New World (2023)

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.

Making use of her Chinese that she had picked up while living in China, Han-young obtains her tour guide-interpreter's license and starts working as a guide in Korea. She gets used to her new surroundings and gains good results at work. However, she is forced to face challenges and changes as she loses touch with her brother In-hyuk, and the number of Chinese tourists decreases due to political tension between Korean and China.

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.

In a small North Korean village near the border of China, there are believers who get together in an underground church, away from the eyes of the persecuting government. When the missionary from China, their only support route, is cut off, things begin to get very tense. Chulho, who had been arrested along with his wife, returns. After losing his wife in the interrogations, Chulho had been released and unseen for 2 years before coming back to his home, claiming that he had been commanded by God to lead the believers across the border and into South Korea. The brothers wonder if Chulho is trustworthy, and whether it is the right thing to do to leave their homeland.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Jung-ho, the former South Korean undercover hid in North for 20 years. When he finally flees back to South, his dead wife starts to appear and haunts his memory. Tracing back his faint memory he looks for his old colleagues who are supposed to return to South but they’re all missing or dead. 20 years ago Jung-ho got a mission to help North Korean officer and his family to exile to South. However the operation failed and this made him have an irrevocable decision. The secret past that Jung-ho never wants to reveal is about to come out 20 years later in the South.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

In the winter of 2013, Yong-jun and Jae-sung, a member of the Korean People’s Army, are caught having sex by a superior. After that, Yong-jun decides to defect from North Korea to the South leaving Jae-sung behind. Yong-jun risks his life to step on the land of freedom and meets Tae-kyu. Two years after, Jae-sung comes over to the South, and Yong-jun must decide between Jae-sung and Tae-kyu. This causes misunderstandings and puts them in pain.

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.