Aug 20th (Thu) 14:45～ @JMS ASTER PLAZA Medium Hall
OUR2 is a fierce poem of love. Getting Used to Loneliness and One Little Finger chronicle the rehabilitation of exhausted young people. UNIQUE TIME traces the birth of a humanoid robot whose very existence interrogates what it means to be human. Swimming follows a man, a century from now, who loses his mind to heartbreak. The Popstar Water Deer and I tells a failed love story of humanity's future. From Dante to the age of K-pop idols, no matter how much time and place may change, these works prove one thing remains constant: human beings continue to love, and continue to despair.
Presented by KIAFA AniSEED
Guest: SONG Yungsung, OH Yujin
MC: Nagi Ogawa
To commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante's death, the film reinterpreted the story of Dante and Beatrice's reunion, which followed from "La Vita Nuova" to the three parts of "Divine Comedy" (hell, purgatory, and heaven).
An artist creating animation through drawing and the theory of form. After studying art in Japan, he began making animation inspired by Wassily Kandinsky, later expanding his practice by engaging with Henri Bergson’s philosophy and art history. He currently teaches and conducts research in design at the Department of Visual Communication Design, Hongik University, focusing on artist analysis and drawing workshops.
A big hole gets made in Sung-joon’s heart after he becomes alone. An unfilled emptiness dominates his daily life, and one day, Min-seok, a senior at the company, takes Sung-joon to the badminton court.
1999 Born in Seoul, South Korea. 2020~ Studying at Korea National University of Arts of Filmmaking.
The protagonist, who is immobilized by lethargy, receives a hint in their dream on how to break free from their apathy.
Born in Seoul, 1993. Graduated from Kaywon University of Art and Design, Department of Animation. Currently on leave from VCRWORKS.
In a future society where androids have come to replace the roles once filled by humans, an android named J-204 works as a substitute service provider. One day, an unknown error occurs within J-204. As concerns arise that the error may indicate a defect in the android, J-204 encounters a person who takes a curious interest in the nature of its malfunction.
Born on June 22, 1989, in Daejeon, South Korea.
2013 — Graduated from the Department of Painting, College of Fine Arts, Hongik University.
2022 — Graduated from the 38th Animation Directing Program at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA).
In the near future, even the subconscious mind can’t be hidden from the public eye of social media. This fake documentary drama tells the story of a user of the real-time subconscious access app “Swimming” who tries to alter the subconscious thoughts of their ex-lover but ultimately blows up their own subconscious instead.
Born in Busan, 1988. A human who crafts animation slowly but ceaselessly, often nodding off along the way.
A lonely young programmer, Vega, falls in love with a beautiful popstar water deer. They sing a song of happiness together in fantasy. The pigeons constantly drag them back into the real world, and Vega’s longing for warmth is in need of being sated.
Sasha Lee is an animation artist based in Seoul, South Korea. In the name of Studio Sleeper, she makes 2D animation about isolation and depression using animal imagery. She likes the irony of Illustrating gloom with dramatic motions and vibrant colors.