnant by her employer's husband and she flees to the countryside to raise her daughter on her own.
A locksmith is going on about his day when he is called out to a house. He meets a mysterious beauty there, who asks him into the house that he has just unlocked. Then the beautiful woman asks him to unlock a big wooden chest in the bedroom.
A boy from the country arrives in Seoul to look for his former girlfriend and accepts a job working in the same bar as she does in order to keep an eye on her.
The 1999 game "Elancia" marks its 21st anniversary this year. Due to lack of management, various macros programs and cheats are rampant, but few users are still left in the game. Why can't they leave Elancia? "My Sister Jeon Ji-hyun," a user of Elancia for 16 years, stepped out of a stuffy room with a camera to answer questions about why others are still playing the game.
Ji-eun goes to Min-kyu's house to celebrate their second anniversary with her boyfriend Min-kyu. But Min-kyu notifies Ji-eun of parting. Unable to accept a sudden breakup, Ji-eun starts a strange cohabitation with Mingyu's family without leaving the place.
Jun Gu and Geun Bae do whatever they want to make money. In front of Jun Gu, a college student named Sol Bi appears, and the two become a loving relationship. Jun Gu starts thinking about another life.
Two supreme martial artists from Korea and Japan overcome their rivalries and become friends. They are shocked when they finally meet each other's wives as the women look identical and bear the same name.
Coho is a proxy driver who gets paid to drive other people's cars so that they can freely go drinking. His clients only think they see a man who is all out of luck but what mysterious past is he actually hiding?
Black Comedy short
A documentary which follows a group of siblings who eke out their existence from the offerings and other goods found in the sacred Bagmati River.
