Jeon Soo-il (전수일)

2008/05/08 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

The Barcelona Asian Film Festival's (BAFF) jury awarded "Secret Sunshine" (Miryang) the Cinematik prize. The winner of Cinematik is also secured of a release in Spain. "Secret Sunshine" is directed by LEE Chang-dong and stars JEON Do-yeon and SONG Kang-ho in a tale about a single mother's mental struggle after losing her young son.

Director JEON Soo-il is also successful at BAFF, his "With a Girl of Black Soil" won the Golden Durian, an award for emerging talents. The panel in charge of selecting the Golden Durian winner included Pusan International Film Festival director KIM Dong-ho.

Both "With a Girl of Black Soil" and "Secret Sunshine were selected" for the Official Competition section. The audience voted Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om (India) as the most popular film with KIM Ki-duk's "Breath" a close second, according to BAFF's website. BAFF celebrated this year its tenth anniversary and the festival highlighted that BAFF is Barcelona's fastest growing film festival. Barcelona h...

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2008/03/27 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Top stars including Jeon Do-yeon, Choi Min-sik, Song Kang-ho, and Seol Kyeong-gu are emerging as saviors of Korean movies. From blockbuster hits to cinematographic movies, they aim to revitalize various genres this summer.

Jeon Do-yeon, who received the Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actress for "Secret Sunshine" is working hard to finish filming "A Fine Day".

This movie is about an unemployed, single woman in her thirties who meets an ex-boyfriend and embarks on an adventure for a day.

She acts with Ha Jeong-woo, who is raising stock prices with this year's best movie, "The Chaser".

As soon as filming ends at the end of this month, they will go into the latter half of production.

Park Ji-eun, the marketing team leader of the production company said, "There isn't a definite genre and plans for marketing, but it is certain that you can see this film in theaters in the later half of the year".

Choi Min-sik is done filming "Himalaya-Where the Wind Stops".

He show...

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2008/03/17 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Patrice Chéreau, president, and the jury members Mélanie Doutey, Irène Jacob, Anne-Louise Trividic,
Jean-Hugues Anglade, Lucas Belvaux, Enki Bilal and William Sheller, have awarded the following films:

LOTUS DU MEILLEUR FILM – Grand Prix/Best Film:
"WITH A GIRL OF BLACK SOIL" de/by JEON Soo-il (Corée du Sud/South Korea)

LOTUS DU JURY – Prix du Jury ex-aequo/ Jury's Prize ex-aequo:
WONDERFUL TOWN de/by Aditya ASSARAT (Thaïlande/Thailand)
FLOWER IN THE POCKET de/by LIEW Seng Tat (Malaisie/Malaysia)


The members of the International Critic's Award have awarded the following film:
LOTUS AIR FRANCE – Prix de la Critique Internationale/International Critic's Award:
"WITH A GIRL OF BLACK SOIL" de/by JEON Soo-il (Corée du Sud/South Korea)


Jan Kounen, president, and the jury members Vahina Giocante, Mylène Jampanoï, Marc Caro and
Franck Vestiel have awarded the following film:

LOTUS ACTION ASIA parrainé par 13ème RUE – Grand Prix Action Asia/
Best Action Asia Film spon...

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2008/03/06 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

For the second year in a row, four Korean arthouse films will be presented to audiences in Japan through the Art Film Showcase in Tokyo. The eight-week series of screenings is sponsored by KOFIC and the Image Forum arthouse theater in Tokyo.

The showcase is an effort to introduce Japanese viewers to a wider spectrum of Korean cinema by presenting high quality works that would otherwise not receive a theatrical release in Japan. Each selected film will screen for two weeks in relay fashion.

The Art Film Showcase 2008 will open on March 8 with a screening of JEON Soo-il's "With a Girl of Black Soil" (2007). The film originally premiered in the Horizons section of the 2007 Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Art Cinema CICAE Award and the Lina Mangiacapre Award. The film tells the story of a single father who loses his job in a coal mine.

On March 22, NOH Dong-seok's "Boys of Tomorrow" (2006) will open its run. The story of two young men who struggle to ...

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2008/03/04 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Director JEON Soo-il's independent feature "With A Girl of Black Soil" is in competition at the Fribourg International Film Festival, running March 1 – 8 in Switzerland. The film will compete along with 12 other features for the Regard d'or, the festival's top prize worth US$30 000. Now in its 22nd year, Fribourg, focuses primarily on films from across Asia, Africa and Latin America.

JEON's Girl is a moving minimalist portrayal of a young girl who takes on heavy cares, living with a mentally-handicapped brother and a down-on-his-luck-and-drinking father. The film screened last year in Venice, Pusan – where it won the NETPAC award – and Marrakech where its child actress YOO Yeon-mi won the best female interpretation award.

Fribourg also invited two Korean short films, Fever by YEO Jae-min and Mono Love Song by Zoe Min-suk. Additional Korean highlights include PARK Chan-wook's "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" (2005) and BONG Joon-ho's "Memories of Murder" (2003) in the Noir Tot...

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