Korean Animation: Shorts #2

Runtime: 41 min.
Age: 18+
To your attention: the films inside the Collection are played in order in the form of a playlist.

Девочка-пыль
Munjiai

Year: 2009
Country: South Korea
Genre: animation, short
Language: no dialogue
Runtime: 8 min.
Age: 12+
Dust Kid. Staying in bed till late on a cold winter’s afternoon, Eujin finds a small dust kid. She decides to do the cleaning she has been putting off for so long. Cleaning every corner of her room, she keeps finding other dust kids here and there, and starts clearing them up one by one. Just when she thinks she has cleaned her room and the dust kids are all gone now, she comes face to face with another one…

Awards & Festivals:

Hamptons International Film Festival – Golden Starfish Award (Short Film)
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival – Best Korean Short Film, Special Mention (Short Film)
Hiroshima International Animation Festival – participation 
 

Любовные игры
Yeonae norie

Year: 2012
Country: South Korea
Director: Joung Yumi
Genre: animation, short
Language: no dialogue
Runtime: 15 min.
Age: 16+
Love Games. A blanket is spread out in a void. A man and a woman slip off their shoes. She draws a square on the ground and they both step inside. They play various love games, fold tangrams, drink tea, play hide-and-seek and search for each other, or pretend to be doctor and nurse. Neither of them leaves the imaginary space. Each game leads to the next. Each stereotypical situation becomes unique – just like love.

Awards & Festivals:

Berlin Film Festival  – participation
Japan Media Art Festival  – Jury Prize
Asiana Short Film Festival  – Audience Award
Indie-AniFest  – Special Prize


Комната отца
Abeojiui bang

Year: 2016
Country: South Korea
Director: Nari Jang
Genre: animation, short
Language: Korean
Runtime: 9 min.
Age: 18+
My Father's Room. Her father abused her during childhood, but since he left, her pain and anger has begun to fade. One day, unexpectedly, she is struck by a revelation about her father’s life that casts her feelings about him into confusion.

Awards & Festivals:

Busan International Short Film Festival – Grand Prix for Best Picture (Korean Competition)
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival – Blencong Award (Best Short Film)

Тигр и бык
Horangiwa so

Year: 2020
Country: South Korea
Director: Seung-hee Kim
Genre: animation, short
Language: Korean Seung-hee Kim
Runtime: 9 min.
Age: 16+
Tiger and Ox. What does divorce mean to women in Korean patriarchal society? Is a fatherless family failure? In order to find the answer for the questions, a single mother and her daughter start the conversation.

Awards & Festivals:

AFI Fest – Grand Jury Prize (Best Animated Short)
Palm Springs International ShortFest – participation 
Fantoche - International Animation Film Festival – participation 
Huesca Film Festival – participation