Jeong Jae-eun (정재은)

Women's Film Festival in Seoul Turns 10

2008/03/13 | Source | Permalink |

The Women's Film Festival in Seoul (WFFIS) celebrates its 10th edition this year with a kick-off ceremony April 10th featuring an HD omnibus as its opener. Called Ten Ten, the movie features six 15 minute short films from five Korean female filmmakers (BYEON Yeong-joo, LEE Soo-yeon, JANG Hee-seon, LIM Sung-min, Helen Lee) and one German female director (Ulrike OTTINGER).

Running until April 18, WFFIS will screen a record 141 films from 30 countries under its banner motto "See the World through Women's Eyes". New this year, however, is a section titled Open Cinema in which feminist films by male directors will also be screened. Other sections of interest include Politics of the Body, which looks at how women's bodies are depicted and exploited, and the Fantastic Female Movie section, which highlights the imaginative side of the female psyche.

Festival organizer have named Korean director LIM Soon-rye recipient of its first Park Nam-ok Award for outstanding accomplishment. ...| More

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SONG Il-gon Horror to Shoot this Spring

2008/01/09 | Source | Permalink |

Director SONG Il-gon is in pre-production on his latest project, an historical horror set in the Joseon Dynasty. The film is being budgeted at around US$4 million and is titled Sahwa – meaning 'royal massacre'. No word on who will star in the feature and casting is currently ongoing.

The production company behind the film is Masulpiri Co. which produced "Family Matters" (2006), "A Tale of Two Sisters" (2003), and JEONG Jae-eun's "Take Care of My Cat" (2001).

"Sahwa" is about a bloody power game between rival families. When the Park family massacres the Shin family, and takes the throne, a child, Wan, is born to them that very same night of the killings. Seven years later, an attack on the king's family leaves everyone but young Wan dead. Wan grows deadly ill, and the king tries to save him but curses, strange happenings, and mysterious murders draw nearer.

The film will be SONG's fourth feature, following the critical success of "The Magicians" (2006), "Feathers in t...| More

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Leading Film Score Composer Honored with CD Collection

2007/04/11 | Source | Permalink |

JO Seong-woo is a leading film music composer in Korea and a selection of his work is released on CD under the title: JO Seong-woo: Best of Cinema Music. The selected scores are from 23 films.

The composer is president of the company Music & Film Creation (M&F Creation) and specializes in composing film scores. He studied philosophy at the Yonsei university.

His friendship with director HEO Jin-ho ("Christmas in August", 1998) resulted in the collaboration on "One Fine Spring Day" (2001) and "April Snow" (2005). He also composed for films like: "Nowhere to Hide" (1999) by LEE Myeong-se and "Take Care of My Cat" (2001) by JEONG Jae-eun.

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)...| More

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Korean Films at Shanghai Int. Film Festival

2006/06/16 | Source | Permalink |

A record 11 Korean features will be shown in the official selection of this years 9th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) to take place June 17th to the 25th. Among them PARK Jin-pyo's 2005 film You Are My Sunshine will run in the official competition section for the Jin Jue Award. Another Korean film, Jo Chang-ho's The Peter Pan Formula has been selected as a candidate for the Asian New Talent Award.

Two Korean directors KWAK Gyeong-Taek ("Friend", "Typhoon") and BONG Joon-ho ("The Host", "Memories of Murder") have been invited to sit on the Jin Jue Award jury which will this year be presided over by French director Luc Besson. Other directors on the jury include Stanly Kwan and Gabriella Salvatores.

9 Korean films will be showing in SIFF's Panorama section with its slogan, 'a great party for films around the world'. Included are KIM Ki-duk's "The Bow", MIN Gyoo-dong's "All for Love" ("My Lovely Week"), PARK Chan-wook's Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, LEE Woo-cheol's "Cello...| More

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'Take Care of My Cat'

2006/04/08 | Source | Permalink |

A fitting symbol for the vitality of Korea's young women

Darcy Paquet (internews)

"Koreans don't like cats", says director Jeong Jae-eun. "Cats are fussy, independent, and don't listen to what you tell them. If they don't like their home, they simply leave". For Jeong, an avid cat lover, the animals are also a fitting symbol for the vitality and attitude of Korea's young women. "Take Care of My Cat" tells the story of such women (and their cat) with a freshness and originality that places it among the best films of the year.

"Take Care of My Cat"is the first film directed by a Korean woman to be released in close to three years. Although a large number of women directors are poised to debut in the near future, this is nonetheless an indication of how male voices have continued to dominate Korean cinema. "There have been no movies in the past that have depicted well how young Korean women think, how they play and what they worry about", says the director. "I hope that this...| More

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