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KOFIC Announces New Commissioners

2008/07/17 | Source | Permalink |

The Korean Film Council has announced the appointment of eight new commissioners who, together with KOFIC chair KANG Han-sup, will oversee the drafting and implementation of film policy.

The commissioners were selected in an intensive open registration process held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and were officially inducted to two-year terms in a ceremony held at KOFIC on June 30.

The new commissioners, in alphabetical order, are: CHO Hye-jung (f), film professor at the University of Suwon; JUNG Su-wan (f), program director of the Jeonju International Film Festival and professor at Dongguk University; KIM Se-hoon (m), professor of animation at Sejong University; LEE Mi-yun (f), film director ("Bus, l'abri"); MIN Byeong-cheon (m), film director ("Natural City"); Oh Jeong-wan (f), film producer ("A Bittersweet Life", "Night and Day"); PARK Kyung-pil (m), chair of the Media Investment Council; and SHIM Sang-min (m), professor of culture and communication studies a...| More

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KOREAN FILM COUNCIL ANNOUNCES MENTORS AND SUCCESSFUL FINALISTS FOR FILMMAKERS' DEVELOPMENT LAB 2008

2008/06/03 | Source | Permalink |

June 3, 2008 (Los Angeles) - Now in its third year, the Korean Film Council's Filmmakers' Development Lab confirmed today the appointment of this year's Mentors, and also announced the five successful finalists who are this year's Fellows.

The Filmmakers' Development Lab (FDL) is an initiative of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) to pair industry professionals and emerging filmmakers from Korea and the Korean diaspora to help realize their English language projects. The Fellows are chosen from open application and project submission process.

The program begins with one-on-one mentoring at an intensive one-week script development Lab which will be held in late June in Jeju Island, Korea.

The Fellows and their projects are then brought to Independent Film Week (previously IFP Market) in New York in September, and to the Co-Production Forum at the Pusan International Film Festival and Asian Film Market in Korea in October.

Throughout, Fellows are given opportunities to netwo...| More

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bom Film Productions CEO Changes to Head of Production

2007/03/06 | Source | Permalink |

CEO OH Jeong-wan of bom Film Productions decided to concentrate on film making aspects. Therefore, he internally switched to lead the Production Department of bom Film Productions.

The new CEO is bom Film Productions former chief financial officer JO Kwang-hee. JO made his name in the Korean entertainment industry when he was working as an entertainment lawyer. He has been influential in protecting Korean films' copyrights and from censorship.

bom Film Productions next film will be "Home coming" directed by Lee Jae-yong. They previously worked together on "An Affair" and "Untold Scandal".

KIM Ji-woon is another influential director working with bom Film Productions, it resulted in films like: "The Foul King", "A Tale of Two Sisters" and "A Bittersweet Life".

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)...| More

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Korean Films Praised at the Berlin Film Festival

2006/02/28 | Source | Permalink |

By Nigel DSa
Staff Writer

The Berlin International Film Festival wrapped February 18th with several prizes awarded to ethnic Koreans. Composer Peter KAM received the Silver Bear for Best Film Music for his score in the Hong Kong made Isabella.

Korean-American director KIM So-yong won the FIPRESCI prize for his feature debut "In Between Days", in the Forum section of the program. Shot in Toronto, the film offers a bleak look at a dislocated Korean teenager who moves west with her mother. In Between Days won a special jury prize for independent vision at Sundance earlier this year.

The NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) prize was awarded to Korean-Japanese director Yang Yong-hi for her documentary feature Dear Pyongyang, after also winning a special jury prize at Sundance last month. A portrait of the political and personal plights experienced by ethnic Koreans living in Japan, the film focuses on the director's own parents, who remain fervid supporters North Ko...| More

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