'Once Upon A Studio' (2023)
A short hybrid film featuring everyone's favorite Disney characters.

Second-generation migrant worker, Soo is released after receiving probation and community service sentence for his use of violence. Along with his friend Pil-sung, he ends up working as brokers for illegal migrant workers. While fulfilling his community service duty, he meets surfers. Soo falls in love with surfing as the surfers Ddong-ggo and Hae-na teach him how to surf.
A short hybrid film featuring everyone's favorite Disney characters.
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