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In December 2024, the 20th President of the Republic of Korea declared emergency martial law. Korean society has once again split into left and right, engaging in extreme hatred and violence. I wanted to explore this sentiment of hatred that is pervasive throughout our society.
Is it ‘rule breaking’ for Korean society to encourage childbirth while leaving childcare to individuals? Is it ‘rule breaking’ for a family where the father works low-wage irregular jobs and serves as a stay-at-home dad to four children? To resist Korean society's rule breaking, this stay-at-home father of four decides to become the so-called "Rule Breaker."
Sometimes, the void becomes a passage to the invisible. The film is a journey in pursuit of that which saturates the forest yet eludes human perception. Flashes and darkness, punctuated by fleeting hues, conspire to capture presences that linger between the present and the yet-to-come. Surrendering to the film's orchestrated rhythm rewards viewers with unprecedented imagery. (Sung MOON)
Growing up alongside her non-verbal brother with a developmental disability, Jinhyun has always sensed the invisible boundaries society draws between them. Her film journeys through the institutions marked by abuse, tracing the shape of a world built on exclusion.
Living with half a body and longing to become whole, Bani, a half-girl, sets out to find her other half. She keeps the secret that one of the half-bodies must die to truly become one person.
In 2000, "Mungchi" became a global sensation as the star of the hit children's program Mungchi and Friends. However, for reasons unknown, the actor behind the character has long refused to remove the mascot suit. As rumors swirl regarding their true identity, Mungchi finally takes off the suit.
In July 2024, record-breaking rains caused the levee to collapse, swallowing Jeongbaengi Village in an instant. Amid the ruins and cold bureaucracy, residents endure their hardships by relying on one another. Cooking meals together in the mud, they begin a journey of recovery. Can the resilience of a community, born from disaster, rebuild lives swept away by the current?
In search of an ecological life, Nata leaves Jeju for Jangsu and begins building a house with natural materials. After a ritual blessing the new life, plans slowly unravel. Later, with a partner, Nata tries communal living in Haenam, but it too proves unfit. Rather than regret these unfinished attempts, Nata finds a quiet sense of completion in their beginnings.
To pass an acting audition, Baegopum enters a fasting retreat, where she is tempted by a resentful ghost who died while dieting.
Short film by Park Kyujae. 2023-2026.
When an unplanned baby enters the lives of a conservative mother, neurodivergent daughter and detached gay son, the trio travels back in time through their diaries and family photos to mend ruptured bonds and prepare for a new cycle of motherhood.
In-young (18), who suffers from a congenital respiratory disease, is haunted by nightmares following her mother"s death. To cope with the pain, she steals other people"s belongings, eventually ending up in a juvenile detention center. After her release, In-young transfers to a school in the countryside and moves in with her aunt. There, she meets Eun-ha (18) and feels a subtle, magnetic attraction toward her.
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.
Four years ago, I visited Yakutat, the northernmost town in Southeast Alaska. There, I followed uncle Geeneeneik, an elder of the Tlingit Humpback Salmon Clan, through pristine forests and seas. In the fall of 2023, I visited Yakutat again, and I began to record the beautiful world they dreamed of. A flower of hope is blooming in the land where only despair and ruins were thought to remain.
On an ordinary day, mysterious red lines suddenly begin to appear, throwing a village into chaos as its people begin to fight one another.
The main character wants to reach the stars in the sky on his snowboard. He keeps jumping, hoping to get there one day.
One day, Mom splits into two. They look identical — it’s impossible to tell which one is real. When her son starts saying strange things, she grows anxious and irritated. “Then get rid of one,” she tells him. But which one should he choose? Why did she divide in two? Who’s really broken — the mother, or the son?
Seonwoong, a high school student, lives alone with his mother, Eunkyeong. When she suddenly disappears, only her cellphone remains. Through it, Seonwoong begins to hear her voice and sets out to find her.
Rejected by everyone, a woman follows a mysterious finger into a surreal realm, where a tender yet unsettling touch slowly begins to twist her reality.
fotoficion is built from photographs of the director's hometown taken since 2011. Some images were created using materials from the land—cuttlefish bones, bird feathers, and organic matter from her family's tangerine farm—imprinted onto analog film. The work unfolds as an ongoing narrative of memory where home, land, and generational time overlap.
BODY ALERTS examines how the issue of occupational diseases during the Industrial Revolution is being repeated in similar ways in today's electronics industry.
A rhapsody for those who fall chasing desire. A crowd climbs toward a “bird”, symbolizing success and recognition. After many falls, one person realizes it cannot be owned and chooses not to grasp it, but to fly.
BIASes follows BIAS NYC, a party that uniquely fuses K-pop & underground club music while spotlighting queer & trans culture, as they prepare to make their debut in Seoul. Co-founders Sammy & Julian have poured everything into creating the inclusive community they've always yearned for, but will it embrace them back?
The residue of an ocean that once covered this place seeps upward through the sediment beneath the city and the badlands. The past and the present press against each other. A woman records the distance between herself and you, knowing the gap will not close.
There is a song rumored to summon a demon when played backward. To test the legend, three high schoolers break into the town’s most notorious haunted house. Then, things start to go wrong.
After her father's sudden death, Korean-Chinese Park Lim moves to Korea to be with her mother. She fights to prove herself and shed the 'irresponsible Joseonjok' label. But when a job offer comes from China, she hesitates due to her work schedule. Her mother objects-and the two clash over their views on prejudice.
Ian, who hates eating memil as a holiday food on Chuseok, meets a goblin by chance and exchanges memil for the goblin's fruit.
A Danish-Korean director explores her life as an adopted child and discovers a family history full of shadows, stretching from the west coast of Denmark to the mountains of South Korea.