We continue with our list of short films you shouldn’t miss at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival which will take place from July 3 – 13, 2025 in Bucheon, South Korea.

Floor by Jo Bareun – Korea | 2025 – 14 minutes | World Premiere
Section: Korean Fantastic: Shorts

His perfect home has just one flaw — The unrelenting noise from upstairs. For neighbors who refuse to listen, maybe fists will have to do the talking instead. (BIFAN 2025)

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Halloweenday by Son Eunbyeol – Korea | 2025 – 12 minutes | World Premiere
Section: XL 1

November 2022, the day of the college entrance exam. Soyoung wanders the school halls in search of her missing mother. With only fifteen minutes left before the exam begins, she finds herself caught between the test—and the one person she can’t find. (BIFAN 2025)

Hole by Yang Sunmin – Korea | 2025 – 22 minutes | World Premiere
Section: Korean Fantastic: Shorts

Twelve-year-olds Haesu and Seon have been longtime friends. Seon has always followed Haesu’s lead, never making decisions for herself. But when she finds out that Haesu is moving to the U.S., she’s thrown into confusion. That very day, Haesu falls into a pit deep in the mountain behind their neighborhood. (BIFAN 2025)

No Place to Return by Kim Youngjun – Korea | 2025 – 38 minutes | World Premiere
Section: XL 3

Jung-ae is stranded on a deserted road after her car breaks down. Having missed an important meeting with a client, she anxiously paces around. Then, a mysterious young woman appears, offering help. Touched by the woman’s bright kindness, Jung-ae gradually lowers her guard and begins to open up about her story… (BIFAN 2025)

Papa’s Finger by Son Yoon-hee – Korea | 2025 – 22 minutes
Section: XL 2

When their father loses a finger in a factory accident, siblings Li-hee and Li-ahn set off on a quest to find it. But beneath the factory lies a terrifying secret the young pair could never have imagined. Will the siblings make it back safely from their journey to retrieve their father’s missing finger? (BIFAN 2025)

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The Last Package for Mama by Lee Yunji – Korea | 2025 – 23 minutes | World Premiere
Section: XL 9

On the first day of their mother’s funeral, while Namsu and her older sister Suyeon are asleep, their mother’s spirit appears in front of the funeral hall. When Namsu wakes up, she encounters her mother, who asks her to retrieve a delivery package before the burial ceremony. Over the matter of their mother’s package, the sisters’ mourning begins to drift apart, gradually separating them in their grief. (BIFAN 2025)

The Tree of Sinners by Ishihara Rii, Onogawa Hiroyuki – Japan | 2024 – 26 minutes | Asian Premiere
Section: XL 4

In 1920s Japan, Okiku, who has no relatives, works as a maid at a remote mansion. The master, Kikuo, a Bunraku playwright, lives in seclusion with his sickly wife. Okiku is forbidden from entering their room and has never seen Kikuo’s wife. Feeling uneasy, she secretly sneaks into the forbidden room to find out the truth. (BIFAN 2025)

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The Yangbap: Damnation by Park Bo-ram – Korea | 2024 – 12 minutes | World Premiere
Section: XL 8

Juyoung, the daughter of a shaman named Ryeong, takes her own life because of her boyfriend Taesu. Consumed by grief over the loss of her only daughter, Ryeong places a curse called Yangbap on Taesu to make him feel the same pain that Juyoung endured. Taesu visits Ryeong’s shrine repeatedly and undergoes multiple ritual ceremonies, but instead of lifting the curse, Ryeong’s power only grows stronger. As they prepare for the sixth and final ritual, both warn that this will be their last chance… What will remain when the cycle of revenge finally ends? (BIFAN 2025)

Through Your Eyes by Nelson Yeo – Singapore | 2025 – 21 minutes | Asian Premiere
Section: Bucheon Choice: Shorts

To fulfill a promise made decades ago, Poh Huat returns to the Hawaii Nightclub—a ghostly space where forgotten time lingers. The club’s owner, Siew Fang, remains trapped in a past she cannot let go of. Dancer Yen and delivery boy Edward yearn to escape the lives they’re stuck in, yet freedom always feels out of reach. In this discotheque frozen in the 1980s, the lives of four people become entangled as they each search for meaning. The seductive beats of a bygone era still echo through the space, transcending time and refusing to let them go. (BIFAN 2025)

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Weaving by Choi Min-zy – Korea | 2025 – 27 minutes | World Premiere
Section: XL 2

Soohyun, a solitary professional boxer, is preparing for a match when she spars with Minkyung, an amateur who boxes as a hobby, and takes a solid hook from her. After the hit, Soohyun begins to feel drawn to Minkyung, who suddenly enters her life, causing her match preparation to falter. (BIFAN 2025)

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