Booming Animation From South Korea 1

65 minutes
Booming Animation From South Korea 1

South Korea was once known only for low wages that allowed cheap production of many Asian and Western films and TV series. The economic malaise in the early 1990s led the Korean government to offer active support Lo a number of industries, including animation. Five large animation festivals, around ten institutions offering support, more than a hundred training courses, thousands of students and a large audience which has grown together with the medium, are all symptoms of the boom in Korean animation.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2004

Showing in this program

A Daystudents

A Day

  • Jung Wha Kim
  • South Korea, 2002
  • 11 min.

A boy is so happy with his new shoes. He runs and flies like an airplane.

Butterfly Dreamstudents

Butterfly Dream

  • Hyung-jun Song / So-yun Kim / Jung-won Na / Ha-ra Im
  • South Korea, 2003
  • 10 min.

A famous singer and dancer of humble origins meets a nobleman and falls in love.

Daddy and I

Daddy and I

  • Eun-sue Kim / Hye-jung Kim / Mi-sun Park / Kyung-hwa Lee / Dong-Jae Lee / Song-hee Lee / Yu-jin Jung
  • South Korea, 1999
  • 6 min.

A sexually abused child transports herself into her mind to escape her terrible ordeal.

Hey, JungHyunstudents

Hey, JungHyun

  • Jun-won Kang
  • South Korea, 2004
  • 7 min.

A common duty in life such as dishwashing, can be seen in a different aspect.

Hungbogastudents

Hungboga

  • Semi Ryu
  • South Korea, 2001
  • 7 min.

Binary is a principle of separation by two and this separation already carries process of unification. Each binary opposition is penetrated to the other side through a membrane between them and transformed into their opponent. 

June the Pillowstudents

June the Pillow

  • Hyun-joo Kim
  • South Korea, 2003
  • 11 min.

Julie goes camping with her class and brings her favourite pillow.

The Ordinary Peoplestudents

The Ordinary People

  • Seang-kee Park
  • South Korea, 2000
  • 5 min.

An old man displays odd behaviour in the subway train.

Umbrella and a Loachstudents

Umbrella and a Loach

  • Hyun-joo Kim
  • South Korea, 2003
  • 3 min.

A girl has a fantastic idea how to catch loaches in a stream.

Who Killed Myself?students

Who Killed Myself?

  • Hyun-sun Park
  • South Korea, 2003
  • 4 min.

Various images of Japanese playing card show the vague relationship between human and nature.