The 21st Seoul Independent Animation Festival
Seoul Indie-AniFest202518. SEP(THU).2025 ~ 23. SEP(TUE).2025
19th (2023)
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My Exercise
Atsushi WADA 2020 0:02:36 2D Computer, DrawingA dog and its owner play sports together. They only need each other to train. When both are out of breath, they spur each other on to continue. More inspiring than any Instagram workout video.
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I Gotta Look Good for the Apocalypse
Ayce KARTAL 2021 0:04:00 2D ComputerAfter the pandemic has washed over us, our world is drained of its former substance. Digital forms of life multiply. But what if the crisis was not a pandemic, but in fact an accelerated derealisation of our lives?
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Anemone Temple
Justyna PAZDAN 2020 0:04:52 ClayA dreamy interpretation of an underwater world, where deep-sea organisms have developed unusual forms and characteristics.
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SPACE
Xian ZHONG 2020 0:02:54 DrawingAfter a whirlwind infatuation, two women quickly move in together and get caught up in daily life. They grapple with how to give each other space without losing sight of one another.
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Something to Remember
Niki Lindroth VON BAHR 2019 0:05:13 etcLike in her festival favourite [The Burden], the Swedish film-maker trains the camera on carefully composed tableaus of animals clad in human clothing that sing songs of existential suffering. This time around, though, the undertone is more forgiving – as any last words should be.
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Night Shift
Linda STŪRE 2019 0:03:23 etcA watchman plays Tetris during an uneventful night shift. When a security camera goes down, he has to pause his game and leave the room. But who’s watching whom? [Night Shift] may be the first desktop motion picture created entirely using felt pens.
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The Invention of Less
Noah ERNI 2021 0:03:03 2D ComputerDue to global warming a young polar bear has to leave her home in summer 2031 and moves to Zurich. Together with all other animals she tries to make a living until she suddenly has an idea, that will change the world for ever.
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Jam
Mirai MIZUE 2019 0:03:00 2D ComputerThe sound is crammed. The images are crowded. The screen soon becomes chaotic.
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Park Voyage
Florence Yuk-ki LEE 2022 0:03:12 2D ComputerCommissioned by M+ Museum, this series of animations delineates and navigates Hong Kong, the hometown of Florence Lee (the creator of this film), translating her personal memories tied to the city, featuring Lee's signature hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animated video works. The looseness of the drawings allows the works to maintain temporal and locational ambiguity and thus be expansive. Not at the peril of succumbing to the seductive power of glowing memories or the sense of comfort brought by escapism fantasies, Lee's practice playfully de-gravitates the here-and-now and tellingly illustrates contemporary lamentations and desires.