About this Event
🎬 Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival Choice
🗓️ Saturday, October 17 • 7:30 PM
📍 Korean Cultural Center New York
(122 E 32nd St, New York, NY 10016)
* Intro and Q&A with WI Eung-kyoung, SON Gwang-min, KIM Keunho, CHOI Jihye, PARK Jeong-su and JANG Young-yeop
Ticket: FREE (RSVP REQUIRED)
- RSVP and seating are first come, first served.
- Limited same-day standby tickets available.
- Cancellations must be made at least 48 hours in advance.
- Your tickets will be released to the standby line 10 minutes before the show, so we recommend you arrive early to secure your seats.
- All films featuring Korean dialogue will have English subtitles available.
- For additional questions, please contact: [email protected]
Co-Presented by Korean Cultural Center New York, Korea Creative Content Agency New York Center, and Netflix
In Collaboration with Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival
For more details: www.koreanculture.org/films/2026/10/15/the-1st-nykiff
My Aunt 선희이모
WI EUNG-KYOUNG & SON GWANG-MIN 위은경 & 손광민 • 2026 • Short Film • 24 min
Synopsis
Sunhee, who runs a modest animal clinic, is fostering a puppy whose owner never returned. Out of the blue, the niece she had raised as her own shows up after ten years, only to announce that she is leaving for New Zealand the very next day.
Awards & Festival Selections
- 22nd Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival — “Take Care of My Cat(Drama)” Section: Best Film & Best Actress & Audience Award
- 45th Vancouver International Film Festival — Official Selection
- 28th Seoul International Women’s Film Festival — Official Selection
Wrong Aim 오조준
KANG SEONGJOON 강성준 • 2026 • Short Film • 17 min
Synopsis
High school student Hee-young, a member of the shooting team, feels that her lover Sun-joo’s feelings for her have faded and shifted toward Bo-hyun. After her attempts to win Sun-joo’s heart back end up hurting her, Hee-young takes revenge on Bo-hyun’s wife, Ah-young. Later, when she witnesses Bo-hyun and Sun-joo kissing, Hee-young realizes that everything she had set her sights on was misguided.
Awards & Festival Selections
- 22nd Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival — “Jealousy Is My Middle Name(Melodrama・Romance)” Section: Best Film
Mixedup Shaman 월남보살
KIM KEUNHO 김근호 • 2026 • Short Film • 24 min
Synopsis
Suyeon, a Korean girl with a Vietnamese mother, suffers from shinbyeong (a spiritual illness). She survives the grueling initiation ritual, only to discover the spirit possessing her is a Vietnamese god.
The local shaman refuses to help, claiming Suyeon must go to Vietnam to receive a foreign deity. Determined to stay in the only home she knows, Suyeon and her friends launch a wild operation to keep her in Korea.
Awards & Festival Selections
- 22nd Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival — “Conduct Zero(Comedy)” Section: Best Film
Noise Cancellation 노이즈 캔슬링
CHOI JIHYE 최지혜 • 2025 • Short Film • 22 min
Synopsis
After a workplace injury leaves her fighting for compensation, Miju’s nights are disturbed by haunting screams from the apartment upstairs. As she grows increasingly desperate to uncover their source, her neighbors’ behavior becomes more unsettling, and her sleepless nights stretch into torment. Then one day, a mysterious comment appears beneath an online post she had written about the screams.
Awards & Festival Selections
- 22nd Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival — “Epitaph(Horror・Fantasy)” Section: Best Film
After Submersion 서를 담고
PARK JEONG-SU 박정수 • 2026 • Short Film • 16 min
Synopsis
Soohyun, a listless piri* player, falters while accompanying a naerimgut** ritual, bringing the ritual to an abrupt halt. On the verge of walking away, she faces her past self― from the time when she pushed herself to train relentlessly despite all her suffering.
*piri : A traditional Korean bamboo flute used in court and folk music
**naerimgut : a Korean shamanic ritual in which a person receives a spirit, marking their initiation as a shaman
Awards & Festival Selections
- 22nd Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival — “Nowhere to Hide(Action・Thriller)” Section: Best Film
- 22nd Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival — Best Cinematography (Director of Photography LEE Younghun)
- 22nd Jecheon International Music&Film Festival : Official Competition — New Talent Jury Special Mention (Music Director CHOI Sori)
Event venue & nearby stays
Korean Cultural Center New York, 122 East 32nd Street, New York, United States
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