1. Non Fiction Diary (논픽션 다이어리)
What happened in Korean society in the 1990s? The film starts with the Jijon-pa case. The shocking story is narrated through the discussion by the two detectives who arrested the gangsters, of details of the roundup, data screens, and the death sentence. Nevertheless, Nonfiction Diary’s focus is not on the crime story. Starting from Jijon-pa onwards, the film reflects on the 1990s, when Korea digressed into contemporary history. The Seongsu Bridge and the Sampoong Department Store’s collapses are recalled, followed by the then-government’s punishment of the May 18 Uprising leaders, revealing the Korean legal system’s death penalty status, touching on political and power issues. The audience is reminded that today, 2013, is an extension of that same flow.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
2. Sewol: Paused in Time (Sewol - Die gelbe Zeit)
A Documentary by Minsu Park.
3. Open Shutters (Open Shutters)
While reporting on the rise of spy cam porn in South Korea, a crime that affects thousands each year, a journalist discovers that she too is being watched in her own home. She decides to speak out, joining a nationwide movement of women seeking protection from this frighteningly ubiquitous crime.
4. Life Goes On (세월: 라이프 고즈 온)
Yoo Kyung-geun, who lost her daughter Ye-eun in the Sewol Ferry Disaster, sits down at the podcast production studio. It is to meet with the bereaved families of numerous social disasters before and after the Sewol Ferry Disaster. They are Hwang Myung-ae, the mother of Han Sang-im who died in the 2003 Daegu Subway Fire, Ko Seok, the father of Gahyun and Nahyun who died in the 1999 Sealand Youth Training Center Fire, and Bae Eunsim, the mother of Lee Hanyeol who died in 1987's June Struggle. The bereaved families talk about "the life after" and their daily lives, and Yoo Kyung-geun learns to live without Ye-eun.
5. 세월X (세월X)
(세월X)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
6. Seven Years-Journalism without Journalist (7년-그들이 없는 언론)
A total of 17 journalists have been fired since 2008, the beginning of LEE Myung-bak’s presidential term. They fought against the companies that they worked for succumbing to power and are now frustrated at reality where censorship of the press by authority has now become a norm. Can they continue their activities as journalists?
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
7. The Truth Shall Not Sink with Sewol (다이빙벨)
A documentary on the South Korean ferry disaster that claimed the lives of more than 300 passengers in April, 2014.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
8. Even the Rivers
By 2020, half of children in South Korea's rural areas will be multi-ethnic. Through extensive interviews with parents, educators, social activists and multi-ethnic Koreans themselves, EVEN THE RIVERS examines how South Korea's schools are responding to the country's dramatic demographic changes.
9. K-Hip-Hop, l'onde de choc sud-coréenne (K-Hip-Hop, l'onde de choc sud-coréenne)
(K-Hip-Hop, l'onde de choc sud-coréenne)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
10. Forgetting and Remembering 2 : reflection (망각과 기억2: 돌아 봄)
(망각과 기억2: 돌아 봄)
11. In the Absence (부재의 기억)
When the MV Sewol ferry sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014, over three hundred people lost their lives, most of them schoolchildren. Years later, the victims’ families and survivors are still demanding justice from national authorities.
It has an average vote of 7.789 on TMDB.
12. Crossroads
Crossroads explores the ever changing face of South Korea since the Sewol ferry disaster that tragically killed 304 people, mainly schoolchildren, in April 2014. The film takes us on a journey through Korean modern history exploring the changes the country has gone through since April 16th 2014, encompassing emotional re-enactment narrations from survivors, interviews with family members, activists, historians and the general public, as we go in search of how Korea came to yet another crossroad in its history.
13. Korea: The Never-Ending War
Shedding new light on a geopolitical hot spot, the film — written and produced by John Maggio and narrated by Korean-American actor John Cho — confronts the myth of the “Forgotten War,” documenting the post-1953 conflict and global consequences.
It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.
14. Island Being (Ser isla)
Sorokdo is an island of Korea where the scars of the wars are visible. Wars that sowed confusion, suffering and injustice in a society concentrated on its economic development.
15. President′s 7 Hours (대통령의 7시간)
The film traces PARK Geun-hye's life back to the 1970s, when the leader-follower relationship began between PARK, who became the first lady of the Yushin regime, and CHOI Taemin, the leader of a pseudo-religion. It then examines the Sewol ferry incident, CHOI Soonsil Gate, candlelight rallies, and finally the impeachment.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
16. Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror (사이버 지옥: n번방을 무너뜨려라)
Anonymous and exploitative, a network of online chat rooms ran rampant with sex crimes. The hunt to take down its operators required guts and tenacity.
It has an average vote of 7.189 on TMDB.
17. Smiling Jockey (Um Jóquei Cearense na Coreia)
The challenging daily routine of Ceará-born jockey Antonio Davielson and his family living in a foreign country on the other side of the planet.
18. Upside Down (업사이드 다운)
304 people drowned as the car ferry sank. Four fathers recall their memories of their children; high school students who were on their field trip. Professors, lawyers, journalists, an activist, a diver, and a politician explain why the system ultimately allowed the tragedy to occur. What is stopping the next tragedy? The world has turned upside down.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
19. White Jungle (하얀 정글)
It is year 2011 and the government still talks of economic growth through medical care under the table. In reality, common people cannot afford to go to a hospital. They are nothing but extra casts in a promotional film for showing. The reality is a white jungle where medical care has become the market of extreme commercialization and doctors and patients are just too familiar with the physiology of jungle life. New rules and regulations must be practiced in this jungle. The film finds a solution by looking at medical care not as a personal means of production but community welfare.
20. Yellow Ribbon (당신의 사월)
(당신의 사월)