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After studying art in Paris, KIM Ki-duk returned to Korea and began his career as a screenwriter and made his directorial debut with a low-budget movie called "Crocodile" in 1996. From the time he released his first film, he stirred up a sensational response from critics. After every film of his was released, KIM Ki-duk was evaluated and hailed by both critics and the audience for his hard-to-express characters, shocking visuals, and unprecedented messages. The characters that appeared in KIM Ki-duk's films were from the lowest trenches of society and were not welcomed anywhere. In such extreme circumstances, KIM Ki-duk drew out the innocence deep within the characters' hearts through a grotesque and malicious struggle. After his works had been selected by international film festivals, his name has grown in value and the general audience started to show some interest. With "Bad Guy," KIM Ki-duk has drawn over 700,000 moviegoers into local theaters expanding his limited popularity one step further to the mainstream. He continued on making internationally acclaimed films such as "pring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring" which was submitted to the Foreign Language Film section of the Academy Awards to represent Korea cinema along with "Samaritan Girl" ("Samaria") which won the Silver Bear Award (Best Director Award) at the 54th Berlin International Film Festival.Source Open the link
 Breath (숨 - 2007) |  Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring (봄여름가을겨울 그리고 봄 - 2003) |
 The Isle (섬 - 1999) |  Crocodile (악어 - 1996) |
 Dream (비몽 - 2008) |  Time (시간 - 2006) |  The Bow (활 - 2005) |  3-Iron (빈집 - 2004) |
 Samaria (사마리아 - 2003) | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring (봄여름가을겨울 그리고 봄 - 2003) |
 Beautiful (아름답다 - 2007) |
Dream (비몽 - 2008) |  Rough Cut (영화는 영화다 - 2008) | Beautiful (아름답다 - 2007) | Breath (숨 - 2007) |
Time (시간 - 2006) | The Bow (활 - 2005) | 3-Iron (빈집 - 2004) |
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 The Asia Film Fest which in 2007 held a KIM Ki-duk retrospective is this time focusing on Korean master director PARK Chan-wook. The retrospective will play 4 of his films from "JSA - Joint Security Area" (2000), "Old Boy" (2003), "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" (2005) through to "I'm a Cyborg, but that's OK" (2006). Director PARK's "Thirst" which premiered to rave reviews at Cannes and did good business at the box office in Korea will also play in the Korean section. Other films in the Korean section include current films "Chaw", "The Sword with No Name", "A Frozen Flower" (2008), KIM Ji-woon's "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" (2008) and Lee Chang-dong's "Secret Sunshine". Also of note, playing in the Special Presentation section is "Blood: The Last Vampire" staring Korean Gianna Jun (Jeon Ji-hyeon). The Asia film festival which began in Munich in 2004 has enjoyed a 10% growth rate in audiences every year. It begins this year October 28 through to November 8 and then moves to Be...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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The Korea Foundation (http://www.kf.or.kr/) recently released an English translation of the book "Modern Korean Artists". The publication is a compilation of articles about contemporary artists from the quarterly magazine "Koreana" from 2000 to 2008 and lists various genres of Korean art from fine arts to Korean film.
Korea Foundation explains in its announcement that although Korea's contemporary art world can't be dealt with fully within a single volume, the book provides a close-up look at several key figures who have contributed to the advancement of the modern art scene in Korea. The book is divided into five sections: visual art, performance, music, architecture and film. In the visual art section, 12 notable artists are introduced, including Park Soo-geun, Lee U-fan, Bae Bien-u and Park Seo-bo; in performance artists, Lee Ae-ju and Kang Soo-jin; in music, 10 musicians including Kim Duk-soo, Ahn Sook-sun, Jo Sumi and Chung Myung-hoon; in architecture, the three architects J...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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46th Annual Daejong Film Awards Nominees
- Best Movie: "Take Off", "Mother - 2009", "The Divine Weapon", "Sky and Sea", "Haeundae" - Best Director : Kim Yong-hwa ("Take Off"), Yoon Je-kyoon ("Haeundae"), Jeon Yoon-soo ("Portrait of a Beauty"), Jeong Gi-hoon ("Ae-ja"), Bong Joon-ho ("Mother - 2009") - Best Actor : Kim Myeong-min ("Closer to Heaven"), Kim Yoon-seok (Running Turtle), Seol Kyeong-gu ("Haeundae"), Jeong Jae-yeong ("The Divine Weapon"), Ha Jeong-woo ("Take Off") - Best Actress : Kim Min-seon ("Portrait of a Beauty"), Kim Hye-ja ("Mother - 2009"), Soo-ae ("Sunny"), Jang Nara ("Sky and Sea"), Choi Kang-hee ("Ae-ja") - Best Supporting Actor : Kim In-kwon ("Haeundae"), Jin Goo ("Mother - 2009"), Jeong Kyeong-ho ("Sunny"), Jang Geun-seok ("The Case of Itaewon Homicide"), Kim Nam-gil ("Modern Boy") - Best Supporting Actress : Kim Bo-yeon ("Living Death"), Kim Hae-sook ("Thirst"), Kim Yeong-ae ("Ae-ja"), Choo Ja-hyeon ("Portrait of a Beauty"), Nam Neung-mi ("Clos...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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More foreign filmmakers are choosing to make their movies here
Foreign film crews have become a more familiar sight around Korea in recent years, with an increasing number of production teams choosing to make their movies here. While the increase in foreign film production activity seems sudden, it is no coincidence. In the last two years, the film commissions in Seoul and Busan have launched incentives they hope will help attract foreign filmmakers, such as financial subsidies, administrative assistance and first-class production facilities. And it's working. The country is gaining recognition as an affordable location for film production, and many of the films shot here have gone on to box-office success, particularly in Asia. Two of these films will be on screen at the 14th Pusan International Film Festival next month and several others are set for release later in the year. While the film industry has not yet built the infrastructure to support something as large as ...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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The 14th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has selected Jeannette Paulson HERENIKO and Riccardo GELLI as recipients of the Korean Cinema Award in recognition of their dedication to introduce Korean cinema to the United States and Italy. The award is presented annually during the festival to those who make contributions to Korean films by introducing them to the global film industry.
HERENIKO is former director of both the Hawaii and Palm Springs International Film Festivals. She has been tireless in her effort to introduce Korean films to the United States, organizing retrospectives of director BAE Chang-ho and IM Kwon-taek. She is also a founding member of NETPAC. GELLI is director of the Korea Film Festival in Florence, now in its 7th year. He has worked hard to introduce numerous Korean film directors, including KIM Ki-duk, to Italy. PIFF has also selected the "Bollywood Emperor" Yash CHOPRA as recipient of the "Asian Filmmaker of the Year" award. CHOPRA has been ...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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