The 21st Seoul Independent Animation Festival
Seoul Indie-AniFest202518. SEP(THU).2025 ~ 23. SEP(TUE).2025
18th (2022)
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The Cave
KIM Jinman, CHON Jiyoung 2022 0:13:32 PuppetThe boy longs for his father's affection, but his father is only interested in fishing. One day, his father dies of illness, and the boy's sense of loss turns into an obsession with his father's belongings. In the imaginary cave, he curses on his father’s relatives who took his father’s bike and fishing rods, and succeeds in revenge. But the curse begins to eat the boy's soul… It is a story inspired by the director's childhood memories with his father.
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The Ark in the Desert
KIM Areum 2021 0:11:46 2D ComputerA story about the separation of a grandmother who is a funeral director and her granddaughter.The unavoidable last hour comes to the grandmother who was preparing for death, and she tells the story of life and death to her granddaughter, who will be left alone after she leaves.
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Dona on the Island
CHUNG Huibin 2022 0:14:30 2D ComputerA school field trip isn’t a fun event to Dona at all, since she will be bullied by other kids anyway like she gets bullied at school. A crazy turbulence happened during the flight and the plane that Dona boarded crashed into a lonely island.Luckily, she survived from the accident, but the squad that’s led by Mimi who bullies her at school survived as well. From now on, Dona not only has to face contempt from other kids but also has to face weird incidents happening in this eerie island.
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The Sea on the Day When the Magic Returns
HAN Jiwon 2022 0:24:00 2D ComputerSejin once had the power to have anything she wanted just by thinking about it. But now she has lost her magic. Perhaps it disappeared because she couldn’t think of what she wanted. Six hours before her interview to be a tourist interpreter, Sejin heads to the weary sea to save her father.
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The Stranger
JUNG Jihye 2022 0:03:36 2D ComputerIn animation, hands are delivered to people every morning. Delivered hands consist of habits, knowledge, and thoughts of each job for people to handle every day. With the help of hands, people can adapt easily to each task.
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Lizardians
LEE Youngjoo 2021 0:25:11 3D ComputerLizardians is set in a future society where the genes of the salamander that allow it to regrow its limbs are combined with humans. This technology has been commercialized. In this world, human bodies are manufactured and sold as a beauty and health products. The three screens show a person hired to replace limbs, a manager at a disposal site for defective parts from a limb factory, and a company that profits from limb regrowth. Lizardians questions the value of labor, copyright, and creativity in a society where capital has gradually come to control all aspects of personal life.
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METAMODERNITY
Erick OH 2022 0:07:09 2D ComputerOne person is born out of his consciousness. He goes on a surreal internal journey to find out who he is. He awakens a butterfly in his heart, he sometimes shares his thoughts nd observes different parts and aspects of the world. In the end of the journey full of various emotions and ups and downs, nothing but death is waiting for him. But soon he realizes that this death is the true birth and transcendence. Beautiful enchanting colors and sounds fill in his world and his true self comes out to the world. His butterfly now flies freely in his colorful sky.
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AMEN A MAN
KIM Kyeongbae 2022 0:12:40 2D ComputerThe old man is at trial for the murder of a mountain bird. To examine the case, the judge peers into the old man's memory. A little boy is acting out the Swallow in the Christian play, [Happy Prince]. He feels the little Swallow is being mistreated, but no one seems to notice. He begins to panic amidst the skeptical, judgmental crowd.
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Cookie Coffee Dosirak
KANG Minji, KIM Hyemi, LEE Kyunghwa, HAN Byung-a 2022 0:13:07 2D ComputerWomen who passed the middle of their lives needed cookies, coffee, and lunch boxes. Four middle-aged women went on a picnic in a park in the middle of a complex city. There is no correct answer for them who just eat, drink, laugh, and chat.