‘Bound’ by Pixar Animator Masha Ellsworth to Premiere in BIAF Shorts Selection

The Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF | biaf.co.kr) has announced 63 titles selected for its shorts competition (44 short films, 11 graduation films. eight TV & commissioned films), chosen by the BIAF selection committee out of 2,752 submissions. The 2024 festival will be held October 25-29 in Bucheon, South Korea.

The selections includes Bound, by Pixar animator Masha Ellsworth (character TD on Brave, Coco & Cars 3), which will have its world premiere screening at Bucheon. Her previous film, Little t, screened at BIAF last year.  Bound takes place in a picturesque Ukrainian village, where 20-somethings Galya and Ivanko meet by chance when Ivanko’s rake catches a thread on Galya’s apron. This encounter sparks a connection, but misunderstandings and missed opportunities ensue.

The Short Film Competition will also present the world premiere of Paranoid Kid, the latest film by four-time Berlinale nominee and AMPAS member Joung Yumi. A second film from the Korean director, Circle, has also been selected. Paranoid Kid‘s logline reads, “On that familiar night, a sense of anxiety and fearful emotions came over me. Countless thoughts and questions followed.”

BIAF is also presenting two Cannes Film Festival-selected works, Volcelest and Les Belles Cicatrices (Scars We Love), which both screened in the Extremely Short section, and Directors’ Fortnight selection Extremely Short. Critics’ Week pick Supersilly is also hopping from the French fest to Bucheon.

Short Film Competition

• [S], Mario Radev – U.K., Bulgaria
• A Visualization of a Cut, Claudia Munksgaard-Palmqvist – Denmark
• Anthéor, Patrice Joseph Blanc – France
• Aquatic, Shiva Sadegh Asadi – Iran
• Becoming Air, Alisi Telengut & Diego Galafassi – Canada, Sweden, Germany, Brazil
• Beast Inside, Tatiana and Olga Polietkova – France, Germany
• Beautiful Men, Nicolas Keppens – Belgium
• Bound, Masha Ellsworth – U.S.A., Ukraine, Germany
• Circle, Yumi Joung – South Korea
• Dark Cloud Memories, Seung-hee Jung – South Korea
• Extremely Short, Koji Yamamura – Japan, U.S.A.

• Filante, Marion Jamault – France
• Flower Show, Elli Vuorinen – Finland
• Glass House, Boris Labbé – France
• Illusion, Young-mi Noh – South Korea
• I Died in Irpin, Anastasiia Falileieva – Czechia, Slovakia, Ukraine
• Inkwo for When the Starving Return, Amanda Strong – Canada
• Kaminhu, Marie Vieillevie – France
• Les Belles Cicatrices (Scars We Love), Raphaël Jouzeau – France
• Les Bêtes (Beasts), Michael Granberry – U.S.A.
• Lick a Wound, Nathan Ghali – France
• Long Distance, Michael Frei – Switzerland
• Maidens of the Ripples, Michiko Soma – Japan
• Maybe Elephants, Torill Kove – Canada, Norway
• Miserable Miracle, Ryo Orikasa – France, Canada, Japan
• My Teenage Blackout, Basile Khatir – France

• Paranoid Kid, Yumi Joung – South Korea
• Papillon, Florence Miailhe – France
• Percebes, Alexandra Ramires & Laura Gonçalves – Portugal, France
• Playing God, Burani Matteo – Italy
• Progress Mining, Gabriel Böhmer – U.K., Switzerland
• Society of Clothes, Dahee Jeong – South Korea, Canada, France
• Supersilly, Veronica Martiradonna – France, Italy
• Tennis, Oranges, Sean Pecknold – U.S.A.
• The Car That Came Back from the Sea, Jadwiga Kowalska – Switzerland, Poland
• The Change of the Wheel, Begoña Arostegui – Spain
• The Girl & The Pot, Valentina Homem – Brazil

• The Melody of Sheep, Marc Faye – France
• The Refusers, Wiep Teeuwisse – The Netherlands
• The Roe Deer, Delphine Priet-Mahéo – France
• Vegan Mayo, Luca Tóth – Hungary
• Volcelest, Éric Briche – France
• Wander to Wonder, Nina Gantz – The Netherlands, Belgium
• (Additional title to be announced)

In the TV & Commissioned category, Japanese studios will showcase projects with fan appeals: CoMix Wave (Your Name., Suzume) is represented by the new music video for Sakura Fujiwara’s “Scent of First Love,” while Kyoto Animation strikes a chord with Sound! Euphonium 3.

TV & Commissioned Competition

• Beyond the Gaze, Dain Shin, Zia Shin, Eunchae Lee & Yein Hwang – South Korea
• Clawlolo (The Voice), Alexey Alexeev – Cyprus
• Dandelion Kid, Jueun Kim – South Korea
• Les Savy Fav “Guzzle Blood” Music Video, Christy Karacas & Luca DePardon – U.S.A.
• Mog’s Christmas, Robin Shaw – U.K.
• My Way, Jesica Bianchi – Argentina
• Sakura Fujiwara “Scent of First Love” Music Vidoe, Maho Takagi – Japan
• Sound! Euphonium 3, Tatsuya Ishihara – Japan

Graduation Film Competition 

• A Pathetic Man, Chaerin Yoo – South Korea
• Ebb Tide, Pin-Rong Pan & Xiu-Hui Lai- Taiwan
• Echoes, Robinson Drossos – France
• Gemini, Jamie Steele Griffiths – U.S.A.
• My Wonderful Life, Calleen Koh – Singapore
• Pubert Jimbob, Quirijn Dees – Belgium
• Swifts, Ada Napiórkowski – Estonia, Poland
• Testimony, Sumin Ha – South Korea, U.S.A.
• Time of Youth, Jingshuang Zeng – China
• Weeds, Pola Kazak – Czechia
• Windows from the South, Eugen Bilankov – Croatia

Sébastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta (Chicken for Linda!) created the official trailer for BIAF2024: