Focus on South Korea V: The Big Shorts

85 minutes
Focus on South Korea V: The Big Shorts

Three animated films from South Korea that are too long to be called shorts and too short to be called longs. Er, features.

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2019

Showing in this program

Giotto

Giotto

  • Joonseok Heo
  • South Korea, 2016
  • 25 min.

A man falls in love with a stuffed lion, but his moment of happiness doesn't last long. He mistook the lion for a female because of the long hair. He leaves the lion after finding out that a lion with a mane is a male. But the man and the lion can’t forget each other.

On the Way to School

On the Way to School

  • Ji-won Han
  • South Korea, 2013
  • 18 min.

Maro is a dog that has a busy owner and usually stays home. One day, the owner forgets to lock the door, and Maro tries to follow her but gets lost.

Toilet Concours

Toilet Concours

  • Yong-sun Lee
  • South Korea, 2015
  • 29 min.

A father named Sangmin has been working and living alone for three years. He sends money to his family overseas so his daughter can study abroad. But one day, his company recommends that he resigns. Unaware of this, his wife and daughter ask him to let them stay abroad longer, and allow his daughter to study the violin. In order to avoid his resignation, Sangmin visits the manager who is in hiding and sacrifices himself.