K-ANIMATION
은실이 (THE DEAREST) (2012)
Recommended. Disturbing. About a mentally disabled girl who's sexually abused by a whole village. It is engaging as you discover more and more of everyone's dark secrets but it leaves you despondent, hard not to cry afterwards.
언더독 (UNDERDOG) (2018)
Watchable. Colourful, almost Disneyesque pictures conceal a dark story of abandoned dogs. Heartbreaking. The dogs were supportive of one another. I just hated seeing all the violence inflicted on them and the accidents that happened to the pack. The story's quite original, e.g. one of several places where the action takes place is the DMZ. One moment before the finale when they reach a tranquil village is soothing. But the rest is a long sequence of horrors befalling those beautiful, loving animals. Ah, as for love, the famous love scene of dogs eating spaghetti from "Lady and Tramp" is recreated at some point.
우리집 멍멍이 진진과 아키다 (MY DOGS, JINJIN AND AKIDA) (2016)
Watchable. Another heavy-loaded movie on dogs and people, this one includes selling dogs for meat. But it ends truly well and the whole story is lighter in tone, at least in comparison to the previous stuff.
Having seen all full-length movies from the screenings I'm astonished by the abundance of school topics or reminiscences of the past. I'm also puzzled by the selection - why are all, really all the films, so grim?!
KROTKA FORMA (2018)
The set of short films comprised of:
여우소녁 (FOX BOY)
Watchable. This one first appeared to be a children's cartoon, especially that no words are spoken, but the tale soon turns brutal due to a sick psycho.
WOOGA
Recommended. A cheerful tale, also wordless, of a ginger caveman and dinosaurs. Orangish hues dominate the film till a cute blue dino baby hatches. The short story has a few tongue-in-cheek twists.
PARSLEY GIRL
Recommended. A visually stunning compilation of freely available images and sounds with a fairy-tale in the background.
레버 (THE LEVERS)
Recommended. This psychological dilemma money v. morals is visually austere apart from a cigarette throwing out fiery sparkles looking like gold. The protagonist's job is shocking but that's the only dark bit.
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