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"My destination has always been the water since I began developing my identity." Our lives are like crashing waves. The waves can sweep us away at times, and yet, Seunghoon Baek, a surfer, continues to move forward. He spends his days floating freely on the water, relying on a single board, which might appear flimsy but is solid.

BOOKANIMA, a compound word of ‘Book’ and ‘Anima’, is Experimental Animation to give new cinematic life to book. It aims to create ‘Book Cinema’ in the third scope between Book and Cinema by Chronophotography Animation, paying homage for Edward Muybridge and Entienne-Jules Marey.BOOKANIMA experiments Chronophotography Animation about Andy Warhol.

Junseo, Yunah, and Junewoo decide to make a travel documentary on bicycling along Korea's east coast, which is quite typical for young people to do but nevertheless interesting. They begin cycling, unsure of what they can accomplish through their adventure. They become exhausted from pedaling without a goal, but as they confront their own limits and meet new people along the way, they begin to change.

An elderly couple runs a store in a hillside neighborhood that was busy when it first opened but is now quiet. As the couple gets older, they spend more time apart than together, yet the time they spend together is still full of affection. It is the story of a couple that appear cold on the surface but have a kind heart.

The daily life of Grandma Yoo-hyun, who runs a small grocery store in the 'Somak Village' located in Busan, gradually unfolds, depicting various situations in the village such as outdated housing, redevelopment, generational changes, and the emotions felt by residents. It encourages us to contemplate the attitude with which we should view them.

When mother had some problems and left home, Seonwoo comes back home to take care of his father. Father asks Seonwoo three favors during his stay.

A 14-year-old boy who survived govermental violence is now a 54-year-old middle-aged man. He tries to live a normal life while trying to forget about his past.

"독도? 뭐 특별할 게 있나 우리 집 앞바다나 마찬가진데," 평생의 삶의 터전으로 살아온 울릉도 곱창집 사장님 손영준 삼촌. 그의 주말은 ‘특별한 것 없는’ 바닷속이다."Dokdo? Is there anything special about it? It's just the ocean in front of my house," says uncle Son Youngjun, the owner of Ulleungdo's gopchang restaurant, who has lived on the island his entire life. He spends his weekend "doing nothing extraordinary" in the ocean.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic and the Burning Sun scandal, the media has portrayed clubs and DJs in a negative way, giving them a negative stigma. However, the club Output throws light on a different perspective. Interviewed Kim Minho, the manager of Output, and people who visit the club: what night life means to us now, what kind of diversity the street culture and party culture support, what kind of energy they give and how they affect each individual.

Kim Mingyu leads an ordinary life, working during the day and studying at a college at night, and occasionally playing the piano. He meets his friends for a meal one day, but the conversation is a little intense. He confesses to his friends that he wanted to give up on life, and they answer bluntly. They were all raised in an orphanage. He later runs into his friends around Chuseok, and for the first time, he mentions his family.

Ever since a fatal accident, Sunghoon's life has never been the same. Driven by an uncanny ability he spends his days in a room piecing together memories from the past. But to him they're not just memories. They're clues that could possibly hold the key to saving someone he loves.

'When his wrinkled hand touched the crude metal, a beautiful butterfly bloomed sadly. A place where the public eye cannot reach. As the National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 64, he is making feldspar with his son in a small workshop measuring about 3 pyeong. The noise of the workshop, which had been busy with many weavers, was now filled with the intermittent sound of hammering and file files of the rich man. '