Kim Tae-il (김태일)

KOFIC announces recipients of indie DVD support fund

Source | 2006/08/07 | Permalink |

The Korean Film Council has selected ten works to be released on DVD as part of the 2006 DVD Production/Distribution Support for Independent Films. The recipients were selected out of 24 submissions, and will be made available for sale to the general public in special DVD box sets.

The following features, documentaries and short film collections will be included:

708ho, Yideungbyeong-ui Pyeonji ("#708, Letter from a Second-Class Private"), dir. KIM Hwan-tae, 6mm DV, 82 min.
The Forgotten Child: Shin Sung-il is Lost, dir. SIN Jae-in, beta, 103 min.
Annyong, Sayonara, dir. KIM Tae-il, 6mm DV, 107 min.
The Camellia Project, dir. CHOI Jin-seong et al., beta, 107 min.
Five is Too Many, dir. AHN Seul-gi, beta, 80 min.
Korea Short Animation Collection 2, dir. Jang Hyeong-yun et al., beta, 70 min.
The Murmuring, dir. BYUN Young-ju, 16mm, 98 min.
Habitual Sadness, dir. BYUN Young-ju, 35mm, 71 min.
My Own Breathing, dir. BYUN Young-ju, 35mm, 77 min.
Yijung-ui jeok, dir. LEE Ji-you...| More

Seoul's film festival tours further afield

Source | 2006/06/22 | Permalink |

The Seoul Independent Film Festival continues to stretch its geographical boundaries. The organizers are touring last year's prize-winning works and others prepared especially for the tour, having started from Daegu in May. From June 27 to 29, the event will feature at the Haksan Culture Center in Incheon, showing two features and five animated short films.
The festival's annual tour started in 2004 "as a way to reach audiences who could not be in Seoul for our actual festival", said Kim Jeong-hyeon, the program coordinator for the festival. "As the festival shows independent films that are hard to find through other media, we felt that it was important for us to showcase the films in other regions besides the capital", she added.
This year, the tour will visit 12 cities in Korea, including Seoul, Gangneung, Samcheok, Daejeon and Jeju. The committee plans to expand the scale again next year, to include around 20 cities in their program.
Both the feature films won prizes during the 2...| More

"Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" invited to Palm Springs film festival

Source | 2006/01/03 | Permalink |

Four Korean films, including the film "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" by director Park Chan-wook, have been invited to the Palm Springs International Film Festival in the United States.

The Pusan International Film Festival organizing committee said on Jan. 3 that "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" has been invited to participate in the Supercharged Cinema division of the Palm Springs Festival, which kicks off Jan. 5.

Kim Ki-duk's film "The Bow" will compete in the "World Cinema Now" section, while Park Kwang-hyeon's "Welcome to Dongmakgol" will be presented in the "Awards Buzz: Best Foreign Language Film" category. Finally, the film "Annyong, Sayonara" by Kim Tae-il and Kato Kumiko will compete in the long tragedy film section....| More

KOFIC supporting release of small-scale films

Source | 2005/11/23 | Permalink |

The Korean Film Council has stepped up its support of small-scale arthouse releases, with three films scheduled to be released in November through the KOFIC-supported ArtPlus Cinema Network.

The three films all drew a positive reception at the recent Pusan International Film Festival, and include multiple prize winner The Unforgiven by YOON Jong-bin, about the experiences of several young men during their obligatory two-year military service; independent feature Five Is Too Many by AHN Seul-gi, about the relationship that develops between five outsiders in Korean society; and Korean-Japanese documentary Annyong, Sayonara by KIM Tae-il and Kumiko KATO, about the efforts of a Korean woman and a Japanese man to sue to Yasukuni Shrine, which holds the remains of several Japanese war criminals.

The films will be screened nationwide through the various venues that have signed up to the ArtPlus Cinema Network, giving audiences a chance to experience smaller, less commercially-oriented f...| More