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Also Directed by Kim Sung-ho
"Short! Short! Short! 2009" is an anthology film commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The film consists of 10 short films centered around the theme of "Money," made by 10 up & coming directors in South Korea.
Show hostess Yeon-jeong, who has been pushed out from works in her workplace, and overwhelmed by her junior colleagues because of her pregnancy with her second child, eventually decides to have an abortion since both her body and mind have been devastated. Then, her husband Min-hyeok drops a bombshell: he will take care of childbirth and child rearing himself.
A young girl lives in a van with her little brother & her mom. Tired of the embarrassing situation which was promised to be temporary, she decides to try to fix it all on her own. But how to get the money needed first? One day, the girl comes across a flyer offering a reward for a lost dog. Under the mistaken impression that a house could also really cost just that much, she then plots to do exactly that- with the additional help of her best friend, little brother & some others, they'll find a "missing" spoiled pup, return him & get a new home just in time for her birthday! Or at least, that's the plan.. what could go wrong?
A diligent mother who runs a side-dish store keeps calling her son, a part time teacher, incompetent. The son resents his mother’s prickliness, but he isn’t very sweet to her either. One day, all of a sudden, his mother gets dementia.
In an insurance company, Yoon, who is an outsider, has a power to see people’s past and read their minds. Mr. Park, Yoon’s boss, assumes that she has some kind of special power, decides to test her ability. At very late night when everyone has gone home, Mr. Park brings Yoon to a storage room where there are full of case reports. Among them, Mr. Park picks three doubtful cases. He asks Yoon to tell him what exactly happened. Yoon, who senses some dark aura wandering around him, tells the story of each case. Every time Yoon finishes each case, the dark aura gets darker and bigger and Yoon tries to warn Mr. Park about it. Would Mr. Park able to escape from the dark aura?
“Useless High School” is a school renowned for its sexual aberrations and sexually ambiguous teenagers, The student president and vice-present flaunt their taste for S&M. Independent study and supplementary classes are done on homosexuality and transgenderism, and teachers and students alike leave school early because of sexually-transmitted diseases. Dasepo Girl Series features a brother with only one eye and his transgender sister, plus a poor girl literally wearing poverty on her back and her escapades into the world of sex with adults - and those are just a few of the many unique characters populating Mosseulmo ("Useless") High.
The delinquent prosecutor destroys everything corrupted with wealth and power. His face-off with evil begins.
Fantastic Parasuicides is an omnibus film consisting of three short films that come together under the common theme of suicide. The three stories are Hanging Tough, Fly Away Chicken and Happy Birthday by indie directors Chang-ho Cho, Sung-ho Kim and Soo-young Park.
An omnibus of four films by Korean directors exploring the meaning of family
Also Directed by Kim Jong-kwan
A couple faces each other across a café table talking; he’s apparently returned from Europe and she’s not happy about him asking her to meet after such a long time. The conversation seems likely to end any second, but suddenly his true feelings touch her momentarily and a brief smile crosses her face. The Table follows a conversation between two people in a café.
A woman talks to Hyun-o with pleasure, but he has no recollection of meeting her. Leaving her embarrassed, he finds a pebble in the pocket of his old coat, which makes him remember her appearance from behind.
It was produced to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Korean Film Archive.
The song “Bittersweet” expresses the conflict between the sweetness of newly-discovered love and the sting of friendship among a group of three longtime friends by tracing the delicate trails of emotion to the place where they cross. WONWOO and MINGYU helped write the lyrics, which illustrates the dilemma “between love and friendship.”Featuring in the song with her unrivaled vocal timbre is artist Lee Hi, adding a sense of maturity to WONWOO and MINGYU’s masculine vocals. The result is such perfect musical chemistry that this highlight is not to be missed.
Unique sensibility of independent film being ' Triple Treats ' omnibus melodrama tied a piece of 11 short films director .
Like someone. Flushed face. Can’t hear anything. Helpless. Sad. Learned how to operate a polaroid camera.
Ryohei is a writer who drives the characters in his novels into a corner to make a tragic story comes to Seoul for a book launching event. The day he arrives in Seoul, he meets Eunhee, a woman in trouble just like in his novel. A movie that takes a delicate look at the sensitivity of characters.
One day at work in a cafe in Seoul, Hyo-seo gets a phone call from a Polish guy in the Netherlands, who is about to start a new life in an attempt to get over his ex-girlfriend. Meanwhile Hyun-o, his ex-girlfriend shows up one night and says, You ruined my life. So, this is a pay-off torture. She sticks around Hyun-o all night. Young-soo, who has been hiding his gay identity, loses his virginity with a girl who visits him one day. His long-time lover Woon-cheol is heartbroken by his break-up notice. Hye-young, the vocalist of an indie band gets annoyed by her fellow member Ju-young's petty ideas about love while taking a walk in Namsan park. As she gets upset with his stupid story, she realizes her own foolishness. They start a little gig at the mouth of Namsan. Autumn is passing, and winter is around the corner.
Chang-seok’s marriage failed. He left his wife and came back to South Korea. He is about to publish a novel based on his own experience. He meets various people, including Mi-young, Yoo-jin, Sung-ha and Ju-eun. Upon meeting these people, Chang-seok changes his mind and starts weaving yet another story.
Also Directed by Min Dong-hyun
A cell phone is with a girl for three and a half years and is dissatisfied with the girl's stubborn personality and oversleeping. Still, it likes the girl. One day, the girl meets a college student working at a bookstore. The cell phone gets jealous of her new companion begins to feel increasingly alienated.