These are our fifteen recommended short films from the Florence Korea Film Fest, which will take place from March 21 – 30, 2024 in Florence, Italy.

50 cm by Kim So-jeong – Korea | 2023 – 19 minutes

A visually impaired Ga-yeong and her lover Eun-jeong prepare to run a marathon using their own method but find themselves in constant conflict. (FKFF 2024)

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A Long Alone by Yeo Eun-a – Korea | 2023 – 8 minutes

The record of discontinued time and place, from dying alone to discovery. One year period after a person’s solitary death is shown in time-lapse. Inside the house, there are traces of his fierce life, and the audience can guess his life by following the traces. The house stays at the time of his death. On the contrary, the exterior landscape constantly changes, giving a feeling of contrast to the house. A year later, his body is found, and the scene of his death is cleared by special cleaners.

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Battery Mommy by Jeon Seung-bae – Korea | 2023 – 9 minutes

Battery Mommy works at various stuff such as soap bubble guns, cameras and thermometers at the nursery. During the children’s nap time one winter’s day, Battery Mommy discovers that the Christmas tree in the nursery is on fire. She rushes to the rescue… (Mubi)

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Close World and It’s Friends by Lee Nu-hae – Korea | 2023 – 30 minutes

In the future, where virtual reality has become an integral part of everyday life, Soo-min works as a consultant in her own virtual world… (FKFF 2024)

English Tutor by Koo Ja-ho – Korea | 2023 – 10 minutes

A Korean university student takes on an unusual tutoring job and encounters a young child who refuses to write in English. As the tutor attempts to get to the root of the child’s reluctance, she uncovers a shocking revelation about the child and her mother.

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Herb by Kim Jun-sung – Korea | 2023 – 19 minutes

Ji-soo, just graduated from college, dreams of becoming an advertising planner and goes to an interview with an agency… (FKFF 2024)

Home by Jeong Jae-hee – Korea | 2023 – 13 minutes

The mother has frequent attacks and remains terrified, staring into space. After her death, her daughter begins to tidy up her mother’s belongings, but strange events begin to happen in her house. (FKFF 2024)

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I Love U Customer by Kim Seo-yoon – Korea | 2023 – 22 minutes

Call center employee Kim Su-yeon accidentally meets her angry customer, Mi-kyeong, and plans her revenge. (FKFF 2024)

Jiwon and Yulia by Moon Hae-jun – Korea | 2023 – 19 minutes

Jiwon, a 19-year-old 4th generation Koryo-saram (Korean-Uzbekistan), has been falling apart since Hani, Jiwon’s only Korean-born friend, started to prepare for the college entry exam. She decides to join Hani in her mischief with Hani’s new friend Sunwoo, to save their friendship. (SIWFF 2023)

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Microwave Love by Kwon Chan-young – Korea | 2023 – 19 minutes

One day, a microwave emits a sound signal to a struggling aspiring writer, initiating communication between humans and machines. They fill each other’s loneliness and get closer. As the writer watches a movie, they gradually become captivated by the charm of the microwave and mistakenly believe that this companion machine possesses facial expressions and emotions like a living being. The work raises contemplation about the formation and evolution of relationships. (YEOM Jiho | BIFAN 2023)

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OUT! by Son Tae-gyum – Korea | 2023 – 18 minutes

While Ichang and his boyfriend Gang-min are engaged in a lewd act on the phone, contact is lost after Gangmin’s sudden scream comes through the phone. Ichang, quarantined in his small studio apartment due to an epidemic, wants to check his boyfriend’s condition. (Mubi)

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Sara by Lee Hyun-kyung – Korea | 2023 – 29 minutes

Sara, who grew up with no parents, does not know the meaning of his name. One day he receives a phone call from the police and goes to the place where his father died alone. He finds a photograph of his mother amongst his deceased father’s belongings and decides to find his mother. Following the traces of his father, he learns about the kind life his father had and the things that he never knew about his father. At the end of this journey, Sara finally comes to discover the meaning of his name. (SIFF 2024)

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The Lee Families by Seo Jeong-mi – Korea | 2023 – 26 minutes

The country house, the only inheritance left by the grandfather, was bequeathed to the eldest grandson. But Young-Seo’s mother cannot just stand by and let it happen. (Mubi)

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The Sea on the Day When the Magic Returns by Han Ji-won – Korea | 2023 – 24 minutes

Sejin once had the power to have anything she wanted just by thinking about it. But now she has lost her magic. Perhaps it disappeared because she couldn’t think of what she wanted. Six hours before her interview to be a tourist interpreter, Sejin heads to the weary sea to save her father.

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You Know, There are Ghosts Under the Tree by Lee Ruri – Korea | 2023 – 14 minutes

It’s a scorching summer. The girl and the boy cannot attend the festivities on the eve of the school festival. Then Kali says to the wandering children: “You know, where the festivities are taking place, as far as the shadow of the sacred tree reaches, young spirits are gathered under it.”

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