Korean Animation: Carte Blanche
Since its beginnings, the Fantasia International Film Festival has explored the diverse realms of genre cinema, creating bridges between the cutting edge and the mainstream, and providing a festive environment. To mark its 25th edition, we are presenting, in collaboration with the festival, several films divided in four different cycles: Korean Animation, Dario Argento: Deep Fears, Genres du pays and House of Psychotic Women.
One day, the dismembered body of a woman was found. Except for her lower body and left hand, other body parts had disappeared without a trace, and no evidence of any intrusion. So her lower body and left hand take to the road in search of the others that had left, for the reason that they hated each other so much. – KIAFA
The happenings of someone's nostrils. – KIAFA
A fox who wants to be a mascot for the city goes to a mascot training academy. He lives in a very tiny house and works many part-time jobs. He is still getting many mascot auditions, while taking loans at high interest rates for plastic surgery. – KIAFA
She was abused by her father during childhood. Since he left, the pain and anger had begun to fade. One day, unexpectedly, she is struck by a revelation about her father's life that cast her feelings about him into confusion. – KIAFA
One night, Seolgi is lying in the grass with friends. A shooting star falls, and dark and intrusive thoughts hit her. Her melancholy blooms into bright and colourful “flower people”, dancing around and making a wish for a meteor to end the world. – KIAFA
A little boy confined to his room meets another boy wearing a fox mask, and follows him outside into a deep forest full of secrets. – KIAFA
Une femme se rappelle ses ex sous la forme d'animaux. – KIAFA
Conflicts arise from a daydreaming girl's curiosity towards a boy she notices at the playground. – KIAFA
In the boredom of life, they became ghosts. The crows are after them. – KIAFA
Ho-young, 28 years old, is a college graduate and a wanna-be cartoonist. He has anxiety and fear about his vague future and feels a gap between reality and the ideal. He wanders, feeling confused. – KIAFA
With the ecosystem destroyed after a nuclear war, Mari, a survivor, does all she can to rebuild. When she stumbles upon a robot soldier in an abandoned city, everything changes. – KIAFA
