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Garden of Sungeum

Park Sungeum is an elderly woman who lives in a shabby tile-roofed house. The eaves of her roof are sagging, and the utilities have been cut off. When she is not at home, she goes to a local Senior Citizens Centre. The centre is her shelter when it gets bitterly cold in winter. She usually spends a day, however, by the wooden gate at the entrance of her house. By the gate, there is clutter of clothes, dishes, a table and a plastic bag of miscellaneous items. A cat is also leashed there in the dark, and Sungeum cares for the cat.

Garden of Sungeum

NR 2024
The Trace of the Box – Technicalized Good People

The plants and TV screens in Nam June Paik’s TV Garden (1974) maintain their current images without dying, rotting or breaking down through behind-the-scene maintenance and technological replacement. The chickens, virtually released in TV Garden by the artist, are also isolated from other living species or external changes, and live forever free from evolution, reproduction, creation or decomposition. This all seems to symbolize a future utopia in which the ecosystem is won over and maintained by technology. By borrowing the voice of artificial intelligence the Moojin Brothers ask humans who blindly accept technology without resistance if such an immortal life is what they really want to manifest.

The Trace of the Box – Technicalized Good People

NR 2024
Father's Mountains

This is a poignant tale about home as belonging, which explores the profound metaphorical significance of father and mountain. A father and his son reside in the mountains, where the father works as a stonemason, shouldering the weight of their family’s needs through arduous labor. Intrigued by what lies beyond the mountain, the son incessantly queries his father. Each time, the father’s response is the same, “Beyond the mountains, lies another mountain.” As the son matures, he ventures away from his father and their home, seeking his own path in a distant city beyond the mountain’s grasp, unraveling life’s meaning. After years of relentless pursuit and self-discovery, the son gains deeper insight into his father’s life and comprehends the significance of mountains to him. Filled with newfound certainty, the son returns to the mountains, where he answers his father, “Beyond the mountains is another mountain!”.

Father's Mountains

NR 2024
Returns

Jun-hyeok is a young delivery man at a courier company in Seoul. Every day, he navigates the city streets delivering packages to the more affluent areas. One day, a customer tries to return a package because its contents are damaged. Unsure of what to do, Jun-hyeok takes some time to reflect. Soon, he receives a call from his boss instructing him to discard the package and get back to work. To his surprise, he receives another call, this time from the customer, pleading for him to return with the package. With a simple yet well-executed story, Kyung Seop Chung challenges our perception of delivery workers.

Returns

NR 2024
Everybody had a plan

"Have the right number of children and raise them well." This slogan epitomized an era dominated by fears that rapid population growth would impede economic progress. In 1961, with the launch of the First Five-Year Economic Development Plan, Korea initiated its family planning program as a measure to curb the population explosion. Intertwined with various social ambitions and desires, this initiative was deemed "successful" in reshaping society. Today, as we live with the outcomes of this all-out effort for growth, this film revisits the process of "planning" families to reflect on South Korea's future.​

Everybody had a plan

NR 2024
The Teacher Who Lived Before

After a heartbreaking experience at school, a teacher took her own life. Her father, a potter, was devastated and could not fire his kiln for a long time. 15 months after his daughter`s death, he finally fires the kiln again. As he watches the flames, he begins to sing a song in her memory. Through the very personal story of the deceased teacher`s family and an artist, this documentary delves into the challenges of the education system in South Korea and reveals the path to healing.

The Teacher Who Lived Before

NR 2024
Wish of a Nosy Mother

A story of the bond between a mother and a son who begins living alone after completing his university entrance exams. A son bids farewell to his nosy but loving mother and the home of his memories. A mother's heart is touched by the final "thank you" she hears from her son. The day of parting. Looking back on their memories, the father and son become lonely... However, there is a big secret behind the mother's tears... By the time I finished watching it, it was already late. A human mystery mystery-solving comedy where you can't get "a certain word" out of your head.

Wish of a Nosy Mother

NR 2024
The Story Teller

Young female writer Wen Yiqing received a writing invitation from Shanghai. Olivia Qiu, a 32-year-old teahouse owner, hoped that Wen would write a novel based on her story with her late mentor, Mrs Choi. Three years ago, Mrs Choi was diagnosed with cancer. Olivia regretted her years of estrangement and dropped everything to rush to Mrs Choi’s bedside. They stayed together for a year until Mrs. Choi passed away. After that, Olivia received a mysterious box filled with postcards and letters she had sent to Mrs. Choi in the past, as well as reply letters that Mrs Choi had never sent… Wen, as a story recorder wandering in the unfamiliar city, met a stranger with very different personalities but sympathetic to each other. Her heart rippled and had a wonderful resonance this past event…

The Story Teller

NR 2024