These are twelve short films you shouldn’t miss at the Cheongju International Short Film Festival which will take place from August 17 – 19, 2023 in Cheongju, Korea.

Jung-ho, a son who lives with his mother in a single room in student accommodation, learns of the existence of a new credit card his mother made secretly. Now, he decides to take extraordinary measures. (CISFF 2023)

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Seung-hyuk, a one-handed pitcher with a small-handed disability, is on the verge of quitting baseball due to his failure to perform in the national championship, which is an essential requirement for college. (CISFF 2023)

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Hee-soon, who lives in an abandoned plastic house, witnesses a mass assault next to her house. The group of perpetrators threatens Hee-soon under the pretext of a house, and the victim Ga-min asks Hee-soon for help. (CISFF 2023)

Yu-bin, who is suffering from a nervous breakdown due to the strange phenomenon she experiences in her new house. To understand the situation, childhood friends Sodam and Ha-seung gather at his house. Yubin, Sodam, and Ha Seung were the trio in middle school. Trauma and wounds that were rooted in their respective depths, which could not be told to each other, appear sharply. (CISFF 2023)

Hong Liang left the labor market to get a job. Xiao Mei goes out to find her husband, who does not return even after a few days. She meets Musheng who worked with her husband… (CISFF 2023)

Maryam is a 38-year old woman who heads a family of four. She decides to cut off her right hand while working in a poultry slaughterhouse because, in this way, she can get more money from insurance than losing her left hand to pay her debts. To this end, Maryam starts to practice with her left had to do daily chores. However, on the appointed day, when she intends to amputate her right hand, the machine suddenly jams, and Maryam’s left had is accidentally amputated instead of her right hand. Therefore, a new fate determines for her. (CISFF 2023)

Baesia, a high school girl who was being assaulted by a group of rogue first class members. To save her, her classmate Shin Na-ra appears and transforms into a magical girl. When the divine kingdom opens the door of the soul, the demons that were latent in the souls of the first people wake up. Shin Na-ra, a magical girl who directly punishes evil people who are punished lightly. The story of the birth of Baesia, a magical girl with another set of values. (CISFF 2023)

The Covid-19 Pandemic faced by the Japanese ghost “Red Mask”. (CISFF 2023)

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Min-seok is a North Korean defector who defected a few years ago and works at a small fish farm in Gangwon Province. Min-seok goes out to the city again today to solve lunch, and accidentally encounters So-hee, who works from the Jumunjin military unit. (CISFF 2023)

When the swimming competition is coming, Wen is under lots of pressure. Ann who is inseparable from her found out something different. To confront Wen’s closure and trauma, Ann decides to be closer to Wen. But, when she gets closer to Wen, it pushes them further… (CISFF 2023)

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The story of a half-buried place where a 34-year-old man who was pushed to death by life and a 74-year-old woman who times leads to death at the end of her life meet and take place. (CISFF 2023)

A glimpse into the life of a man, from the birth of his child to the death of a loved one, told through his possessions and the place he calls home. (CISFF 2023)

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