Shadow Cabinet

Cheer Up, Korea

The film follows the 2023 raid by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on investigative outlet Newstapa. Director Kim Yongjin, its former head, traces a pattern of political prosecutions against critical journalists—from reports on Yoon Suk-yeol to Cho Kuk and Kim Keon-hee. Combining on-site footage, journalist testimonies, and legal records, the film reveals how special funds were used to pressure the media, silence dissent, and manipulate public opinion. It is a powerful reminder of the ongoing struggle to protect press freedom and democratic values in South Korea.

In December 2024, an emergency martial law is declared by the Yoon Sukyeol government. Designers join the impeachment protests as members of the solidarity group "Democracy Saving Fem- Queer- Network." However, they face a situation where there are neither banners nor placards available for immediate use at the rally!

When election fraud allegations rock the heart of Korean democracy, a determined whistleblower races to expose the truth before the nation's future hangs in the balance.

When martial law crushes democracy in 2024, a targeted politician and ordinary citizens unite to fight back—can they reclaim their freedom?

Convicted as a rioter rather than a documentarian at the Western District Court, what did the director capture? A documentary reflection following the people's gaze that never stopped, even as the world collapsed.

Can music truly become a rallying cry? Danpyunsun, a veteran of Hongdae's indie scene, forms Danpyunsun & The Moments and records the album Hail to the Music. "Music must be vulgar!" he cries. But after the December 3 Martial Law, the world proves more grotesque than art. So he shouts louder: to those enduring this world—come with me. Fight!

Investigator tracks seeds of ruin from Rhee's regime persisting in today's power structures, exposes erased names, silenced records—can reveal powerful figures behind lies before history repeats?

Revolution of Light, Defending Democracy

A veteran documentary producer exposes alleged election fraud ahead of the 2025 vote, grappling with system flaws and sparking fierce debate on democracy's future.

We Hate Communists

Those who had been excluded and marginalized in this society burst out of the shadows into the streets after the night of the martial law declaration. Many people were very curious about where these people had suddenly come from. Among them, someone asked to be called a "queer feminist" rather than a "light stick citizen." Then the queer feminist came to the workers and became a 'wasp'. "Let us meet as the same working class." The wasp became a worker, and a comrade. Now, the wasps fight together to protect struggling workers, to change the world together.

For 70 years, citizens rose against 16 martial law declarations—each time fighting with bare hands to reclaim their freedom. Can they endure?

Korea Defended with Blood

The Hundred Squares: "No more delays," the cry of citizens echoes from the lives of those barely holding out against discrimination and hatred. Struggling with diverse identities in their daily lives, citizens reflect on the meaning of "discrimination" through their own experiences and testimonies. They question and reflect on what is needed to eliminate it and speak out before the camera. The Blooming Equalities: discrimination law that has been on hold for 20 years. A lawyer, a researcher, a religious figure, a writer, and an activist stand in the square again after a year, and, in this time of rampant right-wing extremism and hate, they speak of an anti-discrimination law as "the right answer to ending the insurrection, the last line of defense for human dignity, a current that can no longer be held back, a square that cannot at all harm families, churches, and the nation, and a place where the voices of the less fortunate can be heard."

Ep1. The Martyr and the Left: Under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, construction workers were branded as “construction gangsters,” forced to endure a period of hardship. Ep2. Purple Ribbon: Wearing purple jackets and holding purple light sticks, the families of the victims of the October 29 Itaewon Disaster stand out on the street. Ep3. Dream, Breath: “I” keep waking up from dreams of being chased, a recurring cycle that haunts me day after day. Ep4. Breaking the Silence: Chai-han, who once said their dream was to become a human-rights activist, gradually grows distant from that dream after entering university. Ep5. Dancing Volunteer: After the December 3 martial law was declared, Park Pyeong-hwa felt compelled to return to the square. Ep6. Beyound the Impeachment: We interviewed a diverse group of people who came to the square after the December 3 uprising.

A fallen hero's legacy is questioned—can he reclaim his status as a reform icon when revisiting the sweeping changes that defined his presidency?

On the night of December 3, 2024, South Korea was thrown into chaos. What the public first heard as "an insurrection" quickly became one of the most polarising political events in modern Korean history. This documentary revisits that night and asks a deeper question: Was it really a coup attempt or the result of a calculated political trap? Through interviews, legal analysis, and evidence, the film investigates the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol and the rapid collapse of his administration. It explores claims that an overwhelming opposition majority, built through alleged election manipulation, enabled a form of "legislative dictatorship" that mirrored the path that led to President Park Geun-hye's impeachment eight years earlier.

Priest's prophecy sparks turmoil under President Yoon. Citizens rise against emergency rule. Revolution erupts, impeachment follows. Is civil war over?

South Korea's 2024-25 social awakening: ordinary citizens show courage, solidarity, redefining era protection