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It’s only the beginning of 2025, and I’ve already been forced into watching another season of the uber-popular Korean dating show Single’s Inferno. There used to be a time when I could say I’d never seen a dating show before, but now that statement has gotten a bit moldy because this is my second time watching Single’s Inferno. Don’t worry, though; I still don’t have much in the way of nice things to say about the show. For example, the idea of a panel watching people trying to figure each other out for dating prospects is already a bit odd, but to add to that, when the age gap between the panel and the contestants grows, it honestly feels quite odd. I find it especially funny when the judges keep bringing up the fact that the contestants are a certain way because that’s how the...

The 2024 edition of Bisff was as indicative as a festival could be, both for the short film industry and cinema in the region overall. For starters, and as we mentioned many times before, the Korean short films nowadays seems to have made significant progress, to the point that it can be more interesting searching among them than in the feature ones. Titles like “Eyes”, “Hunted Owl Family” and “I'm Here to See The House” highlight the fact in the most eloquent fashion. At the same time, and as we move further in Asian, the rather interesting mixture of documentary and fiction comes to the fore, occasionally finding its apogee in some of the titles featured here, with reality proving, once more, that provides better scripts that people's imagination.

Without further ado, here is a rundown of all the titles we reviewed for the 2024 edition of Busan International Short Film Festival Reviews,...

The issues women have been facing in Korea has been one of the most prevalent topics in the indie movie industry of the country, with the feminist notes being quite prevalent in that regard. Kim Hye-jin presents another film in the ‘canon' dealing with a number of the aforementioned topics.

Luna screened at Busan International Short Film Festival

The short begins with a music-video style sequence, including electronic music, rapid cuts that mirror its tempo, and red colors that dominate the images. Gradually the camera focuses more and a young woman dancing is revealed, before the next cut brings us to a scene where Luna is babysitting a little girl, Jia, and is asked by the girl's mother to stay a little longer. Eventually, she returns to her apartment exhausted and checks herself in the mirror, before the next cut brings us at another location, at her university, where a...