The Pucheon International Fantastic Film Festival(PiFan) edition of KOFIC's quarterly Korean Cinema Today magazine, has just been published. With the title 'Expand the Market Expand the Views' this edition focuses on international co productions and international Korean film business.
The title article in particular looks at successful co production and cinematic international changes with the Asia region. In terms of investment, Ellen KIM details issues of co production financing in Investment and Production Environment of Korean Films. As a particular case study, in Working with New Zealand LEE Nam-jin revisits the current state of cinematic play between New Zealand/Korea and their barely 1 year old Film Co-production Treaty.
On the same international theme, the magazine also contains interviews with
kwak Jae-Yong director of "
Cyborg She" and Juno LEE producer of
"Boat", both who shot their respective films in Japan. Foreign language speaking Korean actors are also given their dues with two articles focusing on Gianna JUN (
Jeon Ji-hyeon") of "
Blood: The Last Vampire" and "
My Sassy Girl" fame and
Bae Doona (
"The Host"). Both these actors have appeared in international productions.
In terms of current news, the magazine profiles the programmers of the popular Pucheon Fantastic International Film Festival, Korea's record first half of the year box office results and the latest edition of the Whispering Corridors Horror franchise. The magazine ends with
Darcy Paquet's editorial about how the West views Korean film through the narrow lens of only a few directors' films.
David Oxenbridge (KOFIC)
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