SEOUL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL (SIWFF):
SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
The Seoul International Eco Film Festival Short Film Showcase presents a compelling collection of four engaging shorts, each shedding light on our relationship with the environment and the urgent need for conservation.
Presented in collaboration with the Seoul International Eco Film Festival, the short film program Where the Ocean Leads Us explores our deep connection with the ocean and its crucial role in supporting the ecosystem and marine life.
The programme highlights the impact of human activities on the ocean and encourages us to relook at how we can mitigate the detrimental effects caused.
Featuring a mixture of fictional, non-fictional, and animated shorts, it aims to inspire a more harmonious coexistence with the Ocean.
돌고래와 헤엄치는 법
How to Dive with Dolphins
South Korea | 2024 | 17min | Drama | PG
Languages: Korean
Subtitles: English
Director: SEO Yunsu
Time has passed since the contaminated water from Fukushima was released into the ocean. Youngnam flies to Jeju Island to clean up his old house. There, he is reunited with his old friend Yurim, who is cleaning up marine debris with her colleagues.
항해의 끝
The End of Voyage
South Korea | 2023 | 10min | Animation
PG (Some Disturbing Scenes 些许画面令人不适)
Languages: Korean
Subtitles: English
Director: CHOI Minho
A middle-aged man is sailing while losing his memory. Not knowing that his wife’s voice that he heard in his head is an auditory hallucination, he continues to talk with that voice. Black ash and black water approaching him. A breathless whale. A burning continent. Oil spilling from a stranded ship.
고등어와 바다 그리고 순희
Under the Sea
South Korea | 2023 | 21min | Drama
PG 13 (Smoking Scene 吸烟画面)
Languages: Korean
Subtitles: English
Director: KIM Byul
The water keeps rising in the village where Haeseok and his mother, Sunhee, live. This is a story about a mother who doesn’t want to move from her hometown and a son who refuses to leave his mother behind.
푸른 바다의 비밀
Secret of the Blue Sea
South Korea | 2023 | 21min | Documentary | PG
Languages: Korean
Subtitles: English
Director: YOO CHOI Neul-saem
Tongyeong-si, Gyeongsangnam-do. The southern coast of the Korean Peninsula. “The land of the sea” where 570 islands float. When viewed from a distance, the sea is still beautiful. But the reality of the sea is not like that. What can we do to save the ocean that is turning into ‘plastic porridge’?
