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Five years since he passed away, this documentary reveals some of his very last moments in this world. His bright smile, his stern voice, his warm hands, dignity, humor, innocence, honesty, confession… Discover the Stephen Kim Sou-hwan that you didn’t know about.

A Japanese-speaking family in occupied Korea deal with the war.

Describes a woman's emotions at a turning point in life - love, parting, and birth.

"The Designers" is the story of a group of assassins who create a plan to kill someone when their clients require it.

Life in Korea seen from the perspective of the 'cheollima' philosophy encouraged at that time. The aim of 'cheollima' was to speed up both the economy and cultural and artistic achievements.

It's not her turn, but she's pregnant.

Soon-ho works part-time at the Chinese restaurant. When going for his first delivery, he falls for Yu-jin who answers the door, and Yu-jin can tell that Soon-ho is gay.

Late one night, Jeong-seok and Sae-young meet on the subway. They can't seem to understand each other.

October 27, 2019, the 100th anniversary of Korean cinema. However, while preparing for the stage of reenactment of the first Korean film known as 'Fidelity Vomiting', the biggest controversy that will shake up 100 years of Korean film history comes to the surface... The best sleight of hand in the history of Korean cinema unfolds over the 'first Korean movie'!

"Can't the sky be red and the roses be blue?" Da-hong, who has a unique perspective, is colorblind. Then one day, it is revealed that the color that Da-hong sees is the real color, and a new world unfolds.

Inspired by Christopher Nolan, members of a movie viewing club decide to make a movie. They shoot the whole process and record it for a limited edition DVD. It is a super hero movie called THE DARK NIGHT.

Back in the days, Choi Maggi an old lady accepted Kim Chunhee as her husband’s second wife to continue the family tree as she has lost her two sons in the past due to measles and typhoon. This story is more dramatic than any drama because even after the death of their husband they live together. The director does a good job in expressing the lives of these two old ladies without any exaggeration. The daily life and relationship of the two ladies eating, washing and working is described in a very detailed script. Through this film you will feel the eager echo of the proposition of life that exceeds the standard of happiness and misfortune. (KIM Youngjin)

The high school student couldn't find her path. Can she find her right way?

Here, the recent past (popular culture of the 80s and 90s, and the PC communication and internet culture of the late 90s to early 2000s) intertwines with the near future (metaverse and technocracy). In this world, security is only about the safety of the social system, not the safety of individuals.

Ep1. The Martyr and the Left: Under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, construction workers were branded as “construction gangsters,” forced to endure a period of hardship. Ep2. Purple Ribbon: Wearing purple jackets and holding purple light sticks, the families of the victims of the October 29 Itaewon Disaster stand out on the street. Ep3. Dream, Breath: “I” keep waking up from dreams of being chased, a recurring cycle that haunts me day after day. Ep4. Breaking the Silence: Chai-han, who once said their dream was to become a human-rights activist, gradually grows distant from that dream after entering university. Ep5. Dancing Volunteer: After the December 3 martial law was declared, Park Pyeong-hwa felt compelled to return to the square. Ep6. Beyound the Impeachment: We interviewed a diverse group of people who came to the square after the December 3 uprising.

Woohee, past the age of being in foster care, wants to and has to be a member of society.

The short film immerses viewers to the inside of a tunnel slide in a waterpark while the narration tells a story of a divided self, separated into a version from the past and the present. This schizophrenic condition of an imaginary and non-specific authorial self is caused by self-shaming and guilt of the regrettable past, which can be experienced in the current time where making a mistake is often unforgivable. The image of the endless tunnel from the vision of a person inside of a slide is juxtaposed playfully with the voice. From a perspective of a slider, the film invites viewers to experience strange yet familiar hyperreality and to blur the concrete state of existence by taking a journey of going through the liquid condition of waterslide.

A girl who is about to apply for college admission hopes to go to a university far from home despite her good grades.

In 2007, fifteen-year-old Chaeyoung is diagnosed with anorexia and committed to a mental hospital. Feeling guilty, her mother, Sangok, tries to trace the source of her daughter’s illness but there is no way to know. Ten years later, the mother and daughter begin a conversation. Relying on Chaeyoung’s diary, drawings, and voice-over, the film explores the history of conflict and pain in mother-daughter relationships through three generations: grandmother, mother, and daughter.

It is a movie about a conspiracy and a desperate struggle between mysterious men and women.

Set in 1951 at the height of the Korean War it tells the story of a group of soldiers who are being replaced in the front line after serving their rotation. But on the way home they find enemy troops are about to make a breakthrough and it is up to them to pull together to save the country.

A journey to escape dopamine addiction turns into a disastrous camping trip.

A woman loses her mother due to the negligence of a doctor so she takes a position in the hospital planning vengeance on the man responsible.

‘Gipeusil’ is the name of a place in Yeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, where three townships — those of Pyeongeun, Munsu and Isan — come together. This beautiful town alongside the river Naeseongcheon is planned to be submerged under water due to the construction of a dam, a local project in connection with the Four Major Rivers Project, which began in 2009. The director began documenting the changes taking place in Gipeusil, a place where her grandmother lived, while trying to grasp the memories of the neighboring people who wish to hold on to their home, but are to be relocated nonetheless.

A woman who cannot cross the crosswalk. Why?

Chohui, a girl whose armpits grow grass instead of hair, sets out to visit her aunt—the only other woman in her family—after her mother's absence. There, she encounters a new kind of growth.

Dongju wants her boyfriend Sunggon to leave her house. Contrary to her expectations, Sunggon obediently packs his stuff and looks for a new apartment. To get the good old feeling back, Dongju and Sunggon climb up the mountains and set up tents, but unexpectedly get attack by an unidentified man.

Roads criss cross our landscape, making it convenient for human beings to travel. However, countless creatures also die as a result of these roads. This piece documents South Korea`s first in-depth study of “road kill.” It shows how drivers, who race along these roads, destroy animals` natural habitats and kill them in road accidents. Adopting an environmentalist point-of-view, this film questions the economic logic that girds development.

Myung-ho, who had a troubled childhood, is led into a criminal life by an old friend after being released from juvenile detention, but eventually finds redemption through the kindness of an elderly woman, only to later decide to take the blame for a crime committed by her son, until the son confesses his own guilt during the trial.

Sang-gu, who is soon to be a movie director, runs a film workshop at a small community center. Malsook, who calls herself a old-time actress, bothers him with her passion for the class.

Eight years into the reign of King Sungjong of the Chosun Dynasty, a sanction against remarrying for widows was implemented. The belief at the time was that it was better to die of starvation than to compromise one's chastity. Many widows had to live a life of loneliness in the name of defending their chastities. Han, a widow, prays to the gods asking them to alleviate her loneliness. Her devotion moves them and she is given a wooden ball. When one chants "What is it used for?", the ball turns into a man. When the word gets out, all the widows in the village want to take possession of this heavenly gift from the gods. When a conflict to possess the ball ensues between Han and Oh, another widow, the village lord decides to cut it in half.

Suicidal Variations shows a woman in a state of total despair after she kills a man. His decapitated head follows her and she decides to escape by committing suicide.

A 1979 Korean movie directed by Park Chul-soo about a teacher who falls in love with a boxer who attacked her.

63-year-old Jong-chil has been re-employed as a senior water purifier engineer after retiring from public service, and is working as a trainee. While under pressure for sales profits, his co-worker Hyun-suk informs Jong-chil of his business secret-selling a new water purifier under the pretext of repair to a customer, and making a profit by selling the customer’s used water purifier. But Jong-chil doesn't want to do the job.

Jin Soo is worn out from life, but he gets news of the death of his high school friend, Tae Yeong, who he used to be in the high school movie club with. Jin Soo had intentionally stayed out of reach from Tae Yeong for over 10 years, but the news of his death brings back trauma. Jin Soo's girlfriend, Seul Gi, notices that Jin Soo has become distant after the funeral and coincidentally finds out Jin Soo's first love has the same name as her.

Simon, a painter, regains the use of his hands thanks to therapy administered by Ren. Later, when Simon is kidnapped by communists and forced to paint a portrait of Stalin, Ren again helps him by assisting in his escape. Simon's wife, however, is less than pleased at their growing friendship and becomes determined to keep them apart.

A wife, unable to escape anxiety and despair, becomes pathologically obsessed, suspecting her husband will leave her. The husband, unable to endure his wife any longer, finds them both sinking deeper into an inescapable swamp.

Eunju, a teenage girl, wants to go to a high school baseball game where the boy she has a crush on will be playing.

A Korean undergrad in California explores body issues and their entanglement with family and being a student abroad.

A story about a small garden in an old apartment and the common people who try to protect it.

A man avoids his mandatory military service, but this forces him to hide the fact from society and to lie on official documents. Although he makes a decent living, guilt begins to eat at him.

Minjun is a severely timid office worker, finds an unidentified object heading to Earth, but he can't even tell his wife, Jieun. A week later, on the day the object falls to earth, the couple's secrets are revealed with an emergency alert.

Ji-kyung, who's trying to reboot her life, wants her lover, Min-gyu, to take up a hobby. And so, Min-gyu takes up a hobby...