12th KFFC: EMW & K-Shorts
- Director(s)
- Multiple filmmakers
- Country
- South Korea
- Year
- 2025
- Duration
- 120 minutes
- Language
- Korean
- Subtitles
- English
- Format
- DCP
This vibrant shorts program brings together fresh voices from Asian Canadian and Korean cinema—from imaginative animations to powerful personal stories, these compact films explore what it means to navigate multiple worlds today. Discover bold new perspectives as emerging and established talents push creative boundaries. Each film captures moments of connection, identity, and the universal human experience, proving that great stories don’t need length to leave a lasting impact.
Our film lineup:
Fade-In (2023, Somaye Farhan and Soha Zandi, 4 min)
In this silent five-minute single-channel video installation, we “hear” louder than any voice can tell. This documentary is a poetic response from women in the diaspora to the patriarchal coercion imposed on women in Iran.
You know, there are ghosts under the tree (2023, LEE Ruri, 14 min)
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.”
I Leave My Little Heart in My Mother’s Chest (2024, Sawsan AlSaraf, 6 min)
Reflecting on the passage of time and the influence of nature, the project is a short film and installation featuring my mother’s wooden cabinet.
Moving Water (2024, Kaia Singh, 13 min)
A young biracial woman, Mira (18), struggles to find her place and purpose amongst her family members as they grieve the death of her Baba (grandfather). As the cremation takes place and the preparations are being made for the spreading of the Baba’s ashes Mira attempts to mend the estranged relationship she has with her Dadi (grandmother) in hope of finding familial and cultural validity for her grief.
Hair Universe (2023, CHOI Jinuk, 12 min)
A grieving boy finds the hair of his recently deceased mother caught in the drainage hole in the shower and gets swept into an unknown world underneath the bathtub.
Sticky Candy (2024, KIM Eui-Jeong, 14 min)
In the early morning, Ji-eun makes eye contact with a woman on the bed. Are you back again?! Likewise, Ji-eun is also trying to get rid of women. Living with a woman who ends up ruining everything! Eventually, the woman’s identity is revealed.
Variation (2024, PARK Ji-hoon, 30 min)
A couple who have broken up and reunited experience intimate yet unfamiliar moments.
Please note that donations are optional and do not replace the purchase of a ticket—entry will only be granted to attendees with a valid ticket.
- Director(s)
- Multiple filmmakers
- Country
- South Korea
- Year
- 2025
- Duration
- 120 minutes
- Language
- Korean
- Subtitles
- English
- Format
- DCP