The 21st Seoul Independent Animation Festival
Seoul Indie-AniFest202518. SEP(THU).2025 ~ 23. SEP(TUE).2025
18th (2022)
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Introducing Our New Business Partner, Michael
LEE Yongseuk 2022 0:43:04 2D Computer, Drawing"I'm tired of working at a company! and so sick of writing resume over and over again! From now on, we are all going to be the boss!" Three friends started a hamburger restaurant out of anger. They find a mysterious skeleton body and a 300 million-dollar purse on the wall during burial construction. Yeah we are all know... They should call the police but instead of calling cop, three friends decide to use that money by the lack of start-up funds. They even give the name "Michael" to the mysterious skeleton friend, and accepts him as his "fourth business partner." This story is about true friendship and growth of the business of three young friends. Oh! And at the end the story it reveals who Michael is.
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Chun Tae-il
HONG Jun-pyo 2021 1:39:05 2D ComputerAt the age of 16, Taeil got a job as a sewing assistant at Pyeonghwa Market. He is a warm-hearted boy who empties his pocket to buy street cakes for fellow workers, knowing that he has to walk home in the morning dew with no penny for a bus ride. His devoted mother passes sleepless nights, waiting for his son Taeil. After his father passed away, Taeil becomes the sole provider of his family. At the age of 19, he finally became a tailor but couldn't turn a blind eye to the young female workers and his fellows. First coming to know the existence of ‘the Labor Standards Act’, Taeil struggles to change the labor conditions of Pyeonghwa Market. However, he was fired mercilessly, despite his effort. Now, Taeil resolves to become the spark of hope to break through the walls of unjust reality
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2049+ Voice of Rebirth
Chun-hsu SU 2021 1:12:32 3D ComputerThe story centers around temple youth Wei, who discovers the benefits of being a holdout when his grandfather urgently needs money for surgery. In order to get more money out of property developers, Wei teams up with Rainy, a girl opposed to community reconstruction, to apply for historical landmark status for the temple his grandfather left him. From performing traditional religious ceremonies to participating in a global singing and dancing competition, Wei and Rainy’s efforts to enhance the value of the temple capture the attention of the public by participating in a global singing and dancing competition. As their relationship grows over time, they also find themselves torn between family, friendship, and even love.
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Good Night
LEE Jung-seo, LEE Seo-bin, YOON Ji-yeon 2022 0:08:11 Cut-outs, PuppetRaindrops fall in a beautiful unknown space, and a life is born soon. The main character, who was born from a raindrop, saw the shining light from the sky and found a large hole in there. He met a doll bullied by a large hand inside the hole and took her out of there...
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Wish
PARK Sunyoung 2021 0:03:25 2D Computer, DrawingAn old man goes to a place that has memories with his wife and walks down memory lane.
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Apartment
LEE Ju-I 2022 0:03:30 3D ComputerOn a peaceful night, a robber breaks into an apartment where a woman lives alone.
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Dogmentary
PARK Junehyoung 2022 0:05:18 PuppetThe main character, who returns home after a hard work life, does not pay attention to him. No matter what he does, his family still doesn't care.
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Chewing
PARK Yena 2021 0:06:00 2D ComputerA world where you can chew and share other people's stories with gum. It is a story in which the main character, who desires only the stimulating taste of the story, grows up in search of a ‘true empathy communication method’.
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ANOTHER TRACE OF THE TRAIL
HONG Jinsan 2022 0:04:30 2D Computer, DrawingThe traces of memories cannot be captured. They pile up, becoming overlapped and ultimately distorted.
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Persona
MOON Sujin 2022 0:06:45 2D ComputerThe process of being encroached by the persona.