Ani WIP

The 2026 Seoul Indie-AniFest’s work-in-progress program “Ani WIP” aims to discover Korean independent animation projects and support their creation and distribution. Independent animation projects currently in production were selected for this program. These projects are provided with development funds and expert mentoring in domestic and international production, post- production, marketing, and distribution.

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  • [The House of Memory]
  • YI Seung-eon

  Before her childhood home is demolished, a daughter returns and steps into a fading landscape of her mother’s memories. A film about how memories remain and how they quietly disappear.

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  • [DOMA]
  • PAEK Hageom

  In the middle of a scorching desert, the lizard boy lives alone in a cave hidden among the deep rocks. For reasons unknown, he is tormented by tremendous regret. His regret periodically manifests as a layer of skin that envelops his body, and he must repeatedly shed it in an attempt to free himself from the past. One day, as he sheds his skin once again, the discarded husk suddenly animates and tries to return to his body. Desperate to escape, the lizard boy manages to break free, but loses his tail in the process. From the severed tail, a figure emerges: a past version of himself. The creature immediately attacks the boy, forcing him into a confrontation with the very past he has been trying to escape.

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  • [The smallest sound]
  • LEE Dagyeong

  On my way to meet you.
  A cat purrs,
  a bird chirps.
  Beneath ginkgo leaves falling like confetti, the park is a stage.
  People at ease, children’s laughter.
  Bubble, bubble I imagine you.
  Do you also imagine me?

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  • [See You in Heaven]
  • KIM Yebin

  Awaiting Heaven’s entrance interview, Jiwoo reunites with her estranged friend, Lin. As they confront the parts of each other, they once chose to overlook, their relationship stands trial.

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  • [Beyond the Concrete]
  • JANG Seheun

  As Seoul continues to fall apart, humanity prepares for migration to the exoplanet Rafflesia in order to survive. Yoon-seong, a rescue worker who remains on the ground, and Hanna, a researcher developing an engine module for the migration project, live in the same world from very different positions. When a massive sinkhole causes the research facility to collapse and traps Hanna underground, Yoon-seong risks his life to rescue her. Faced with an irreversible disaster, the two are forced to make a single choice in order to survive.