We continue with our list of short films you shouldn’t miss at the Seoul International Children’s Film Festival which will take place from September 13 – 20, 2023 in Seoul, Korea.

To see the first part of this article please go HERE

My Xixter by JO Hyun-kyung – Korea | 2023 – 24 minutes
So-hee is determined to conceal the existence of her biological sister from X. (SICFF 2023)

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Nanitic by Carol Nguyen – Canada | 2022 – 14 minutes
9 year-old Trang starts to shift out of oblivion as her aunt Ut tends to Grandma, who lies in her deathbed in the living room. How can a single body occupy so much space? What will happen when Grandma is gone? (SICFF 2023)

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RESELLERS by LEE Seung-ju – Korea | 2022 – 12 minutes
Sungjae makes money by selling cigarettes to teenagers. One day he meets unexpected buyer. (SICFF 2023)

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Spring Roll Dreams by VU Mai – UK | 2022 – 9 minutes
Linh is a Vietnamese single mother who lives in America. However, when her father visits from Vietnam and insists on cooking a traditional meal, Linh is confronted with her past, the culture she left behind, and the question of where it belongs in her family’s new life. (SICFF 2023)

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The Cave by KIM Jin-man, CHON Ji-young – Korea | 2022 – 14 minutes
After his father’s death, a boy becomes fixated on his father’s belongings. In an imaginary cave, he curses his father’s relatives who took his bike and fishing rods, successfully seeking revenge. However, the curse starts consuming the boy’s soul. (SICFF 2023)

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The Shoe of a Little Girl by Kedar SHRESTHA – Nepal | 2019 – 13 minutes
The elders asked Junu to wear her shoes correctly. After being tricked into wearing her shoes the wrong way, she invents a new way of learning. (SICFF 2023)

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To the Moon and Back by LI Shuqin – Japan | 2023 – 12 minutes
We all grew older with each orbit, but the moon never seems to age. A story about director’s grandmother, her death, and director’s childhood. (SICFF 2023)

Two Women by JANG Sun-hee – Korea | 2022 – 21 minutes
While delivering the newspaper, the girl meets a woman who lost her daughter of the same age and talks to her. The woman, who went to college and worked for a magazine, has the same life as the poor girl’s mother. (SICFF 2023)

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What we leave behind by KANG Nam-jin – Korea | 2022 -12 minutes
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. (SICFF 2023)

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Zombie-Free Test Day by KIM Seon-been – Korea | 2023 – 28 minutes
On the day of the College Scholastic Ability Test, held amidst a zombie outbreak, a group of courageous high school girls make their way to the test location. (SICFF 2023)

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To see the first part of this article please go HERE

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