Jang Hyeong-yoon (장형윤)

You will be invited to the animation world of Jang Hyeong-yoon

Source | 2008/08/12 | Permalink |

"Art Panic"of August is opened by a theme called 'Love Letter of Wonderland- Jang Hyeong-yoon's on 8th in Seoul Art Cinema.

A producer, Jang Hyeong-yoon, has been awarded in two different sections of Best Korean Short Film and Citizen's Choice for Short Film with 'A Coffee Vending Machine and Its Sword'at 12th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 2008. Based on his achievement, he has been invited from many domestic and international film festivals to be awarded. So he has been rising to the top animation producer of Korea.

The special stories of the producer, Jang Hyeong-yoon, are started with some combinations of couples which seem to be available only in people's imaginations. The characters like a man without head and a woman with wings, Wolf Daddy and Coffee Machine ("Part of "Indie Anibox : Selma's Protein Coffee"), and boy friends can bring sympathy of viewer easily based on a friendly boundary called love.

'Wolf Daddy'shows the progress of being a family whe...| More

PiFan adventure closes with prizes

Source | 2008/08/01 | Permalink |

The 12th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) came to a close Sunday Jul. 27 after a thrilling 10-day run. This year's fest brought 1978 official guests to the city of Bucheon, a record number for PiFan, helped along by the addition of its first project market called Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF2008).

PiFan's always exciting official competition section saw 12 high quality films vying for cash prizes, with top honors this year going to a stand-out Korean film that has already shaken up local audiences and won a slew of awards. Sleeper hit The Chaser, directed by Na Hong-jin in his feature debut, captured the "Best of Puchon" prize along with two more awards, making it the night's big winner.

The festival's international jury also handed "The Chaser" a Best Actress prize for Seo Yeong-hee, who played a prostitute brutalized by a deranged serial killer. Another special jury from the European Federation of Fantastic Film Festivals (EFFFF) named The Chaser r...| More

"The Chaser" Grabs PiFan's Top Award

Source | 2008/07/31 | Permalink |

Korean sleeper hit "The Chaser", director NA Hong-jin's thrilling debut, captured the 'Best of Puchon' prize at the 12th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan), along with 2 more awards, making it the night's big winner.

The festival's international jury also handed "The Chaser" a Best Actress prize for SEO Young-hee, while a jury from the European Federation of Fantastic Film Festivals (EFFFF) named it the recipient of its Asian Award. EFFFF also gave special mentions to LIM Pil-seong's "Hansen and Gretel" and Yoshihiro Nishimura's Tokyo Gore Police.

The Best Director prize went to Swedish art house vampire film, Let the Right One In, by Tomas Alfredson. The much-talked-about film also won the Prugio Citizen's Choice Award.

A Best Actor award was shared by co-stars Ekin Cheng and Shawn Yue for Singapore/Hong Kong feature Rule Number One, directed by Kelvin Tong. Animation omnibus, Fear(s) of the Dark, from France, won the Jury's Choice award.

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KOCCA-sponsored animated film, 'Indie Anibox : Selma's Protein Coffee', showing signs of becoming a big hit

Source | 2008/07/10 | Permalink |

A short animated omnibus film, 'Indie Anibox : Selma's Protein Coffee', currently showing in the cinemas, is gathering silent popularity. Now into its 4th week of its showing, unusual for an independent animated film, 'Selma's Protein Coffee' would likely become a big hit.

The premier for 'Indie Anibox : Selma's Protein Coffee' was held in the afternoon of the 4th. Seventy minutes of screening of three films were followed by a discussion with the director. On the 5th, twelve animated films, which won the 2007·2008 college students animated film contest, were revealed.

Asked whether unnatural line reading of the main character was what he directed, Director Jang Hyeong-yoon said, "I wanted the main character to be like most of people we meet everyday. I didn't want a professional actor. Characters in my past films were also normal, everyday people with a soft voice".

Director Yoon Sang-ho said "I think that's why this premiere whose theme is "a communication with people" holds...| More

PiFan to Hold Genre Project Market

Source | 2008/06/24 | Permalink |

The Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan), now in its 12th edition, is launching a project market under the heading Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF2008). The 5 day platform will be launched during PiFan's 10-day run July 18 – 27 and will present projects from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, the US and the UK among others.

NAFF2008 was conceived to provide an impetus to Asian genre cinema and to encourage development and financing of officially selected genre projects. The main section, 'It Project' will present 16 projects from 8 countries and will take place July 20 – 22 at the Koryo Hotel in Bucheon. Business meetings, jury deliberation and cash awards will provide filmmakers exciting opportunities to advance their projects.

Korean projects officially selected are action features "Shanghai" by director JEONG Doo-hong and "A Song of Mobsters" by JEONG Byeong-Gil ("Action Boys") the horror film "Astral Control" (working title), by LEE Kwon ("Attack o...| More