Lim Ah-ron (임아론)

32 finalists including "Watermelon Chick" were named for the Indie-Anifest

2007/08/08 | Source | Permalink |

The Korean Independent Animation Filmmakers Association (KIAFA) announced on Aug. 6 films that made it to the main competition in this year's Indie-Anifest (Chair: Na, Ki-Yong).

Under the slogan, "Breaking the Ice", the Indie-Anifest 2007 selected a total of 32 finalists, 12 in the general category and 20 in the student category.

Among the general category finalists are "Watermelon Chick" by Won Jong-Sik, which competed at the Annecy Festival this year, and his new work "A Millennium Giraffe"; "El Nino" by Lim Ah-ron, who has been well known for his "Mug Travel", which recently premiered in theaters; "The Sense of Space of People Living in a City", a new work by Kim Joon, who participated in "If You were Me : Anima Vision" with The House of the Woman; and the nostalgic "The Eraser Lovers" by Park Ji-Yun.

On the other hand, finalists in the student category include An Unimaginable Event by Kim Ah-Young, who has been highly acclaimed for her work I Want to Invite You, which rece...| More

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'Mug Travel' wins Best Film for Children in BIMINI Animation Festival

2007/03/30 | Source | Permalink |

Recently released 3D animation "Mug Travel" (Director Lim Ah-Ron) has won 'The Best Film for Children' in BIMINI Animation Festival.

The festival, which was held in Latvia, not only judges on the children's animations, but also for adult animations.

"Mug Travel" is about an adventurous story about a young child 'Bebe' who receives a magical pendant from Santa Claus and meets polar bear 'Bbaeggom', penguins "Ggongggong' and 'Dodo' along the journey.

The animation was first released as a TV series. It has been exported to 20 broadcasting companies worldwide, including French Ansi Animation Festival, Britain's BBC, USA's Cartoon Network, and France's M6.

The movie version has been selected as the opening movie for 1st Busan International Children's Movie Festival. It has also been nominated in Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film and Germany's Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart. The animation was released last 22nd in 37 theatres around the country.

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Brussels Fantastic Invites 2 Korean Films

2007/03/20 | Source | Permalink |

Two of last year's big budget fantasy thrillers have been invited to compete at the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (BIFFF), set to run April 5th – 17th, 2007 in Belgium. BONG Joon-ho's record-smashing monster film "The Host" and JO Dong-oh's purgatorial fantasy "The Restless" will vie for the top international prize in the program.

Other Korean films selected to participate in the non-competition category are AHN Byeong-ki's residential horror "A.P.T" (2006), KIM Eun-kyeong's boarding school nightmare, "Roommates - 4 Horror Tales" (2006), JO Beom-jin's scatological animation "Aachi and Ssipak" (2006), LEE Si-myeong's biting comedy "Vampire Cop Ricky" (2006) and LIM Ah-ron's animated children's feature "Mug Travel" (2006).

BIFFF ranks along with Spain's Sitges and Portugal's Fantasporto as one of the world's top three fantastic film festivals. Previous Korean awardees at the festival include KIM Ki-duk's "The Isle" (2000) and JANG Joon-hwan's "Save the Gree...| More

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'The Host', 'The Restless' Invited to Brussels Fantastic Film Festival

2007/03/19 | Source | Permalink |

The movies "The Host" by director Bong Joon-ho and "The Restless" by director Jo Dong-oh have been invited to compete in the international category of the 2007 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, according to Pusan International Film Festival Senior Programmer Kim Ji-seok on March 18.

The Brussels Fantastic Film Festival will be held in Belgium April 5-17. Other Korean movies that have been invited to participate in the non-competition category include Lee Si-myeong's "Vampire Cop Ricky", Jo Beom-jin's "Aachi and Ssipak", Ahn Byeong-ki's "A.P.T" and Lim Ah-ron's "Mug Travel".

The festival is regarded as one of the world's top-three fantastic film festivals along with Spain's Sitges Film Festival and Portugal's Oporto International Film Festival. Previous award winners of the festival from Korea include Kim Ki-duk's movie "The Isle" and Jang Joon-hwan's "Save the Green Planet"....| More

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