The 21st Seoul Independent Animation Festival
Seoul Indie-AniFest202518. SEP(THU).2025 ~ 23. SEP(TUE).2025
5th (2009)
Indie-AniFest2009
Title | The 5th Indie-AniFest2009 |
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Organize | Korean Independent Animation Filmmakers Association |
Manage | Indie-AniFest 2009 Executive Committee, SBA Seoul Animation Center |
Support | Ministry of Culture and Tourism,, Sports and Tourism, NAVER, Digital Brush, Association of Korea Independent Film & Video, MEDIACT |
Sponsor | Wacom Korea, Tobe Company, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, PACO design Date : 17. SEP. 2009 ~ 22. SEP. 2009 (6days) |
Date | 17. SEP. 2009 ~ 22. SEP. 2009 (6days) |
Place | Seoul Animation Center |
Opening Ceremony | Tur 17 SEP. 2009 19:30 Ani Cinema |
Closing Ceremony | Tue 22 SEP. 2009 19:30 Ani Cinema |
Poster

Concept
The Only IndependentAnimation Festival in Korea
Indie-Anifestas the only independent animation festival in Korea fosters, helps and supportsKorean animation creators who keep their creation in the infertile situations.
Independence, Experiment,Passion, and Vision
Indie-Anifest is a fieldfor diverse animations to suggest independent animations with experimentalspirit, creators’ passion and vision for future. These four values are the mostimportant for selecting our prizewinning works.
Indie-AniFest is a fieldof active community where independent animators share their intimate affectionand interest each other. Independent animation directors run this festival bythemselves in order to create the community for communication
An Open Festival toIntroduce Diversity of Independent Animation
Our festival is to introduceand to reevaluate independent animations with various dispositions and styleswithout being limited to regimental works. We are to become an open festivalwhere various works, creators, viewers can participate in order to expand thebase for cultural diversity and our independent animation. Moreover, we wouldlike to become an open festival to expand our exchanges among independentcreators through international communications and intensification of networks.
Total entries
Total196 - 61 filmsapplied for the Independent Walk / 123 films applied for the Early Morning Flight / 12 films applied for theOpen Frame
Films
20films for the Independent Walk / 23 films for the Early Morning Flight / 11 films for theOpen Frame
Awards
Grand Prize 'Star of Indie' <TittilibouMr. Manding> Hong Hak-soon
Prize for Independent walk <Dust Kid> JungYu-mi
Prize for First Flight <Shall We Take aWalk?> Kim Young-geun, Kim Ye-young
Audience Choice 'Star of Festival' <ShallWe Take a Walk?> Kim Young-geun, Kim Ye-young
JurySpecial Prize <The Way> Jeon Young-sik
KIAFASpecial Prize <Hogokdong Blues> Heo Man-jae
Event
Opening/Closing Ceremony
Ole!Good Party
‘SaRangBang’
Beyond Screen!-Exhibition
Animation Shop
Workshop
Indie-AniFest Show on Tour
- Designer
- LEE Jin-ah