The 179-seat Seoul Ani-Cinema opened on January 19, 2005, and was the first theater in Korea exclusively used for animation.
It holds solo domestic and international film screenings and provides support for other international animation film festivals, conferences, previews and seminars.

In 2005, the cinema starting hosting the Korean Independent Animation Film Festival (Indie-AniFest), which is organized by the Korean Independent Animation Filmmakers Association, with cash prizes and awards for adult and student divisions.
Some of the winners placed well in international competitions, such as in 2014, Joung Yumi’s Love Games at Animafest Zagreb, and Jeong Dahee’s Man on the Chair at Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

The cinema, also, started hosting films for the yearly SICAF festival as early as 2007.
In December 2007, they hosted a seminar to help improve the environment of the Korean broadcasting market, "Seminar on Successful Cases of Korean Animation in Foreign Markets and on Plans to Improve the Korean Broadcasting Market".
In July 2009, they helped screen free films for the "Korea Ani Marathon" festival hosted by KOCCA and KOFA to provide a platform for some 300 short animations made in Korea every year.
At the 18th event in 2014, 362 films from 43 countries were screened at the cinema and other theaters in Myeong-dong.

Screenings at the cinema include the inaugural film Hammerboy, shown on opening day in 2005.
Others screened in early years were: New Royal Secret Commissioner, Empress Chung, and Olympus Guardian in 2005; Robot Taekwon V (digital), Shark Bait, and Hello Francesca (animated), in 2006; Jang Geum's Dream in 2007; The Tale of Pumpkins, Colin the Unbeatable,The White Seal, Life Is Cool, A Millennium Giraffe, There She Is!!,
Donkey Xote, Raw Invader, What's Up?,
and Love is Protein in 2008.
The 179-seat Seoul Ani-Cinema opened on January 19, 2005, and was the first theater in Korea exclusively used for animation. It holds solo domestic and international film screenings and provides support for other international animation film festivals, conferences, previews and seminars.
In 2005, the cinema starting hosting the Korean Independent Animation Film Festival (Indie-AniFest), which is organized by the Korean Independent Animation Filmmakers Association, with cash prizes and awards for adult and student divisions. Some of the winners placed well in international competitions, such as in 2014, Joung Yumi’s Love Games at Animafest Zagreb, and Jeong Dahee’s Man on the Chair at Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
The cinema, also, started hosting films for the yearly SICAF festival as early as 2007. In December 2007, they hosted a seminar to help improve the environment of the Korean broadcasting market, "Seminar on Successful Cases of Korean Animation in Foreign Markets and on Plans to Improve the Korean Broadcasting Market". In July 2009, they helped screen free films for the "Korea Ani Marathon" festival hosted by KOCCA and KOFA to provide a platform for some 300 short animations made in Korea every year. At the 18th event in 2014, 362 films from 43 countries were screened at the cinema and other theaters in Myeong-dong.
Screenings at the cinema include the inaugural film Hammerboy, shown on opening day in 2005. Others screened in early years were: New Royal Secret Commissioner, Empress Chung, and Olympus Guardian in 2005; Robot Taekwon V (digital), Shark Bait, and Hello Francesca (animated), in 2006; Jang Geum's Dream in 2007; The Tale of Pumpkins, Colin the Unbeatable,The White Seal, Life Is Cool, A Millennium Giraffe, There She Is!!, Donkey Xote, Raw Invader, What's Up?, and Love is Protein in 2008.
Seoul Animation Center