NEW DELHI: Starting today, the Korean Cultural Centre India in cooperation with the Korea Independent Animation Association (KIAFA) is launching the online screening of seven Korean short animation movies.
The audience can enjoy these selected animation works till Friday, the 25th of February at the Korean Cultural Center’s film screening website (http://www.kccifilm.in).
These approximately three to 10-minute duration Korean short animation movies are the latest works submitted in 2021 from the “Indie-AniFest”, and are hosted by KIAFA.
For local audiences who may be unfamiliar with short animations, KCCI has carefully picked works including varied expressions and interesting storylines; ranging from traditional drawing works to works employing 3D computers.
Writer Kim Kang-min’s “Dream” uses a stop motion animation technique that gradually moves and shoots objects that are stationary. This work incorporates the author’s autobiographical story, expressed through a concise and powerful black-and-white image with a synopsis of love for children based on the mother’s precognitive dream. “Dream” has been invited to several animation festivals across the world, and won the grand prize in 2020 at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, one of the world’s top four animation festivals.
The festival will also feature distinctive works such as, “Who brings chocolate jam?” (Jang Na-hee), the animated music video “First Time (Lee Gyu-ri),” Incomplete Woman (Heo Soo-young) with engaging characters leading profound stories, and “The Master Piece (Kim Si-on, Lee Eun-jin, Lee Ji-young).
Recently, the animation market has been revitalized in India. According to the Korea Creative Content Agency, the Indian cartoon market is expected to grow by about 6.5% from $49 million (about 58.7 billion won) in 2020 to $67 million (about 80.3 billion won) in 2025. In this regard the advancement of Korean webtoons is also noticeable, recently a Korean company acquired ‘Crosscomics’ an Indian webtoon platform.
Hwang Il-yong, the director of the Korean Cultural Centre India (KCCI), said, “Korean webtoons have recently gained a lot of international attention around the world. In addition to this situation, I believe that it is very important to introduce short animation works to India that are unique in terms of artistry.”
The Korean Short Animation Online Screening will be held on the Shift 72 online platform at http://www.kccifilm.in and will be screened from February 18th, 6 PM (IST) onwards till February 25th, 6 PM (IST) without restrictions so that you can view the work at any time you want.
