- Feature + Shorts Screening
- Film Screening
Date: February 20, 2025
Time: 8:40 pm – 11:30 pm
Cost:
Location:
LOOK Cinemas Theater 5
657 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 11:10 PM.
These films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children.
- Animated Film Competition
Circle
Directed by: Yumi Joung
Country: Korea
Minutes: 7
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
The girl draws a circle on the ground. Passersby step into it, one by one.
Soon the circle is full of people, struggling to stay within.
Once the girl returns and erases the circle, people start heading their way.- Short Film Competition
Here After
Directed by: Min Yeong Kwak
Country: Korea
Minutes: 15
Premiere:
North American Premiere
In a dark, surreal world, a woman faces her traumatic past to transform into a new self. Guided by a mysterious figure, she navigates through symbolic spaces, confronting her deepest fears and finding hope. HERE AFTER is a powerful tale of resilience and rebirth.- Short Film Competition
Mm, Uh, Oh, Ah
Directed by: Nahye Choi
Country: Korea
Minutes: 16
Premiere:
North American Premiere
The magical conversation method for modern people, the “MM, UH, OH, AH method”! The CEO of TongHalTong Communications, Bocky Lee, is a linguist and anthropologist who created the MM, UH, OH, AH method. To celebrate its 13th anniversary, a private lecture is held at Bocky Lee Hall.- Short Film Competition
Homunculus
Directed by: Golnoush Ansari
Country: Iran
Minutes: 13
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Living in seclusion and despair, a carpenter tries to escape his misery by fitting himself inside his handmade sofa in order to get himself out of his workshop and live vicariously in a hotel café, but ends up in a famous writer’s house about whom he has been obsessing for a while.- Animated Film Competition
Everywhere
Directed by: Step Cheung, Tommy Ng
Country: Hong Kong / Canada
Minutes: 10
Things that we thought were gone may not truly leave us – perhaps they are still with us somehow. Life is full of ups and downs and Death is a natural part of life. This story inspires us to rethink our life and treasure every moment we have, just like the two inseparable little cats enjoying their life and experiencing the grief of death.- Feature Film Competition
Smoking Tigers
Directed by: So Young Shelly Yo
Country: United States
Minutes: 90
Over one summer spent at an elite academic bootcamp, a lonely Korean-American teenager hides her true identity to fit in, only to discover the bittersweet pains of adulthood.
