Student competition

Stories moving across the world.

Meet the young creators who turned Jeju’s landscapes, heritage, and imagination into short films.

67 films

The park ranger must find the lost tube before the afternoon wind.

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🇵🇦By Nayelis, age 16

The Park Ranger and the Lost Tube

On Jeju’s volcanic coast, a park ranger follows a firefly, finds a tube, and restores a melody.

The young forest ranger leads a visitor to the shelter before the fog arrives.

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🇵🇦By Itzel, age 15

The Forest Ranger and the Basalt Markers

A young forest ranger guides a visitor through the fog on Jeju’s volcanic coast with help from a seagull.

The young farmer takes mandarins home before dark.

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🇵🇦By Kendall, age 15

Mandarins on the Volcanic Coast

A young farmer follows a firefly along the volcanic coast and finds his way home with his winter mandarins.

An oreum ranger carries a warning flag before the boat moves away.

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🇵🇦By Yisell, age 14

The Oreum Ranger’s Flag

An oreum ranger carries a warning flag to the pier, while a firefly helps when the wind catches it.

The guardian takes a crab to a tide pool before the tide comes in.

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🇵🇦By Ariel, age 15

The Guardian Saves the Crab

On Jeju’s volcanic coast, a guardian follows a seagull, frees a trapped crab, and takes it to a safe tide pool.

The young farmer carries vegetables home before it rains.

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🇩🇴By Kelvin, age 15

Jeju’s Stone Path

A young farmer looks for the way home along the volcanic coast when the tide covers the stones; his grandfather lends him a stick.

Before sunset, the haenyeo must fix her flute to play a song.

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🇩🇴By Darlenys, age 17

The Haenyeo’s Flute

A haenyeo looks for a mouthpiece under a root with help from a firefly to fix her flute before sunset.

Before dark, he takes a lantern to the pier to guide the boat.

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🇩🇴By Yander, age 15

The Volcanic Coast Lantern

A young farmer follows a seagull along the volcanic coast to keep a lantern lit and guide a boat to the pier.

A haenyeo must cross before the tide separates her from her friend.

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🇩🇴By Yamelis, age 17

The haenyeo crosses the volcanic coast

A haenyeo crosses the volcanic coast with help from an oreum ranger to meet her friend before the tide.

An island musician carries a lantern to guide a fishing boat before the fog arrives.

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🇩🇴By Maikel, age 16

The Volcanic Coast Lantern

An island musician follows a seagull through the fog and places a lantern on the volcanic coast to guide a boat into the cove.

The young farmer carries seedlings home before the sun goes down.

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🇯🇲By Kayshaun, age 16

The Seedlings’ Way Home

A young farmer carries seedlings home, but high tide blocks the shore path. A haenyeo helps him find an uphill route.

Before sunset, the young farmer carries collected beach plastic home for sorting.

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🇯🇲By Zuri, age 16

The Firefly’s Way Home

A young farmer cleans the volcanic coast, follows a firefly across basalt stones, and returns home with beach plastic to sort.

Before rain, the young farmer carries a sealed note to the boat shelter.

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🇯🇲By Tariq, age 15

The Sealed Note at Basalt Coast

A young farmer carries a sealed note, retrieves it from a basalt crack with a friend, and delivers it by boat as the Korean flag appears.

The two Jeju horses go to secure the tangerine orchard net before the winter wind comes.

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🇦🇹By Ella, age 11

Two Jeju Horses and a Winter Tangerine Orchard

Two Jeju horses secure the tangerine orchard net to block the winter wind. They pull together on a net caught on basalt and protect the orchard.

Dol Hareubang picks up a lantern so he can meet two friends before the water rises.

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🇦🇹By Theo, age 9

Dol Hareubang Meets Friends by Lantern Light

Before the tide comes in, Dol Hareubang carries a lantern to find two friends. He checks the basalt waterway with a friend’s stick and lights the path so they can meet again.

A young farmer carries a lantern to guide a haenyeo home before fog thickens.

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🇯🇲By Shanoya, age 16

The Lantern Guides a Haenyeo Home

A young farmer uses a lantern and basalt steps to guide a haenyeo through fog to a safe cove.

Before high tide, the pony carries a loose tone stone to the shore chime.

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🇯🇲By Jahiem, age 15

The Pony Repairs the Shore Chime

A Jeju pony and forest fireflies clean a kelp-covered tone stone and restore the forgotten song of a volcanic coast chime.

The young farmer wants to play a forgotten song at today’s tangerine harvest.

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🇲🇿By Dércio, age 10

The Tangerine Bells’ Song

A young farmer gathers bells carried by the wind with help from a smiling old teacher to play a forgotten song at the harvest.

Before the rain, the foal follows its blue ribbon to find the stable.

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🇲🇿By Nayla, age 11

The Foal and the Blue Ribbon

A Jeju foal with a mane like the hairstyle of a yangban, a Korean nobleman in a hat, follows a blue ribbon along the volcanic coast to return to the stable.

The young farmer wants to restore the old melody before her friends arrive.

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🇲🇿By Titos, age 12

The Three Bells of the Cove

A young farmer uses her grandmother’s hemp thread to fix three bells and restore an old melody before her friends arrive.

Seolmundae wants to bring seaweed for the village porridge before it gets cold.

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🇲🇿By Yara, age 14

Seolmundae and the Stone Bridge

Seolmundae carries seaweed for the village’s abalone porridge, but the tide covers the path, so she needs to build a stone bridge with her grandfather’s help.

A visitor must reach the harbor shelter before the fog covers the path.

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🇵🇾By Thiago, age 10

The Girl and the Visitor in the Fog

On Jeju’s volcanic coast, a girl marks the way with her scarf and guides a visitor to the harbor shelter.

The young farmer carries a message to the shed before storing the mandarins.

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🇵🇾By Chiara, age 11

The Message Among Volcanic Stones

A young farmer carries a message along the volcanic coast with help from a firefly and ends by eating a winter mandarin.

A young farmer must fix a wind flute before the strong wind arrives.

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🇵🇾By Santino, age 12

The Young Farmer and the Wind Flute

On Jeju’s volcanic coast, a young farmer dries a wet reed with help from a mandarin farmer to repair a wind flute.

A haenyeo hurries to save her orange tewak before the tide takes it away.

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🇵🇾By Fiorella, age 13

The Haenyeo and the Drifting Tewak

A haenyeo follows a firefly through a rocky tide channel to rescue her drifting tewak.

The ranger needs a grooved stone before rain misses the village cistern.

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🇵🇾By Tobías, age 14

The Stone Riddle of Jeju Coast

An oreum ranger and a Jeju pony solve a stone riddle on the volcanic coast while rain falls and the village cistern waits.

At dusk on Jeju Island, an adventurous child hurries home along a basalt path, holding an orange light.

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🇦🇹By Amira, age 13

Jeju Island’s Orange Light

At dusk on Jeju Island, a child looks for the way home on a basalt path. A wise teacher’s advice and an orange light draw hope beyond the fog in this 3D animation.

The oreum ranger carries three basalt stones to repair the coast trail steps.

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🇹🇱By Maria, age 13

The Three Basalt Steps

An oreum ranger and a wise teacher solve a stone riddle to repair safe steps on Jeju’s volcanic coast.

Before planting spring seeds, the young farmer must restore the farm's old three-note chime.

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🇹🇱By Zacarias, age 10

The Farmer Repairs the Three-Note Chime

A young farmer finds a missing red cord with help from a firefly, repairs an old farm chime, and rings it before spring planting.

A musician sees a tewak drifting seaward and races to bring it ashore.

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🇹🇱By Aricelia, age 11

Rescuing the Drifting Tewak

A musician and an oreum ranger work together at Jeju’s volcanic coast to rescue a tewak caught in seaweed.

Before dark, the child carries a lit lantern to light the cliff shelter.

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🇹🇱By Gerson, age 12

The Lantern at Jeju’s Volcanic Coast

A child carries a lantern to a cliff shelter, retrieves its cover with a dolphin’s help, and protects the light from the wind.

Before dusk, the stone guardian carries three tangerines toward his gate.

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🇹🇱By Abelito, age 14

Dol-hareubang Follows a Seagull Home

On a volcanic coast, a dol-hareubang follows a seagull past the rising tide and shares a winter tangerine near home.

The ranger leads a lost goat toward the farm before cold rain.

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🇸🇻By Emiliano, age 10

The Goat at Jeju’s Basalt Wall

An oreum ranger and a tangerine farmer guide a lost goat through cold rain and a grove to reunite it with its mother.

The oreum ranger must lead a hiker to the harbor before fog hides the trail.

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🇸🇻By Camila, age 11

Fog Trail to the Harbor

An oreum ranger uses bright cloth to guide a hiker from tide pools, past a tangerine grove, to harbor shelter.

Before high tide, the child carries a safety lantern to the shore steps.

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🇸🇻By Diego, age 12

The Lantern at Jeju Shore

A child and a seagull protect a safety lantern from sea spray before high tide on Jeju’s volcanic coast.

Before the evening coast walk, the oreum ranger must repair the basalt chime.

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🇸🇻By Ximena, age 13

The Oreum Ranger Repairs the Basalt Chime

An oreum ranger repairs a basalt chime with twine from a tangerine farmer and brings back its old tune.

A stone guardian hurries to clear water for the dry citrus orchard.

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🇸🇻By Mateo, age 14

Dol-hareubang Saves the Citrus Orchard

A dol-hareubang and a glowing forest firefly clear a lava-rock channel so water can reach a dry citrus orchard.

Grandmother Seolmundae carries a sealed message to the boat crew before they leave.

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🇨🇬By Divine, age 13

Seolmundae Delivers the Boat Message

Seolmundae carries a sealed message, finds it in a basalt crack with help from a seagull, and gives it to the boat crew.

Before the small boat leaves, the child ties a note to a sail cart.

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🇺🇬By Kato, age 14

The Sail Cart Note

A child carries a note across a volcanic coast when a sail cart gets stuck in basalt pebbles, with a friend’s help.

Seolmundae takes a tide warning to the shelter before the boats return.

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🇧🇷By Beatriz, age 17

The Tide Warning at the Shelter

Seolmundae takes a tide warning to the shelter, protects the package with her friend, and gives it to the captain.

Before sunset, the child heads for the white lighthouse that leads home.

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🇦🇴By Gabriel, age 14

The Jeju Lighthouse Way Home

A brave child follows a talking seagull along Jeju’s volcanic coast, where flooded basalt steps lead to a lighthouse and the harbor road home.

Before the tide rises, the little stone guard walks toward his gate.

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🇨🇬By Yannick, age 14

Dol-hareubang Finds the Stone Path

A dol-hareubang follows a firefly, rolls flat stones across a coastal gap, and reaches his gate before the tide rises.

Before high tide, a haenyeo carries a sealed warning pouch to the shore station.

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🇧🇷By Melissa, age 17

Haenyeo and the Dolphin’s Safe Passage

A brave haenyeo carries a warning to the shore station, follows a dolphin through blocked water, and delivers the message before high tide.

The young farmer carries a harvest message to the shore shed before the boat leaves.

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🇧🇷By Janaína, age 18

The Farmer’s Tangerine Message

A young farmer carries a harvest message to a shore shed, frees it from thorns with a cane, and meets a waiting boat.

A young farmer must carry her seed basket home before the tide rises.

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🇧🇷By Vivian, age 18

The Farmer, Pony, and Rising Tide

A young farmer and her Jeju pony clear fishing rope, follow an inland lane, and reach home before the rising tide.

The oreum ranger carries a lantern to light the pier steps before dusk.

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🇧🇷By Breno, age 17

Lantern on the Volcanic Pier

Before dusk, an oreum ranger works with a wise teacher to keep a lantern burning on a windy pier.

I need to lead this young Jeju pony back to the stone field before sunset.

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🇨🇱By Benjamín, age 14

Leading the Pony Home

A young farmer and Grandmother free a Jeju pony from a basalt shore and guide it back to its herd before sunset.

A loose net is drifting seaward, so Dol Hareubang leads the farmer to the cove.

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🇨🇱By Sofía, age 11

Dol Hareubang Guides the Net

In fog, a Dol Hareubang and a tangerine farmer use a bright picking rope to guide a drifting net safely to a volcanic cove.

The oreum ranger brings twine to repair a silent three-pipe chime before sunset.

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🇨🇱By Mateo, age 14

The Oreum Ranger Repairs the Chime

An oreum ranger and a seagull repair a cracked three-pipe chime on Jeju’s volcanic coast before sunset.

Before dusk, the haenyeo must rebuild a shell melody for village practice.

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🇨🇱By Constanza, age 12

The Haenyeo and the Red Shell Song

At Jeju’s volcanic coast, a haenyeo follows a firefly, frees a red shell, and restores a song for village divers.

At low tide, the ranger carries a stranded crab toward a safe pool.

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🇨🇱By Ignacio Andrés, age 11

The Ranger and the Stranded Crab

An oreum ranger follows a forest firefly across a volcanic coast to carry a stranded crab past a lava ridge to a safe tide pool.

A crab needs water, so Dol Hareubang finds the tide gate.

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🇦🇴By Mwene Vunge, age 14

Dol Hareubang and the Tide Gate

Dol Hareubang follows a forest firefly, finds four buried stones, and solves a seasonal riddle to bring water to a crab.

Before high tide, the pony must restore the three-stone chime.

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🇦🇴By Antonio, age 15

The Jeju Pony and the Three-Stone Chime

Before high tide, a Jeju pony and a forest firefly find a basalt clapper and restore an old three-stone chime on the volcanic coast.

A haenyeo carries a young turtle from a shrinking basalt pool to the sea.

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🇦🇴By Domingos, age 15

The Haenyeo, Dolphin, and Turtle

A haenyeo carries a young turtle from a shrinking basalt pool and clears a fishing line blocking its path to the sea.

Seolmundae must bring a sealed note to the diving shelter before the boats leave.

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🇦🇴By Tchissola Manuel, age 15

Seolmundae Carries the Note

Seolmundae carries a sealed note from the volcanic coast to a diving shelter, with help from a tangerine farmer, before the boats leave.

The haenyeo plans to take the baby octopus from the shallow pool to the sea.

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🇦🇹By Finn, age 13

The Haenyeo and the Baby Octopus

The haenyeo and her friend put out the smoking charcoal fire and return a baby octopus trapped in a shallow pool to the deep sea.

The oreum ranger takes the broken music box to the shelter before high tide.

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🇦🇹By Yara, age 12

The Oreum Music Box

An oreum ranger and a teacher try to fix a music box and bring back a forgotten song on Jeju’s volcanic coast.

A gust blows her spare gayageum string toward the rising tide, so she chases it.

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🇦🇹By Clara, age 14

The Gayageum String at Basalt Coast

A young singer chases a gayageum string along Jeju’s volcanic coast, where a seagull helps her find a missing piece of an old song.

The young farmer runs to save a tewak before it hits sharp lava rocks.

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🇦🇹By Arjun, age 13

Saving the Tewak from Lava Rocks

A young farmer and an oreum ranger use a rope and pole to rescue a drifting tewak along Jeju’s volcanic coast, as a winged black horse crosses Halladay mountain.

Before dusk, the farmer needs to hang old bamboo chimes for tangerine pickers.

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🇦🇹By Noah, age 11

The Pony and the Winter Tangerine Chimes

A young farmer and a Jeju pony move a cart over lava rocks and restore bamboo chimes for winter tangerine pickers.

Grandmother Seolmundae carries an orange scarf along the basalt path to warn a boat before the wind shifts.

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🇦🇹By Hana, age 12

The Wind’s Orange Scarf

Along a basalt path, Seolmundae and a haenyeo follow a mysterious signal to guide a boat to safety.

As thick fog erased the waterway, the haenyeo held a red camellia and searched for the way home.

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🇦🇹By Aisha, age 14

Beyond the Fog, the Camellia House

A mysterious yet realistic journey in which a haenyeo, lost in thick fog and rough waves, makes her way along Jeju’s volcanic coast with a friend.

On the basalt coast, the Jeju pony set out with a message pouch tied with a red camellia knot.

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🇦🇹By Elias, age 13

The Pony and the Camellia Knot

On Jeju’s volcanic coast, a pony and his grandmother cross the basalt to deliver a message, guided by hope and minhwa wisdom.

At dusk below Seongsan Ilchulbong, Stone Grandfather guards the orange lantern at the tide gate, waiting for the haenyeo to return.

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🇦🇹By Mateo, age 11

The Orange Lantern Guarded by Basalt

Below Seongsan Ilchulbong, Stone Grandfather and a haenyeo protect the tide-gate lantern together, carrying hope through wind and waves to light the damp coastal path for those returning home.

At dawn, a small Jeju pony hears wind tap a secret rhythm on basalt, and wonder wakes.

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🇦🇹By Sofia, age 14

The Pony and the Wind Song

Demo competition entry by Lars, age 9, from Norway: a traditional Korean Minhwa film about a young Jeju pony following dawn’s rhythm across an oreum and bringing a new song home.

At dusk on Jeju’s basalt path, Seolmundae Halmang holds a red thread knot for the village and watches the waves glow between the rocks.

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🇦🇹By Mila, age 11

The Red Knot on the Basalt Road

Along Jeju’s ink-dark coastal path, Seolmundae Halmang and a seagull follow the message in a mysterious red knot to find a hidden way between waves and stones.

At dawn, a young Jeju haenyeo checks her weathered orange-red tewak and dives.

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🇦🇹By Amira, age 13

The Blue Light Beneath the Tide

Demo competition entry by Francesca, age 12, from Brazil. A young adult Jeju haenyeo discovers a gentle blue light underwater and carefully returns it to the reef.

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