Dreamer (2020)

Nam Guk Hyun es un reportero independiente que tiene un sexto sentido a la hora de capturar una exclusiva. Gi Man es un detective que está viviendo un trauma por la pérdida de su pareja. Con estos dos juntos, las cosas están a punto de complicarse.

Ji Dong Chul(Gong Yoo), es un desertor norcoreano que una vez fue un importante agente traicionado por su país, quien se convierte en el principal sospechoso en un caso de asesinato.

Un pescador de Corea del Norte se adentra en aguas de Corea del Sur, hecho que inesperadamente cambiará el curso de su vida.

Hak-Sung (Choi Min-Sik) era un genio de las matemáticas en Corea del Norte. Desertó a Corea del Sur y ahora oculta su vida pasada. Trabaja como guardia de seguridad en un instituto. Allí conoce al estudiante de secundaria Ji-Woo (Kim Dong-Hwi). Ji-Woo está a punto de abandonar las matemáticas, pero las circunstancias hacen que Ji-Woo pida ayuda a Hak-Sung. Hak-Sung accede a regañadientes a enseñarle matemáticas a Ji-Woo. Pronto florece una improbable amistad, mientras que la comprensión de Ji-Woo de las matemáticas se amplía, pero los problemas se avecinan en el instituto.

La película es un retrato de la vida diaria de los ciudadanos de Corea del Norte. Uno de sus pasajes se basa en la historia real de unos refugiados norcoreanos que intentaron ocultarse en la embajada alemana en Pekín en 2002. Cha interpreta el papel de un padre que debe abandonar Corea del Norte para conseguir medicinas y alimentos para su familia. Su hijo de once años realizará un viaje de 8000 kilómetros para seguir su pista tras la demora en su regreso.

Todo comienza como si se tratara de un relato de espías. Un hombre se dedica a cruzar la frontera entre las dos Coreas, llevando consigo cualquier cosa que le pidan transportar. Todo comienza a oler a melodrama cuando uno de los encargos es que lleve a una mujer, la novia de un alto cargo norcoreano. A camino entre Seúl y Piongyan, la película se sitúa también entre las persecución de los espías norcoreanos y el drama propio de aquellos que están huyendo.

Operating under a pseudonym which means 'no boundaries' - North Korean defector Sun Mu creates political pop art based on his life, homeland, and hope for a future united Korea. His hidden identity is nearly compromised when a massive historical exhibit in Beijing is shuttered by Chinese and North Korean authorities.

Dragon smuggles North Korean defectors across borders for a living, and his latest undercover trip with Sook-Ja and Yong-hee takes an unexpected turn when they are left stranded in China. This is just the start of an extraordinary 5,000 km journey.

La película sigue la vida de una desertora norcoreana que da a luz a temprana edad y abandona a su marido y a su hijo para tener una mejor vida en el extranjero. Su pasado oculto es revelado 14 años después, cuando su hijo decide visitarla.

Ryun-hee Kim, a North Korean housewife, was forced to come to South Korea and became its citizen against her will. As her seven years of struggle to go back to her family in North Korea continues, the political absurdity hinders her journey back to her loved ones. The life of her family in the North goes on in emptiness, and she fears that she might become someone, like a shadow, who exists only in the fading memory of her family.​

The North Korean defector, who has just settled in the South, is confused by his brother who was separated from the defection process. Ji-hyeok, a Chinese restaurant deliveryman who is having a hard time finding a job due to his criminal record, wants to leave Korea as soon as possible. To raise money for his defector brother, Ji-hyeok, who is involved in a dangerous drug-transport errand, suggests intercepting billions of won of methamphetamine.

After a few months of social adjustment training, the North Korean refugee Jina moves to a small studio in Seoul and starts her new life. To bring her father to South Korea, she needs money but no matter how hard she works, the discrimination doesn’t let her save enough money.

Jun, a young man of North Korean origin who had illegally emigrated to South Korea, works in a gas station. After protecting a colleague, Sun-hee, a Chinese immigrant of Korean ethnicity, Jun gets fired. When he goes back to the station for his pay, Jun hits the boss and he runs away with Sun-hee. Two young outsiders have a great time exploring the city which they had never seen before. Hyeon is a young homosexual and he is living in his sugar-daddy’s luxury apartment. Hyeon sometimes feels suffocated with his situation. These two finally find each other through an internet site, with disastrous results.

Chang-ho, 12, becomes friend with a North-Korean immigrant about the same age who just crossed the Dooman river, border between North-Korea and China. His mute sister and his wise grand-father will get along with him in a series of misfortunes.

North Korea has nuclear weapons. How did it manage to get them quietly? Donald Trump is under the impression that as US president he could convince Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, to disarm his nuclear weapons and make peace with South Korea. But how was it possible that one of the poorest countries in the world could acquire the knowledge to produce nuclear-tipped rockets?

Ap-lok river flows between North Korea and China. A point along the river runs about 48 meters. There, North Koreans risk their lives by trying to cross the river. Real stories of those people who attempt to cross the river are told.

A North Korean refugee, Jung-Nim, is trying to find a new life in South Korea, with people suspecting that she is a spy.

Sul-ji, exiled from North Korea 2 years ago, is cheerful lady who is working at flower shop. Using her experience that drew propaganda paintings in North Korea, she draws wall-painting for part-timer. Desperate Broadcast producer Shin-woong, discovers her and trying to make hit documentary about her, but she hesitates minding her families still in North. Eventually she decides to go in under the condition that she hides her identity.

After learning that his grandfather is alive and living in Seoul, a North Korean musician must leave his fiancee behind and accompany his family to South Korea.

North Korean defector Seung-chul is a refugee living on the harsh edges of Seoul. Bewildered by exploitative employers and cynical urbanites, he’s no good for business. A powerful realism underscores this prize-winning feature debut about the struggle to survive in a strange new world.