10 Short Films you shouldn’t miss at the 23rd Bucheon International Animation Festival

By Asian Film Festival on October 20, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

These are ten short films you shouldn’t miss at the 23rd Bucheon International Animation Festival which will take place from October 22nd – 26th, 2021 in Bucheon, Korea.

We also recommended 6 feature films, you can read the article HERE

– Recommended Shorts –

**Battery Daddy** by Jeon Seungbae – Korea | 2021 – 6 minutes
**Section**: International Competition 2

Battery Dad, who works on children’s toys, door locks, and remote controls, one day goes on a trip to the valley with Dong-gu’s family. Sudden heavy rain begins to fall while having a good time in the valley (BIAF 2021).

**Cocoon** by Yeo Eun A – Korea | 2015 – 12 minutes
**Section**: Special Program

Mina lives with her sick mother in an old apartment building. Mina’s mother suffers from a disease that turned her into a monster in a cocoon. Mina tries hard to take care of her mother, but her mother’s condition worsens and is on the brink of death (BIAF 2021).

**Crack** by Ahn Yonghae – Korea | 2014 – 7 minutes
**Section**: Special Program

Ji-soo, a counselor at the suicide hotline, receives a consultation call. Just when she senses the urgency of the situation and tries to alert the police, the caller reveals her identity (BIAF 2021).

**Dog Person** by Liu Chenyi – Taiwan | 2021 – 4 minutes
**Section**: International Competition

The girl couldn’t understand the way her father raise dogs. With the support of a steady and gentle power, she started to forgive her father gradually… (BIAF 2021)

**Girl in the Water** by Huang Shirou – Taiwan | 2021 – 7 minutes
**Section**: International Competition

Gazing at wall cancer and the scar, the woman recalls some ups and downs of love. Girl in the Water is a hand-drawn animation, which is based on my personal experiences, painted in watercolor and pastel frame by frame. The film depicts femininity and female internal time-consciousness through the convalescence of woman’s broken heart (BIAF 2021).

**Invisible Eyes** by Jung Seunghee – Korea | 2021 – 8 minutes
**Section**: International Competition

Three children, who are playing shooting on a chestnut farm where the flag of all nations flutters, go into the deep forest after squirrels for a bounty. After a long chase, the children run into a squirrel, but they cannot shoot because of its eye. Instead, the children harming the new target, feel glaring eyes from all over the mysterious forest and suffer from strange guilt and nightmares (BIAF 2021).

**Namoo** by Erick Oh – Korea | 2021 – 12 minutes
**Section**: International Competition

Inspired by the passing of Erick’s grandfather, Namoo follows the meaningful moments of one man’s life from beginning to end and marks Oh’s most ambitious and personal work to date (BIAF 2021).

**Now Here** by Tak Doyeon – Korea | 2021 – 8 minutes
**Section**: Special Program

It is a story about a girl who can’t communicate with others. Instead, she turns into an object. A forgotten memory of the past suddenly comes up. When she was little, she once met a friend who recognizes her when she turns into an object (BIAF 2021).