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In his debut film < This Charming Girl >, director LEE portrayed with an unerring eye the ordinary feelings of loneliness, the memories of a broken heart, and the internal transformation wrought by the energy of a new love as experienced by one ordinary woman. Through "sensitivity more delicate than that of a female director" and "a solid presentation that belies his status as a novice director," LEE has caught the attention of many critics in South Korea. He graduated from U.S.C in America and worked on “A Contempt” Best Picture Award in 1st Seoul Short Film Festival and “Promise” M/V as like Producer. He directed “Love of Contemporary” The final selection work in 2nd Seoul Short Film Festival and wrote < Love Talk > a Winning piece of work in 2nd Best Film public subscription. He worked on “A watercolor in the raining day” (1989), “Like Rain, Like Music” (1992) and “A crashing Love” (1996) as like Assistant Director.< This Charming Girl >(2004) and < Love Talk > (2005) are Written and Directed by him. He also Directed “The house I lived” (2005)and < Ad Lib Night >(2006).Source Open the link
 Ad-Lib Night (아주 특별한 손님 - 2006) |
 My Dear Enemy (멋진 하루 - 2008) | Ad-Lib Night (아주 특별한 손님 - 2006) |  Love Talk (러브토크 - 2005) |  This Charming Girl (여자, 정혜 - 2004) |
Ad-Lib Night (아주 특별한 손님 - 2006) | Love Talk (러브토크 - 2005) | This Charming Girl (여자, 정혜 - 2004) |
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By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter "Breathless" by director Yang Ik-joon won both the grand prize (Le Lotus du meilleur film) and the international critic's award at the 10th Deauville Asian Film Festival in France, which came to a close, Sunday. This is another feat in the international film circuit by the South Korean indie film, which recently won the top award at the 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam. This is the second consecutive year the two coveted prizes went to a Korean movie at the esteemed event, following Jeon Soo-il's "With a Girl of Black Soil". Numerous other local works appeared at the festival. Baek Seung-bin's "Members of the Funeral" competed in the competition section alongside "Breathless"; Na Hong-jin's hit film "The Chaser" and Kim Yoon-jin's big budget epic "The Divine Weapon" were shown in Action Asia; and Yoo Ha's controversial "A Frozen Flower" and Yoon Jong-bin's noir drama "The Moonlight of Seoul" were screened in the Panorama section. The...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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One of Korean cinema's early masters and one of the most important directors of the 60s and 70s, YU Hyun-mok, 84, will receive a retrospective at the 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF). The event, which opens March 22, will feature four of the director's finest films under the title 'The Realist Dao of YU Hyun-mok'.
Included are YU's first masterpiece, "The Aimless Bullet" (1961), voted by Korean critics as the best Korean film of all time; the moving and sensuous "Daughters of the Kim Pharmacy" (1963), based on a classic Korean novel; the cynical, modernist color gem "The Guests on the Last Train" (1967) and the tense, cold war microcosm, "Rainy Days" (1979). Contemporary Korean films playing at the fest number eight this year. Indie favorite, "Daytime Drinking", was selected to compete in HKIFF's Asia Digital Competition section. The low budget debut feature by NOH Young-seok has drawn notice after winning at the Jeonju Int'l Film Fest and receiving a North...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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Korean films will take center-stage at this year's 27th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF). LEE Yoon-ki's latest drama "My Dear Enemy", starring Cannes Best Actress winner JEON Do-yeon ("Secret Sunshine"), will kick off the festival March 12.
The official closing film will be Korean-American director KIM So-yong's second feature, "Treeless Mountain" on March 19, although the festival continues screenings until the 22nd. KIM's sophomore effort is her first shot entirely in Korea and tells the tale of two young sisters shuffled off from mother to aunt to grandparents. It has won numerous prizes including best film at the Dubai Int'l Film Festival. Opener, "My Dear Enemy" also stars HA Jeong-woo, one of the most visible stars of 2008. It tells the tale of woman (JEON) collecting a debt from her ex-boyfriend (HA) who takes her on an enlightening journey through Seoul as he borrows cash from various friends to pay her off. Actor HA came to SFIA...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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The film "Antique" by Min Gyoo-dong has been invited to this year's 59th Berlin International Film Festival.
Based on a bestselling manga of the same title, the film will be shown out of competition in a themed section named Culinary Cinema. "My Dear Enemy" by Lee Yoon-ki, "Land of Scarecrows" by Noh Kyeong-tae, "Members of the Funeral" by Baek Seung-bin, "The Day After" by Lee Suk-gyung and "Treeless Mountain" by Kim So-yong have been invited to the festival's Forum section. "Antique", stars Joo Ji-hoon, Kim Jae-wook, Andy Gillet, Yoo Ah-in, and Choi Ji-ho. ...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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A total of seven Korean films are selected to screen at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival, running February 5 -15 in the German capital. Korean films will dominate this year's Forum section. The sidebar consists of five Korean titles: "Land of Scarecrows", "Members of the Funeral", "My Dear Enemy", and "Treeless Mountain".
Recently announced was the addition of MIN Gyoo-dong's third feature "Antique", which will screen in the Culinary Cinema section. MIN, who debuted with the critically praised horror "Memento Mori" (1999) and the 2005 hit "All for Love" ("My Lovely Week"), studied film in France. His latest feature revolves around four handsome young men and a cake-shop. "Land of Scarecrows" is NOH Kyeong-tae's second effort after his bold experimental "The Last Dining Table" which was awarded at Pusan International Film Festival and Seoul Independent Film Festival. His early experimental short films "Father and Son", and "Reincarnation" are also multi-awarded fi...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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