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- Gi-tae who is going to terminate his military service goes on a road trip with Jun-young by drugging him with a sleeping pill. They learn more about each other and come to terms with their sexuality.
- Yong-ju, Gi-woong and Gi-taek used to be best friends in middle school, but in high school, Gi-woong becomes a member of the gang that bullies Gi-taek. As Yong-ju tries to fix broken relationship, he realizes his feelings toward Gi-woong.
- Flight attendant Won-Gyu left Korea 2 years ago with painful memories and now comes back. Won-Gyu meets Tae-Joon, who is a quick service delivery man and has a special night with him.
- Sang-woo knows his teacher's secret: a visit to a gay bar. Kyeong-hoon and Sang-woo embark on a journey about their sexuality and their relationship and their place in society.
- A frustrated and rebellious high school student who ends up becoming a friend of a migrant worker from Bangladesh who is desperate to receive his unpaid back wages.
- 304 people drowned as the car ferry sank. Four fathers recall their memories of their children; high school students who were on their field trip. Professors, lawyers, journalists, an activist, a diver, and a politician explain why the system ultimately allowed the tragedy to occur. What is stopping the next tragedy? The world has turned upside down.
- TWO DOORS traces the Yongsan Tragedy of 2009. The announcement of the Public Prosecutors' Office that the cause of the tragedy lays in the illegal and violent demonstration by evictees. With the two sides uncompromisingly arguing for a judgment on the current regime and the eradication of the illegal and violent demonstrations, the tense confrontation forebodes a drawn-out fight on truth and falsehood.
- Park In-sun has become an orphan during the Korean War, and has been sold as a prostitute for the US soldiers. She has been living in a village next to the US military base for more than 40 years. Never given the chance to learn how to read and write, In-sun has been drawing pictures on waste paper all her life, chronicling her painful and mysterious world of traumas. On a winter night, she finds out that her colleague has passed away and follows her silent funeral. The Death Messengers show up and spot In-sun. When they make up stories for their targets to lead them to afterlife, In-sun refuses to give in and creates her own story. The desire of fiction resides in resistance, and not staying as a victim.
- Jirisan Mountain is completely blocked for search task of the police. Jeong-ok with tourists for culture visit tries to take a hidden path to enter there without letting the police know. She is followed by Jae-won. As one chases the other, they go deeper and deeper in the mountain.
- Following the previous projects since (2003), (2008) is the fourth omnibus project describing the theme of human rights. The fourth project is comprised of five short films made by five directors.
- Yu Woo-seong who had been working as a civil servant is on trial for espionage following his sibling's confession. A reporter who has been laid off begins following the traces of a spy story manipulated by a government agency. The clues lead to a confession and false evidence that society and the press have turned their back on.
- In central Vietnam, there are people who still live with the memory of the massacre. On every February, villagers offer prayers with all their hearts and burn incense at various places to console the victims. "Who can pay for the sins?"
- Giseon works as an administrator at a high school. He begins to nurture an interest in Jinsu, a student on the soccer team. He asks him how his soccer practices are, and whether there are any problems in school. He even visits him at home. Giseon's ex Hyejin quits her job and gets busy remodeling her mother's small restaurant. The stories of Giseon and Hyejin run parallel, and they reappear after some time has passed. Giseon has quit working at the school and is writing for a private newsletter. He is writing a story on a delivery driver, Hyeonsu.
- Three college girlfriends abandon city life. One is fascinated by hard-working farmers, another dreams of peasant movement and the other follows her loved one. A rural area full of farmlands is where they have to live now. While the film captures their everyday rural lives for a year, it reveals how their lives continue to change. They struggle to make themselves at home as women in a strange place while farming and acting as members of its peasant community. The rural life is different from what they have expected but they continue to overcome the hardships. Their efforts on the screen make viewers realize what it is like to live as a person or a woman in a rural society.
- Director AHN Jeehwan's documentary At the Peak of Our Own Story recounts the story of the MAM, Monday Artist Mountain club, established by actor Son Byung-ho in 2006. The club has continued its ascent of Mt. Bukhan every Monday since then. Its core members are actors with significant theatre experience but relatively little exposure in broadcasting or film. The film highlights the stories of actors who have found solace in the club. One actor expresses how the club provides him with a sense of belonging amid the transient lifestyle of an actor. Another actor recalls how being a part of the club helps him reconnect with his identity as an actor. The documentary depicts the actors' deep struggles, such as the conflicts after the decision to pursue an acting career later in life or the circumstances in which the actor had to take a break from acting after suffering the recent loss of his mother. The film also portrays mountains as a source of great comfort for actors, who may seem glamorous but suffer from loneliness and isolation. This is a film that can motivate viewers, even those who aren't interested in hiking, to consider mountain climbing. (MOON Seok)
- In 2003 Song Du-yul, a philosophy professor, decides to go back to his homeland after spending thirty-seven years in Germany. Within a week after crossing the border, his reputation falls from a respected global political figure to an infamous communist spy. During a five-year-long trial, he was arrested and held in custody. This throws Korean society into turmoil and brings a big conflict between the Conservative and the Progressive parties. The filmmaker calmly contemplates this long period of the incident in detail and depicts a society with an indifferent manner. The story builds through an accretion of whimsical facts and it sometimes brings up uncomfortable truths which will irritate viewers. This film is a camera inside of us that evokes what viewers may have tried to forget.
- Jae-nyeon (Je-je) and Woo-yeong (grandpa) are two lovers suffering from brain lesions. After 7 years of dating, they finally decide to get married. As the day of this seemingly beautiful and happy occasion comes near, the veil of fantasy is lifted to reveal the hard reality behind it. No one can deny the romance of their love, but our worry for those two, and the burden they have to carry are nothing short of horror to all of us.
- A documentary about South Korean workers' rights activist Jeon Tae-il and his suicide by self-immolation at the age of 22 in protest at the poor working conditions of South Korean factories.
- Five people recall their memories of the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster.
- Upon hearing the news about the redevelopment of the Kolon Shopping Mall in Cheonho-dong, Won Tae Woong, the director of Universe Department Store, recalls the Universe Department Store that opened in the 1980s and shut down in three years. There used to be a spaceship-shaped ride in front of the store, but the director doesn't remember what it looked like. He tries hypnosis to trace his childhood memories and interviews people who remember the department store, but everyone remembers the ride differently. Recording the scenery of Cheonho-dong in the 1980s as well as how it looks today after numerous transformations while shaping the path of memories about places through dreamy images, Universe Department Store is a film that depicts the director's inner memories in a fascinating form.
- In 1990, the Year of the White Horse has record-breaking sex-selective abortion rates. The unborn survivor calls upon the White Horse Woman from the past and future.
- A boy who lives in a multi-generational village dreams of becoming a rapper. He formed a hip-hop team with his classmate who is living in a rich apartment village and unravels the friendship, conflicts, and growth through hip-hop music.
- A lovely story of people who withstand the burden of life.
- In May 2006, the Ministry of Defense enforces a "move out" of Daechuri in order to make room for the expanding U.S. base. 'Protectors' who support the residents fighting against the action move into the village to help protect it. People who have lived different lives gather in the same space and try to build a new community in Daechuri. As the villagers make up their mind to move, they experience another kind of separation. The faces of so many people who strived to protect the community they dreamed of are reflected on the backs of those who set off for a new place to live their lives.