The 21st Seoul Independent Animation Festival
Seoul Indie-AniFest202518. SEP(THU).2025 ~ 23. SEP(TUE).2025
18th (2022)
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A Math-exorcism Class
LEE Somi 2021 0:08:17 2D ComputerKim A-rang, a math genius in the second year of middle school, is a math-exorcist. Arang recites the formula like a spell to quell the ghost "Masu" created by students who got math problems wrong. However, "Masoo" continues to appear, and eventually "Masoo" gathers to become a huge ghost! "Sleep under the formula and exact answer!"
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YUM YUM KOREAN FOOD STORY
KWAK Ki-hyuk 2022 0:13:50 2D Computer- Jajangmyeon - Budae Jjigae - Tteok Guk The story begins with an elementary school student Beom is going a Korean food trip with his younger siblings. By sharing a variety of Korean dishes and learning the origins of them, their relationship becomes stronger. *In-theater screenings will be held for [Jajangmyeon] only.
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JUST WORK!
JEON Seo-yeon 2022 0:01:05 2D ComputerIn an office where everyone is concentrating on their work as always, a siren noisily rings. There is news on TV that aliens are invading the Earth and turning people into zombies. But the office workers don’t seem to take the disaster alert seriously, and they continue to do their work as if it were a more urgent matter. The next day, the disaster warning on TV becomes reality and the world turns into a mess. But the main character, thinking about what to do in this situation, decides to go to work for now.
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The Gesture of Nature
HA Seung-eun 2021 0:04:19 2D ComputerThe eyes of a beast glow in the dark. Here is a natural-born hunter, white-tailed deer. The story of animals with appearance and behavior all jumbled.
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Hu and Mu, Dust Fairies
KIM Jin-man, CHON Jiyoung 2022 0:14:25 etc- Don't eat it, it's my house The dust fairy 'Mu' uses magic to find an apple and bring it home, but the apple was someone's house! - Adventure in search of human medicine Hu' has a cold and there is no medicine! 'Mu' goes on an adventure in search of human medicine and meets a real rabbit... Can 'Mu' get the medicine with the rabbit's help? - Popcorn Day Operation Today is popcorn day! A tough mission to get three kernels of corn and three wild grapes. Will Dust fairy ‘Hu’ and ‘Mu’ be able to succeed? * In-theater screenings will be held for [Adventure in search of human medicine] only.
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Archipel
Félix DUFOUR-LAPERRIÈRE 2021 1:12:00 2D Computer, Cut-outs, etcAbout the Saint Lawrence River and its thousands of islands- a real or dreamed country, or something in between. This is a philosophical essay and a semi-fictional odyssey on the question of what makes a piece of land into a region, a community.
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My Grandfather's Demons
Nuno BEATO 2022 1:11:36 3D Computer, etcRosa, a top professional woman, highly rated in the business market, starts to question about her life because of the sudden death of her grandfather, from whom she had progressively moved away, due to her endless work. Rosa decides to leave the city and set out to find the place and the memories of her childhood, lived with her grandfather. When she arrives at the isolated property, she discovers that her grandfather left her an abandoned lands and an almost in ruins house of her childhood. She starts rebuilding her house and grow the fields. Rosa, however, is not alone on her quest.
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Where is Anne Frank
Ari FOLMAN 2021 1:32:00 2D ComputerKitty, the imaginary friend to whom Anne Frank wrote in her Diary, comes to life in present-day Amsterdam. Unaware that 75 years have gone by, Kitty is convinced that Anne must be alive. Where Is Anne Frank? tells the story of Kitty’s quest across contemporary Europe to find her beloved friend. Armed with the precious Diary and with help from her friend Peter, who runs a secret shelter for undocumented refugees, Kitty follows Anne’s traces, from the Annex to her tragic end in the Holocaust. Disoriented by our broken world, and the injustices that child refugees endure, Kitty wants to fulfill Anne’s cause.
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To the Bright Side
Xiya LAN, Nianze LI, Yi ZHAO, Kun YU, Gaoxiang LIU, Maoning LIU, Chen CHEN 2021 1:23:12 Drawing, etcThis is a family animation film that focuses on “love and emotion”. It is adapted from seven original Chinese picture books, and follows the common interactions between parents and children to explore topics such as the mother-child relationship, sibling relations, being good neighbors, etc. Each theme is explored using different animation visual styles such as ink painting, paper-cutting, watercolor, collages, and more to create a simple depiction and affectionate interpretation of life and growth.
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Chicken of the Mound
Xi CHEN 2021 1:23:39 2D ComputerA particularly curious larva chicken did not undergo the adult transformation and did not hide in the cave. Instead, it roamed the plains and mounds in robot armour.