A Bee and a Silkworm

Retired botanist Dongho lives alone, tending to his greenhouse. He cares for wild bees, makes seed bombs, and struggles to preserve the alpine plants he brought down from Mt. Baekdu a decade ago. One day, he encounters twelve-year-old Bom, who visits his yard ...

Commission

"The commission came from the dark web, and the picture was murdered." Dankyung, an art instructor who dreams of becoming a webtoon writer. In reality, she was ignored, and the space where the first 'needed' was the dark web. Anonymous client, ...

Works and Days

“So soon as the time for ploughing is proclaimed to men, then make haste, you and your slaves alike.” Works and Days opens with this quote from Hesiod’s epic poem and makes the poem’s title its own. The film indeed portrays various workers who head to their wo...

Dream Studio in Madagascar

A road movie about the dreams of three people unfolding in the dreamy and beautiful Madagascar. Misik, a photographer who takes passport photos at a small local photo studio but dreams of going to Africa to take family photos.

When This Summer is Over

In Korean society, “Expediency” often has a different connotation than being “clever” or “wise.” In When This Summer is Over (2024), the protagonist Ki-jun, despite still only being in elementary school, is transferred to a rural school from the city due to hi...

Spring Night

Director Kang Mija, who gained attention with Let the Blue River Run (2008), has released her second feature film after several years. Based on the eponymous short story from Kwon Yeo-seon’s collection Good-bye, Drunkard, the film tells a tragic and pure love ...

Ghost Train

YouTube creator Da-kyung (Joo Hyun-young), who specializes in finding real-life horror stories, becomes increasingly dedicated to uncovering scary tales after noticing a drop in subscribers for her channel ‘Horror Queen Da-kyung’. Her latest target is Gwangrim...

Paradise

"Can't we all just live together?" It would be nice, but for the twin brothers Il-do and Yi-do, it's just a wishful thought. Born under a cursed fate due to their parents' original sin, one must die for the other to live. To avoid this, the...

LESSON

Kyung-min, an English tutor, has been dating Seon-hee for three years. Kyung-min likes Seon-hee, but feels frustrated by her pressure to get married. Seon-hee would occasionally ask Kyung-min to attend one of her friend’s weddings together, but he refuses each...

Noise

Noise (2024) is a chilling psychological horror film that follows Ju-young, a woman living with a hearing impediment, as she searches for her missing younger sister, Ju-hee, who has vanished without a trace from her apartment.