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Just stepped into society, Sunwoo gets drunk at the first company gathering and encounters Seong- gook whom she walks along with through the night. A warm-hearted film with ordinary events.

one cold full moon night, a man and woman met by chance at a bus stop.

An exchange of filmed correspondence between three documentarists, respectively Indonesian, Serbian and South Korean. Attentive to cultures other than their own, each films zones with blurred or shifting borders.

Human being cannot resist their needs to eat whatever inexplicable sorrow of the unbelievable tragedy happens.

Onesun, one of Korea’s first generation hip-hop musicians, appeared on an audition program. Although he did not make it to the finals, he received great attention for the first time in 20 years since his debut. However, he still delivers packages, and at nights he runs the underground hip-hop club ‘In2Deep’ in Hongdae. Onesun’s life and his club ‘In2Deep’ illustrate the reality underground musicians are faced with.

The events depicted in this film took place in Donghae, Gangwondo in 2016. At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed. Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occured.

Sun-young and Na-hee, who fought and broke up during college, met two years later to make up.

Cheonggyecheon is a small industrial area in the city of Seoul where small metal workshops are located. Cheonggyecheon had played a key role in the industrialization of South Korea from the remnants of colonialism and war. Following the liberation of the country from Japanese rule in 1945, many industrial complexes became abandoned, resulting in a flood of scavenged machine parts on the market.. In the 1960s, Vietnam War veterans brought many machines into Cheonggyecheon, initiating small-scale production and what’s now considered “copy” production unique to the economies of developing nations. In the past five years, the business on Cheonggyecheon has declined as the surrounding neighborhood is in the process of renovation and gentrification, as part of a beautification initiative by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

In 2009, a group of Korean obstetricians blew the whistle on their fellow doctors and hospitals that performed surgical abortions, leading to an uproar in the society. This gave various organizations such as religious and civic groups to issue statements about this issue, and the media did not miss the chance to make reports almost every day. After a few years, a group of women stand before the camera, holding an online poster that read “I Want to Hear Your Voice.” As the women’s experiences that had been thus hidden behind the arguments are revealed bit by bit, the story then takes us back to the past.

Inside bright and superficial Seoul, the boyish Mina is working for a photographer Jung, who detains pictures of her dark past. She scouts pretty girls for him and brings them to an underground studio, where Jung takes weird and erotic pictures of the girls by threatening them. But along with a deeply growing guilt, Mina is feeling strong desire to be a photographer too and understand that she has to escape from Jung’s oppression…

A young man writes in a motel room at night, while people go about their business outside in the cold winter streets of Seoul, anonymously crossing paths. A venture to visually interpret the sense of the words of the short story ‘Seoul – 1964 – Winter’, through an experiment in the five senses.

Mr. Baek, a job seeker, is vulnerable to sunlight. Despite his unusual illness, he is eager to get a job. Finally, today is Mr. Baek's last interview.

Shooting star hunter Jang-gu is looking for star fragments when he meets Nabilera, a girl born with the destiny of the moon. As their fates cross, they uncover the secret of the suddenly vanished moon – the true nature of a conspiracy that has lasted for a thousand years.

Bok-hui and Mal-ro are not your average housemates. Bok-hui has a crush on Mal-ro. The problem is that Bok-hui is a ghost and Mal-ro is not. Besides, Mal-ro is not attracted to Bok-hui. In order to get rid of Bok-hui, Mal-ro tries to introduce her to a bachelor ghost Sang-won. To Mal-ro's surprise, Sang-won falls for Mal-ro, too!

It was a method to express oneself proudly. It was hope to change someone's life positively. It was a goal to become the best. It was the most fun thing and a way to respect each other. From the playground in Hongdae to "Show Me The Money", 12 rappers talk about rapping which has become their life. When the curtains close, that's when the true story begins.

For unknown reasons, 5 high school students are locked in school. There, they hear sirens and gunshots. They are scared... the radio..."this is real... this is real... state of national emergency is declared"... can they make it?

In the year 2006, Yumi develops a crush on a video store clerk, Ji-hwan, who can’t speak. As they get closer to each other, one day, Yumi has to move to a different city. She confesses her true feelings for him but receives no answer from Ji-hwan. Five years later, we meet Yumi, and she´s slowly losing her sight. She decides to embark on the journey to see him before it´s too late.

Ji-hwang wants to be a farmer rather than an office worker, Ha-seok is striving to find what he truly wants, and Du-hyeon dreams of being the head of his hometown village Gangnu Maeul. These three guys gathered to form a team called the ‘Emergency Rations.’ Determined to live well as farmers in Korea where it’s hard for farmers to make ends meet, the trio decide to go for an agricultural around-the-world travel to explore how farmers in other countries farm and live. The goal: to come up with an ‘acceptable’ business model. ​

The feature length film is composed of four short animations. In ‘Lucky Me’, a couple in their twenties run towards their dreams despite being emersed in the problems of reality. Another short deals with a couple in their thirties who share their true feelings with each other, while a short named ‘Coffee Luwak’ talks about the growing pains of teenagers. The stories HAN deals with are everyday life stories of ordinary people, that looks at dreams, reality and love as its core themes.

On an ordinary day, Yoon-jin(26) finds Ji-hoon(14) crouching down on a stair in the hallway in front of her house.

PERFORMANCE VERSION 16mm multi-projection performance, “After Psycho Shower”, which deconstructs the famous shower-murder scene from Hitchcock’s “Psycho”, frame by frame, and concludes in melting and burning of film itself after the obsessive repetition of it, aiming at renewal of the cultural memory of this well-known images into audio-visual ‘experience’. The soundtrack of this expanded ‘horror’ cinema performance consists of noise music, which unconsciously ambushes the audience. “After Psycho Shower” is the piece that (dis)unites the relation between sound and image in horror cinema, previously severed by digitalization of the both, in an indeterminate and contingent way of improvised audio-visual performance.

Young-Chan comes from planet of snail where deaf blind people live slow and quiet lives. When Young-Chan came to Earth, nobody understood his language and he was desperate. Then an angel walked into his life. Soon-Ho knows how it is to be lonely and soon becomes an inseparable part of his life. Young-Chan also discovers an amazing world under his fingers as he learned to read books with braille. Hopes began to grow and he dreams of writing a book. However, Soon-Ho cannot always be there for him because of her own problem of spine disability. The couple now should learn to survive alone. While Soon-Ho uneasily spends her first day waiting for his return, Young-Chan goes out for the biggest adventure of his life.

Why Does the Wind Blow has been reconstituted from instructional 16mm films collected by the director from film archives. It presents a sensational experience through the juxtaposition of visualized movement of physical objects and the cinematic creation of time.

Experimental filmmaker and multi-media artist Kim Kyung-man explores his country’s institutionalized culture of fear and hatred toward North Koreans.

Dong-hwi, who suddenly died of suffocation and went to the underworld. The judge says, 'You killed a man, you must go to hell.' Dong-hui goes from place to place to claim his innocence, but there are too many documents needed to prove it.

Belonging to nowhere, Jung-cheol lives alone in a deep mountain like a non-existent being. One day, he hears a song that Ji-soo sings in a town square. Attracted by her voice, Jung-cheol follows behind her, and observes her everyday life, and learns how she has been.

Left orphaned, Min-gu takes care of his younger brother with the money he gets from reselling stolen bicycles. One day, he steals a bicycle from a classmate named Jung-ho, who was sent to a juvenile detention center for killing a friend. Jung-ho asks Min-gu for a huge amount of money as compensation and comes to stay at Min-gu’s house.

Eun-Seo who came to US misses her father back in Korea. In her dream, her father teaches her how to pray in order to overcome fear. As her mother, Seo-Hyun, hears that Eun-Seo doesn’t get along well with her classmates, she decides to throw her American Birthday Party. Seo-Hyun makes Eun-Seo invite her friends but the invitation card that Seo-Hyun made for her is too childish so her friends make fun of her. Embarrassed, Eun-Seo rebels against her mother but she is too weak to win over her mother. In strained atmosphere, they stop at the gas station where Eun-Seo hears the bad news to her father...

Every couple has its fair share of hardships and struggle to overcome, whether it be physical and psychological. Jin-sung and Sang-gi are a gay couple tormented by an unfortunate accident. Yeon-mi and Suk-hee are a lesbian couple suffering from severe depression and its aftermath. Their paths cross as Yeon-mi seeks professional help from Jin-sung with the two couples confiding, exchanging secrets and confessing their longing for love and security with each other.

Sun shines on a village on a mountain. In the village are trees, people, animals, and houses. One night, an unknown light shines.

The Korean Academy of Film Arts has produced an animation for 3 consecutive years through a collaborative project. Considering the severe reality of Korean animation in that it lacks an industrial infrastructure, "The House" demonstrates the possibilities of Korean animation and the efficiency of collective production. While comparing apartments in the downtown core to the shabby environment of a marginalized district, "The House" portrays the collapse of the spirits dwelling at the house. As such the adventure of Ga-young and the spirits in the house becomes a criticism of modern society: enlightenment via animation. Although this animation may not have the most delicate or original style, the 5 animators that worked on this film unleashed their imaginations, ultimately showcasing the power of a collective process and a pleasure of the collective imagination.

Kyung-hye is having a minor friction with her daughter Ye-shin, who is going through puberty every day by day. Moreover, both Ye-shin and Kyung-hye are on edge because Ye-shin seems to have a boyfriend. But one day, Kyung-hye sees Ye-shin and her best friend Su-jeong kissing in front of her house.

According to a survey by the U.S. military government in 1946, 78% of the South Korean people wanted socialism and only 14% capitalism. By appointing the pro-Japanese collaborators and the rightists, Rhee Syngman, who had not received the people's support, massacred those groups and civilians that were political stumbling blocks. In dealing with the Jeju 4.3 uprising in 1947 and the Yeosun incident in 1948 and The Korean War having broken out, massive civilian massacre became regularized.

Rica, the most popular adult actress, lived in harmony with her good-known accountant husband after retiring as an adult actress, but has a feeling of sorry for him in one heart. Rica likes her husband as a man, but is unsatisfied with sex and has a soulless sex. Then one day, a friend Miyo came home and recommended a comeback, and Rika refused...

There are people who are treated as outcasts, repeatedly dismissed, and pushed to the margins just because they are temporary workers or union members. However, they do not get intimidated. Although capital may pass over their existence and permanent employees ignore them, they heal and overcome their difficulties over and over again. They choose a path with a dream to live as human beings. A story about people who are walking their paths with surefooted steps.

Nowadays, film critics do not have to rely on written or verbal language anymore. Not only critical film makers, such as Harun Faroki or Tom Anderson, but also film critics, like Kent Jones, Tag Gallagher, Kevin B. lee and others frequently begin to perform their work by using film and video footages. Mediact opens a course of audio visual film critic yearly to expand the scope of film ciritic and visual art.

Geum Ja has been living alone since her husband and sister passed away. Lately, she keeps hearing her late sister's voice around the house. To find out her sister's message, she enlists the help of a television program that investigates supernatural happenings. Once the TV crew is there, however, the ghostly sounds disappear, and conflicts develop between Geum Ja and the crew. Just when the crew is about to pack up and leave, they record a woman's voice.

Hyeonjeong-eun, who dropped out of high school and is preparing for the civil service exam, lives with her younger brother Hyun-woong. One day, Hyun-woong starts buying presents for Hyun-jung.

Still and All is a story about the souls living beneath the Yeongdo Bridge in Busan. Yeongdo and its bridge offer a historical space with lingering traces from the Japanese colonial era to the Korean War. The people under Yeongdo Bridge, reconstructed in 2013 after 47 years, are driven to move when the vicinity around it is designated a Special Tourist Zone.

A heartwarming story of two sisters, Hye Yeong and Hye Jeong.

After working late at night, a man heads for a car parked on the road to return home. The inside of the man's small car is a world completely cut off from the outside. In a world of only himself and his music, a man expresses all his suppressed desires.

As Sun-kyeong's father fails his second marriage and rushes to migrate, Sun-kyeong writes a letter to her stepmother. While writing a letter, Sun-kyeong reminisce about her times at her brother's place in Seoul.

An eastern and Feminine reinterpretation of the 7days of creation through tattoo, a primeval art itself.

“Isn’t the moment of liberation coming soon?” (From Anne Frank’s monologue) She spends most of her time sleeping in her room. One day, upon waking up from a dream about her dead aunt, she finds out about an audition being held for the play Anne Frank. She believes that this is the implication of her aunt message “Talitha Koum (Wake up, girl)” and makes it her mission to play the role of Anne Frank.

An Agent from the future comes to the past to prevent crimes. The only way for him to return to the future is simply to wait. During this time, he must live in complete isolation. This would drive most men insane, but it suits the solitary agent just fine... until one day, when he runs into a girl about to commit suicide.

JANG Pi-non has squandered all his fortune and comes back to his family after 10 years of absence. Now, he dreams of working hard to make a good living. But the more he tries to live an honest life, the bigger his desire for gold grows.

Why on earth should we use the state-authorized textbook? Many history scholars share their opinions about the nature, background and significance of the book and why history is forcibly imposed.

A mysterious disappearance of a boy during a sleepover.