As a result of neoliberal economic policies, in conjunction with globalization, the world is witnessing unprecedented movements of people, not only from the Third to the First World, but also within Asia itself, with the number of people migrating to the relatively rich countries of Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea, increasing daily. Meanwhile, the rise and concentration of "feminized" labor, such as housekeepers, nannies, nurses, care-givers, and international marriages, demonstrates the gendered nature of this migrancy within the Asian region. With one in eight marriages being international marriages and 400,000 documented foreign laborers, South Korea too can be said to be caught within the vortex of international flows of people. The appearances of immigrants in main stream media, however, are limited to being objects of ridiculousness, victims by unreasonable labor or marriage, or illegal aliens from cons of marriage swindlers. Women's Film Festival in Seoul instead will exhibit Women Migrants: Invisible People to directly listen to them on their reasons to immigrate, the reality of immigration and their dreams in future through their vivid voice and to discuss them with the audience.

This special screening features 10 shorts from countries including Singapore, Sri Lanka, The Philippines, Taiwan, Canada, U.S., and South Korea. They include Match Made, which follows the buying and selling of Vietnamese brides, under the banner of international marriage – thus exposing the "true" nature of marriage; Maid for Sale, about modern-day slavery involving the lives of Sri Lankan women who work in Lebanon as housekeepers; Made in the Philippines, to Fukuoka with Love, which traces the diverse lives of Filipinas who migrate to Japan because of the irrational and unstable international labor market; the Korean film, She Is and the Taiwanese film, Ah-Tsao Go!, which draw touching portraits of strong women who manage to survive the trials and tribulations of poverty and unhappiness that they experience within international marriages; Maid in America, which stars South American women who work in U.S. as housekeepers; and, finally, the documentary Borderless by Korean-Canadian filmmaker, Min Sook Lee, who has regularly produced work on migrant workers in Canada. This section is thus a rich collection of stories about the migrant lives of women in all parts of the world.