Animation DayThe most recent high quality 11 animation shorts from 2008 and 2009, made by ASIFA-Korea members.
--- presented by ASIFA-Korea
October 29th (Thu.) 17:30-
(1) Way home
Directed by：Erick Oh & BeatWeiser
2008 / 8:51 / 2D / Korea
One autumn day, a determined dung beetle finds a fresh pile of dung. As he shapes it into a ball, he begins to roll it across the landscape on a long journey. On his way home he thinks fondly of his wife and family waiting for him. Finally, at the end of a day of overcoming several difficult obstacles, he nears home and sees his family awaiting him in the distance. However, despite the end of his arduous journey in sight, there is one more unexpected obstacle in store for him...
(2) Shall we take a walk?
Directed by：Kim young-geun & Kim ye-young
2009 / 8:57 / 2D, Pixilation, Cut-out / Korea
Yong-gwang, a boy who lost his sight, made a tactile map for his sister, who is staying at the hospital. He wants to go for a walk with his sister, so he takes her hand, and make her close her eyes. Now, his sister will take a walk on the tactile map through Yong-gwang's way of looking at the world.
(3) Dust kid
Directed by：Jung yu-mi
2008 / 10:00 / 2D / Korea
"Staying in bed till late on a cold winter’s afternoon, Eujin finds a small dust kid. She decides to do the cleaning she has been putting off for so long. Cleaning every corner of her room, she keeps finding other dust kids here and there, and starts clearing them up one by one. Just when she thinks she has cleaned her room and the dust kids are all gone now, she comes face to face with another one… "
(4) The Barren City
Directed by：LEE Jae-ho
2008 / 5:14 / 3D / Korea
"A girl lives in huge complex city where nobody lives and there is water shortage. Everyday she goes to a certain place for getting water and one day, a flying fish appears in front of her and she leaves adventure following the fish. "
(5) One Way
Directed by：LIM Chan-soo
2009 / 6:20 / 3D / Korea
"There is a man who crosses desert. Death stares at him in the face because of running dry of water. He meets an old pump but it works when a cup of water is poured into it. He tries to pump up water but it spouts rust stain out. "
(6) Eden
Directed by：KIM Hye-won
2008 / 3:45 / 2D / Korea
"Eden" satirizes environmental destruction by a man who has his own selfishness. In the beginning, a man appears and begins to kill animals for his personal satisfaction in order. Finally, they kill each other. "
(7) Burning Stage
Directed by：YANG Sun-woo
2009 / 3:50 / 3D / Korea
"Swan Lake' ballet is performed by water drops on a lake in the middle of night. Princess Odette who turns into a white swan by magic, changes into a woman in the moonlight. When Prince Siegfried sees Odette, he falls in love with her. However, a black swan Odile tries to pull the lovers apart and Odette almost falls over a precipice. "
(8) Way to Hell
Directed by：Ku Bon-Hyoung
2008 / 5:40 2D / Korea
A main character died as the visit of the messenger who takes a dead soul to the underworld and he went to the hell. But, on the threshold of hell, he got so frightened and pushed the messenger down to escape. He was chased by the messenger in the labyrinth of the hell and then he finally was able to get himself out of the hell.
(9) Rovaniemi Records
Directed by：LIM Yeon-taek
2008 / 4:02 / 2D / Korea
"Every Christmas season, thanks to its firm grip on a service industry, Santa Corleone family has enjoyed its heyday. But God doesn’t let it last any more. They hide themselves in Rovaniemi Records from Oslo family right after the Oslo took the Corleone's territory. One day, Santa Corleone feels a strong doubt on Rudolph who gets away from Oslo family’s attack with nobody else but himself. "
(10) The Newly Coming Seasons
Directed by：MIN Sung-ah
2009 / 11:40 /2D / Korea
Four seasons of Demilitarized Zone in Korea.
(11) Good Man
Directed by：KIM Dong-hee
2009 / 13:48 / 2D,3D / Korea
There is a polluted factory city with no sunlight. The factory manager's wife gets sick because of insufficient supply of sunshine and he decides to stop working the factory.