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Facility No. 6, a juvenile protective detention center, stands on the verge of closure. A documentary crew steps inside to record what little remains, and from the moment the cameras turn on, they find themselves before long-buried wounds and truths no one has wanted to face. In the worn faces of teachers who have spent themselves caring for these children, and beneath the indifference of a society that has long since turned its head away from the other side of the wall, the crew quietly bears witness to how children with nowhere left to go have arrived at this place.

Dumped by his girlfriend without an explanation why, Cheolsu seeks the help of a psychiatrist who tells him that to reunite with his ex, he needs to break free of the Korean male stereotypes that are holding him back.

After recovering from leukemia, Jang Juhee, who once dreamed of becoming a filmmaker, begins working at a center for independent living for people with disabilities. There, she meets documentary director Bu Seongpil, disabled and bedridden Seon Cheol-gyu, and In-sook, who lost a family member in the Sewol ferry tragedy. Shaped by childhood memories of domestic violence and years of illness-induced isolation, Jang’s gaze and inner world begin to expand through these individuals.

A short film by Lee Soyoon

A Korean girl in the past visits in the future Korea. She is a Korean independence activist for protest against Japanese colonial rule on Mar 1st, 1919.

Tethered is an ensemble film about a ghost trying to uncover how she died while coexisting with the new tenant of her former apartment. As she learns about the world through his space, he remains entangled in a love story involving a woman with a very unusual name.

Do-ah initiates a lawsuit against her husband's uncle who takes away a piece of land that her husband's grandfather left them. Do-ah decides to initiate the lawsuit, unable to stand by when the land and medicine business that her family has worked so hard to realize is stolen before her eyes. But she has no material evidence, and she knows nothing about legal procedures or what to do in court, leading to an extremely difficult situation for her. However in the midst of these troubles, she is reminded of the mysterious and rare treasure that can be used to solve any situation and to locate the expansive at land inside of her which she used to know.

Daseon and Heesoo, a lesbian couple, decide to divorce. As their two children struggle to choose which mother to live with, the family sets out on an unexpected trip together.

Two wounded souls meet in Hiroshima, a city that remembers everything, and together they confront the love and pain they've tried to forget.

On April 12, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the April 12 Counter-Revolutionary Coup in Shanghai, carrying out a brutal massacre of Communist Party members and revolutionary masses, which led to the collapse of the First United Front between the Kuomintang and the Communists. In response, the Communist Party led the Tingpang Uprising, marking the beginning of a large-scale revolutionary movement in eastern Zhejiang. It was soon besieged by the Nationalist provincial defense forces, and Bao Ding led the crowd in a fierce battle against the enemy at Hulongtou.

Summer 2025, Italy, Hou begins her diary. Combining her notes and elegant still shots, she documents the places, the strangeness, and all that distances her from her native China. Her mother’s voice, her orders, and even the ideograms evaporate: Cassine, cinema and English become refuges, new spaces for creation, memory and life.

In traditional Chinese culture, red eggs symbolize fortune and happiness. On a day filled with significance, seven-year-old Aileen, a country girl, sets off for the city, carrying a red egg—a precious gift for the one she holds dearest. When her bike falters midway through her journey, a quirky yet kind delivery driver unexpectedly becomes her guardian on this adventure. This poignant tale captures the bittersweet journey of growth.

Maejiri, an otherwise ordinary office worker whose only unusual trait is that his butt is in the front, secretly lives a double life as the city's protector — Oshirimae Man. One day he discovers that a strange drug is spreading through the city which causes people's butts to move to the front. After infiltrating a pharmaceutical company, he uncovers the shocking "Oshirimae Man Empire Revival Plan," led by a mysterious villain burning with vengeance. Can Oshirimae Man stop him before all of humanity finds its butt… in the front?

Film director Jung-woong visits the cafe run by Sung-cheol. Jung-woong talks about the script he is writing, and Sung-cheol talks about the events that had happened in his life. Jung-woong asks Sung-cheol if he can use Sung-cheol's experience in his film.

A bizarre hitman with a soft spot for animals and a taste for cowboy gear gets handed an outrageous assignment. A gambler and a jockey have cooked up a scheme: rig the race, push a sluggish long shot to a shocking win, and walk away with a fortune from the racetrack owner’s pocket. But the owner gets wise to the plan. Determined to shut it down before it starts, he brings in the killer to clean house. Now faced with a fat payday and a moral dilemma, the hitman stands at a crossroads — stick to the job, or help the poor sap escape the crosshairs? One horse sets off a chain reaction that lays bare the greed and humanity buried in every heart.

22nd Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival Trailer

In a stifling mise en scène that leaves no room for spontaneity, affection or rebellion, father, mother and daughter perform their rigid roles. Each follows their own script, out of sync and devoid of actual interaction. Their evocative choreography reveals small neuroses, fractures in the façade.

Step aside, GTO, class is in session and Yuichi Hoshino, with his bowl cut, is leading it. Hoshino is an old-fashioned "hot-blooded teacher," which means he uses his upbeat never-say-die attitude to bulldoze people into education. He has been assigned to a rural school as a substitute teacher, which is where he finds that his attitude might not be enough as Hoshino confronts the children of 2025 who are suffering from a variety of issues. For instance, there is Kana, who is a Highly Sensitive Person and has resorted to e-learning. Meanwhile Eita labours under a strict father whose overly-demanding attitude causes stress. As Hoshino communicates with the kids and their parents, his attitude crashes into the complications surrounding contemporary education.

A music film based on the live sound of the performance La plante dansante de désastres. Filmed in Buan with Park Syeyoung, it creates a unique mise-en-scène. Inspired by the korean buddhist ritual "Yeongsanjae", the gayageum performance dialogues with Han Byung-Chul's Saving Beauty, offering a festival of grass dancing amidst disaster.

2026 release

In 2023, Elephant Gym was preparing to embark on a world tour—yet the band stood on the brink of breaking up. This documentary chronicles Elephant Gym’s journey, from their formation in 2012 to their recently completed “The World tour,” which spanned 23 countries and 60 shows. As the story progresses, we witness how the band gradually finds balance on tour, while each member confronts personal challenges and the ongoing search for self-worth. Spanning themes from individual growth and group dynamics to the global music industry and the challenges faced by Taiwanese musicians abroad, this documentary aims to portray the many layers of music—from deeply personal expression to its place in the international industry—through the lens of Elephant Gym.

Sunhee, who runs a modest animal clinic, is fostering a puppy whose owner never returned. Out of the blue, the niece she had raised as her own shows up after ten years, only to announce that she is leaving for New Zealand the very next day.

Built within the 3D worlds of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Condemned 2: Bloodshot, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Saw II: Flesh & Blood, and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Pastinaca Videotapes Plantation’s machinima exploit each engine’s abrupt, uncanny atmosphere, creating bizarre collages that challenge any single interpretative move. Cold Cakes / 冰冷的蛋糕 / コールド・ケーキ is no exception and adopts the look of damaged evidence. Burnt-in timestamps, murky contrast, smeared textures, and VHS-like degradation give the film the texture of a copied, handled, and partially lost recording. Moving between domestic interiors, found footage, flickering images, bodily aftermath, cryptic imagery and open-world urban drift, the film assembles fragments rather than a linear narrative. Working through a text-first method that pairs written themes with archival and game footage, PVP reflects on suppressed histories, hoaxes, mockumentaries, and the erasure of inconvenient events.

One of the final installments in the Musical Touken Ranbu series, Higekiri tells the tale of famous folklore demons Ibarakidoji and Shutendoji and their fateful encouter with Watanabe no Tsuna.

Kyung-jun receives an offer from his old orphanage buddy, Jae-hyun, to rob a local soup joint that "only takes cash." What they thought would be an easy score takes a wildly unexpected turn with the sudden arrival of one man.

Yejin and Haeri are the best friends in their class. But when Haeri starts writing a secret diary with friends from another class, a subtle crack begins to form in their relationship. Yejin feels hurt by the way Haeri keeps the diary from her and grows anxious, wondering if their shared secrets might have been written inside.

A girl who receives no birthday wishes picks up a cake knife and sets out for revenge.

Grieving the loss of his father and reeling from a divorce, a man returns home in search of his roots, but finds only fragile connections and a longed-for solitude that brings him back to square one.

BABYMETAL - Live at Intuit Dome was a special headline show by BABYMETAL held at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on November 1st 2025. Celebrating their 15th anniversary, and as part of their 2025/2026 world tour, BABYMETAL made history as the first Japanese group to hold a one-man live show and sell out said show at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles!

Body in Plural moves between bodies and buildings to trace how a single historic event continues to reverberate through time. From a 1988 mass performance in Yugoslavia to today's protests in Serbia, the film questions how freedom can still be imagined, not as possession, but as relation.

Shenzhen, New York. The 16th typhoon of the year is approaching the Chinese coast. In the sweltering night, two queer voices call out to one another from each of the cities. Slowly, the two metropolises, filmed on celluloid, overlap and merge. The two voices then fear another typhoon approaching, one that is even more threatening.

Celebrating the release of his sixth album, Gen Hoshino takes the stage on his sold-out Gen Hoshino presents MAD HOPE tour in this Netflix-only edit.

Li Yan’s life is as regimented as the production lines in the local poultry factory. Her grandmother is determined to get her a job there, but Li Yan refuses. Obsessed with the mystery of life and creation, she secretly attempts to hatch a stolen egg.

Seokja runs the transgender club Yeobo in Seoul’s Itaewon district. Now 68 years old, she has spent her life defying social norms. A young man embarks with her on a journey through her memories and into a world where such norms do not exist.

Once a top waterskiing prodigy, a young man alienates his three godfathers and shuts out the world after a career-ending injury. His life finds light again when he meets a mysterious girl, but his desperate need to prove his worth leads him to pawn his late father’s keepsake for a luxury car. Consumed by vanity, he allows materialism to erode their pure love, eventually driving her away. Now hitting rock bottom in a desolate reality, he must decide whether to remain in despair or find the strength to face his past and seek the redemption he so desperately needs.

One autumn afternoon, Sana and Asa meet again in the park where they used to play. Their time together, beginning with light-hearted conversation, sets in motion memories that had been frozen for ten years. A story of two people and two ‘confessions’, told through a single, fixed-angle shot.

A Swablu lives in the forest an discovers a passion for singing after quelling an argument between a Houndour and a Panpour. As it practices singing and makes friends in the forest, it attracts the attention of Rene and her Audino who give it a special ribbon that contained Alatrianite to wear.

This documentary follows vegan animal rights activists who have led the Korean animal rights movement for the past decade. Beyond advocating for pets, they fight for the rights of farmed and captive animals, striving for a world where all beings coexist. From rescuing pigs and dolphins to challenging the system, they have built a movement.