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Amy, adopted by an American family as a child, visits a jjigae restaurant in Jungnang-gu, Seoul. She introduces herself as a chef from the U.S. to Eunseon, the restaurant owner searching for staff after her mother passed away. Amy asks Eunseon to teach her how to make jjigae. Amy can not hide her complex feelings toward Eunseon's mother. Eunseon gradually grows suspicious about Amy.
One late afternoon, a mysterious guy tries to hitchhike in the middle of nowhere. But nobody seems to give him a ride. It is getting quite dark, a small van driver suddenly stops his car because he saw a man standing in front of his vehicle and the strange guy gets in the car abruptly.
Over the span of a year, filmmakers Marte(Norway) and Jéro (South Korea) exchange visual letters, documenting their everyday lives.
At the request of his dying father, Zhenchen, a Chinese student, goes to Seoul in search of his mother, whom he has not seen for fourteen years. He soon discovers that she is working as a hostess in a bar…
After a few months of social adjustment training, the North Korean refugee Jina moves to a small studio in Seoul and starts her new life. To bring her father to South Korea, she needs money but no matter how hard she works, the discrimination doesn’t let her save enough money.
One summer, the siblings reunite with their family after a long time. But as conflicts surrounding their father rise to the surface, the fractures between them become visible, and the family slowly begins to show signs of collapse.
A collaborative project consisting four young generation of Taiwan directors, and four young foreign directors from Chile, France, Iran, and South Korea.Without being acquainted previously before meeting each other in Taipei, the eight of them shared their life experiences, and then co-wrote and co-directed four short films based on impressions and imaginations of a city.
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A newly homeless family, with a sacrificed pig, in a city longing for rain: with compassion and prayer, they try to survive.
Portrait of Mrs. B., a tough charismatic North Korean woman who smuggles between North Korea, China and South Korea. With the money she gets, she plans to reunite with her two North Korean sons after years of separation.
A Chinese boyfriend suddenly faces the risk of deportation from South Korea for an absurd reason. His girlfriend embarks on a desperate search to find a way to protect their peaceful life together.
Song Hae 1927 is a documentary about the character all Koreans know. Song Hae is the oldest active celebrity at 94 and the longest-running host of the ‘National Singing Contest.’ He has been a singer, comedian, actor, and radio DJ, but never a star. Song Hae 1927 shows a backstage face we’ve never seen. His closed eyes and serious look seem like a good place to hide sadness and pain. Song Hae is a man of few words. To the death of his wife, he only said, ‘I wish I had had a chance to say goodbye to him.’
“Where does the soul go once it leaves the body?” For religious and philosophical reasons, viewpoints may all differ, but fundamentally, human beings have constantly asked this question. Like a lit matchstick, human life ignites the beauty and ugliness of life intensely and without reserve. The undertaker says, “The more funerals I hold, the more I think that death might not be a period but a comma.
Xian, a Chinese student in Seoul, returns with his girlfriend Xuebi. After visa issues at immigration, he struggles alone to prove his stay. Tensions rise at home, and a friend, Seungwoo, offers him another option. Choosing responsibility, Xian enrolls Xuebi in a language school, and their relationship enters a new phase.
Assistant Manager Kim, who works as a social worker, follows Manager Park to understand the living conditions of the elderly in the neighborhood. During the process, she hears about Manager Park's heartbreaking story, from an abandoned house...
In the Dark tells of a story inspired by the testimony of a prostitute in South Korea.
South Korean director Jero Yun wants to know what his enemy brothers, the North Korean people, look like. His quest leads him to travel along the China-North Korean border. During his journey, he meets North Korean refugees who accept to tell him their heartbreaking stories.
