20 Must-see short films from the 30th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2026 (Part 2)

By Asian Film Festival on July 1, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

We continue with our list of short films shouldn’t miss at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (South Korea), which will take place from July 2 – 12, 2026.

To read the first part of this article please go HERE

Pervert by Park Ji-hoon – Korea | 2025 – 30 minutes | World Premiere
Section: Bucheon Choice Korean: Shorts 2

An old man lives with a real doll that resembles his late wife, treating it as if it were her. One day, a man next door discovers the doll’s existence. (BIFAN 2026)

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RUN. by Park Seon-yeong – Korea | 2026 – 4 minutes | World Premiere
Section: Fantastic Shorts 2

The running young man gradually grows tired, but he never stops. At that moment the ground begins to turn in the opposite direction. (BIFAN 2026)

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Scorching by Wang Beidi – China | 2026 – 19 minutes | Korean Premiere
Section: Bucheon Choice World: Shorts 2

In a Chinese factory town in Guangdong, Yan’s life is as regimented as the poultry production lines. Obsessed with the mystery of life and creation, Yan secretly attempts to hatch a stolen egg. (BIFAN 2026)

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see your eyes by Song Ji-won – Korea | 2025 – 25 minutes | Asian Premiere
Section: Fantastic Shorts 10

Heesun, a high school student bullied every day, is one day saved by Jiyoung, an older student known for her boxing skills. For the first time in her life, Heesun wants to learn how to fight. But for reasons she cannot understand, Jiyoung coldly turns away from both boxing and Heesun. (BIFAN 2026)

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Siren by Lee Soo-hyuk – Korea | 2026 – 35 minutes | World Premiere
Section: Bucheon Choice Korean: Shorts 3

One day, Seol-i’s father, Captain Park, captures a mermaid. (BIFAN 2026)

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The shape of dead ICE by Jeon Jang-ho – Korea | 2025 – 19 minutes | World Premiere
Section: Fantastic Shorts 12

People wake at a fixed hour, work in fixed places, then quietly disappear.
Damsu, a 56-year-old man, lives a repetitive life inside an office divided like an ice tray. In the freezer of his home live blocks of ice that believe, “If I go outside, I’ll melt and die.”Among them, one baby ice is lured by the sound of waves beyond the door.
Outside, news reports warning of tidal waves mingle with advertisements seducing people toward the sea. As his coworkers vanish one by one and he is ultimately left alone, Damsu begins rejecting his daily routine out of fear that he, too, will be summoned. Yet even standing still, he begins to melt. To prevent his disappearance, Damsu confines himself within another mold: a bathtub. Meanwhile, his son — the ice that escaped the freezer — flows onward toward the sea. In the end, both meet the same fate. They melt.
But one flows, while the other stagnates. The flowing water reaches the ocean; the stagnant water freezes once again. And inside yet another freezer, the same words are repeated: “I must never go outside. I’ll melt away.” (BIFAN 2026)

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The Unrottable Woman by Kim Min-a – Korea | 2026 – 10 minutes | World Premiere
Section: Fantastic Shorts 10

A job seeker who has spent her days endlessly watching YouTube Shorts suddenly finds herself turning thirty. Convinced that her expiration date has passed, she begins to physically decay. She tries a series of bizarre and desperate methods to stop the rotting, but her body continues to deteriorate.
Eventually, she decides to hold a funeral for herself. During the funeral, she remembers the one place in the house where time seems to stand still: the freezer. As a last resort, she steps inside.
Within the freezer — an immense, barren landscape resembling a frozen wasteland — she encounters something gigantic and uncanny, along with an unexpected living creature. (BIFAN 2026)

To you by Yang Do-hye – Korea | 2026 – 29 minutes
Section: Fantastic Shorts 5

Hye-jin illegally transfers ticket wristbands to try to go to her favorite K-pop teen idol San-ho’s fan signing event and give him a letter she wrote. Still, it’s not easy to get tickets to the popular event. Will Hye-jin be able to finally meet San-ho like she always dreamed of? (BIFAN 2026)

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Turning Girl by Kim Dong-ha – Korea | 2026 – 29 minutes | World Premiere
Section: Bucheon Choice Korean: Shorts 2

Yeorum has lost her self-esteem, trapped in a cycle of failed job searches and constant comparisons to her friend Jimin.
The only thing she is truly good at is doing cartwheels.
Whenever feelings of inferiority begin to stir inside her, she turns to cartwheels for a small sense of comfort.
But her emotional turmoil gradually spirals out of control…
Eventually, Summer becomes a monster who can no longer live without cartwheels.
And in the end, she makes a final decision to put an end to everything. (BIFAN 2026)

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Wish You Were Dead by Lee Min-hyuk – Korea | 2026 – 18 minutes | World Premiere
Section: Fantastic Shorts 1

On a night of thunder and lightning, the deceased grandfather returns as a zombie and takes over the living room. Trapped in the cramped master bedroom, the family huddles over a Go board, sketching out a floor plan to strategize. Led by the granddaughter Seohyun (18), the family launches an operation to eliminate the zombified grandfather. However, the zombie displays unexpected behaviors, as if retaining instincts from when he was alive. Their ambitious plan ultimately fails, and the grandfather begins hunting down the family members one by one… (BIFAN 2026)

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