The 21st Seoul Independent Animation Festival
Seoul Indie-AniFest202518. SEP(THU).2025 ~ 23. SEP(TUE).2025
13th (2017)
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Valley of White Birds
Hancheng YANG 2017 0:14:16 2D ComputerEach character carries a unique symbolic meaning in this film. In the pursuit of the white bird, the protagonist has to face his own inner guilt, fear and haze. After a tortuous journey of searching, he was born again finally.
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A Story in the Diao Ling Garden
Weiyu WANG 2017 0:03:16 DrawingChuang Tzu was rambling in the Diao ling garden. He saw a cicada which had just landed in a shady spot and forgotten to protect itself. Just then, a mantis raised its feelers and pounced on the cicada, but it also forgot to protect itself. While the bird took advantage of its opportunity to secure them both, in view of that gain forgetting its true instinct of preservation……As Chuang Tzu said, 'Ah! so it is that things bring evil on one another, each of these creatures invited its own calamity.'
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The Pocket Man
Ana CHUBINIDZE 2016 0:07:00 Cut-outsA little man lives in an old suitcase. One day, he finds a new friend - an old blind man. The little man jumps into the blind man's pocket. With music, he helps the blind man walk and see things in the street. They are both very happy together.
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SAMT(Silence)
Aoun CHADI 2016 0:15:00 2D ComputerIn a fanatical dictatorship, modern dance is the secret code of a silent resistance. In out-of-the-way places in town, young people celebrate the joys of life with their bodies to cope with the terror they experience. SAMT is a portrayal of a disfunctional society on the verge of imploding.
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Ming
Danski TANG 2017 0:03:07 2D ComputerA Chinese woman's experience as a live figure model while abroad.
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Revelation - The City of Haze
Qichao MAO 2017 0:13:55 3D ComputerAfter witnessed his mother’s death in a riot, the boy named Mai broke down and could not remember his own name since. One day, a girl named Yi, who’s a scavenger, found Mai in a garbage can and brought him back to the City of Haze. From then on, they lived together and depended on each other for survival. Mai, though suffered from mental disorder, grew up together with Yi in the City of Haze. A decade later, riot reoccurred in the city and reminded Mai the death of his mother. So he stood out and fought with the robot police. At last, Yi died in the chaos; Mai lost a leg and was arrested. During his years in prison, old Mai missed Yi too much and could not stop thinking about her. He created a robot with recycled iron which looks exactly like Yi. One day, he decided to escape from the prison together with robot Yi, but his attempt failed...
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Two Trams
Svetlana ANDRIANOVA 2016 0:10:00 2D Computer, PuppetTwo city trams called Klick and Tram set out from the depot every morning.
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The Orangish Tree
Amir Houshang MOEIN 2016 0:06:51 2D ComputerA little girl who lives in an orange tree begins a journey to save her city.
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The State of Things
Ryo ORIKASA 2017 0:03:52 2D Computer, DrawingA music video for Roy TAMAKI’s <Koto no Shidai>.
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One Step to Slip
CHOE Su-yeong, LEE Jihye 2016 0:04:40 2D ComputerA girl loses her baby brother and follows him to a mysterious forest. The girl and her brother encounter a monster that chases after them.