The 21st Seoul Independent Animation Festival
Seoul Indie-AniFest202518. SEP(THU).2025 ~ 23. SEP(TUE).2025
19th (2023)
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Wedding on the Execution Ground
Zilai FENG 2023 0:13:17 2D ComputerAfter 40 years, a retired actress from the 1960s Chinese propaganda play “Wedding on the Execution Ground”, decides to reunite with her first love, the lead actor from the play.
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Wormwood-25
Nadia GOLDMAN 2023 0:17:39 DrawingNatasha is 30 years old. She has a husband and a lover, but her life is boring. Natasha’s problem is that she got stuck in a lift when she was very little… and she still can’t get out of the darkness.
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Sin(s)
Thammanat KHORONG 2023 0:03:49 2D ComputerThe story follows a middle-aged man who visits a sex worker. However, this encounter leads to a series of unexpected events, shrouded in mystery and intrigue. As the story unfolds, the man's secrets and desires are exposed, revealing the complex and often dark nature of human greed.
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Gambit
Naime PAKNIYAT 2023 0:03:11 2D Computer, etc[Gambit] illustrates how things go awry in a peaceful village with the sudden death of a pigeon. As the people turn crueler, the pixels grow coarser.
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The Rat
Yuanqing CAI 2022 0:12:54 2D Computer, 3D ComputerOn a stormy night, a drunk man stumbles back home. Vomiting is accompanied by vertigo when he sees two huge rats in his house. Disgusted and cranky, he desperately attacks the two rats hoping they will go away. After that night, the morning wind blows everything away, leaving only the broken family portrait.
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Moirai, Thread of Life
Ina CONRADI, Mark CHAVEZ 2023 0:05:38 3D Computer, etcSet in the distant future, an astronaut in search of unexplored lands finds herself gravitating towards a mysterious force in a strange cave. The viewer follows her through a journey of discovery and understanding as she gets pulled into another dimension, her ‘self’ entwined and connected with the larger fabric of the universe.Drawing inspiration from the Moirai, the film symbolically represents the quantum realm. Like the white-robed incarnations of destiny in ancient mythology, the interconnected threads of quantum phenomena weave the destinies of all beings together. Each individual plays a vital role within the larger cosmic whole.
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HIDARI
Masashi KAWAMURA 2023 0:05:32 Puppet, etcThe legendary craftsman by the name of Jingoro Hidari is on a journey of revenge with a mechanical prosthetic arm and his sidekick "Sleeping Cat". He faces one of his adversaries called "Inumaru" and the curtains rise on a fight to the death.
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CHACHA
Chenghua YANG, Shang ZHANG 2023 0:13:00 2D Computer, DrawingTwo middle-aged couples with very different personalities and habits meet in France for some reason and embark on a meaningful and extraordinary journey in an unfamiliar country.
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Dear Passengers
Max KULIKOV 2023 0:11:00 2D ComputerDear passengers! Train number 72 is now departing from platform two of track one. The train has moved…
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Hot Buns
Calleen KOH 2022 0:10:34 2D Computer, 3D Computer, etcSet in a surreal world of sentient Butts and Hands, the film follows a violent incident, broadcasted on live television by a world-renowned chef, and the emergence of a butt empowerment movement seeking to challenge the status quo of their society.