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Genre: Action


Best of CineYouth 2025

Various  |   Poland, Spain, U.S.
English, Korean, No Dialogue, Spanish  
Action, Animation, Drama, Horror, Music, Science Fiction, Social Commentary, Thriller

The award-winning shorts of CineYouth 2025 showcase the talent and vision of eight young filmmakers from around the world.

An animated man, with chainsaws for his arms and his face, stands with his arms spread. Blood and debris fall around him.

Chainsaw Man—The Movie: Reze Arc (Gekijô-ban chensô man reze-hen)

Tatsuya Yoshihara  |   Japan
Japanese  
Action, Animation, Horror

For the first time, Chainsaw Man slashes his way onto the big screen in an epic, action-fueled adventure that continues the hugely popular anime series.

Two Korean guys fighting with one guy holding a steel plate upward and the other guy using a broom to hit the plate

Check Please

Shane Chung, Age 22  |   Evanston, Illinois, United States
English, Korean  
Action

In this action comedy, a Korean and a Korean-American fight over their pride, honor, and who gets to pick up the tab.

A man stands on a balcony inside a broken down building, covered in smoke and blue light.

Resurrection

Bi Gan  |   China, France
Chinese  
Action, Fantasy, Film on Film, Science Fiction

In a future society that has lost the desire to dream, a curious creature catalogues the fantasies of rebel “Fantasmers,” creating a wild cinematic tapestry.

An angry man covered in grime sits at the steering wheel of a car. The windshield has bullet holes.

Sisu: Road to Revenge

Jalmari Helander  |   Finland, U.S.
English, Finnish  
Action, Drama, Historical, Social Commentary

When the Red Army who killed his family comes back hellbent on finishing the job, “the man who refuses to die” is caught in a relentless fight full of clever, unbelievable action.

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