Park Chul-soo (박철수)

"Le Grand Chef" Whets Appetites at AFM

2007/11/01 | Source | Permalink |

Released locally November 1st, Show East's cooking drama "Le Grand Chef" is drawing strong interest from buyers at the 2007 American Film Market, currently running Oct 31 – Nov 7 in LA. The film has been sold to Festive Films for Singapore and Taiwan, to Sundream for Hong Kong, to A.O.E. for Malaysia and to M Pictures for Thailand. Talks to take the film to China are also being negotiated.

Directed by JEON Yoon-soo, known previously for melodramas such as "My Girl And I" (2005) and "Besame Mucho" (2001), "Le Grand Chef" moves out of the bedroom and into the kitchen. The film is anticipated locally for its parallels with pan-Asian hit Korean TV drama "Jewel In the Palace" ("Dae Jang Geum"), which had a palace cook as its chief character.

The film is based on a best-selling graphic novel by HEO Yeong-man, which also raises expectations for locals after the successful adaptation of another of HEO's novel's resulted in the 2006 hit "Tazza: The High Rollers" ("The War of Flower")....| More

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Kim Tae-sik wins AAIFF Emerging Director Award

2007/08/07 | Source | Permalink |

The 30th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) closed its 10-day run July 28th with director KIM Tai-sik picking up one of the events main awards. The Emerging Director in Narrative Feature Award was given to KIM for his feature debut "Driving With My Wife's Lover". The prize honors the best narrative feature film by a first or second-time narrative feature filmmaker.

KIM's road movie has traveled many miles. After its' festival launch and world premier at the Pusan International Film Festival last year, it went on to screen at top festivals around the world including the Berlinale, Buenos Aires, Sundance and Rotterdam. KIM also won the Best Director Award at Monaco's International Emerging Talent Film Festival, last May.

KIM, also co-scripted this black-comedy, in which small-town shop owner Tae-han learns that his wife is having an affair with Joong-sik, a Seoul taxi-driver. Intending to violently confront him, Tae-han goes to Seoul and hails Joog-sik's cab,...| More

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Local Release of "Driving With My Wife's Lover"

2007/04/17 | Source | Permalink |

After a stand-out premiere at the 11th Pusan International Film Festival last fall, KIM Tae-sik's observational comedy "Driving With My Wife's Lover" has traveled around the world, screening at top festivals such as the Berlinale, Sundance and Rotterdam. Now it is scheduled to have its local release this month via CJ Entertainment.

The tale of a cuckolded husband seeking revenge but finding friendship is the feature debut by KIM, who also co-scripted the film. In the black-comedy, small-town shop owner Tae-han learns that his wife is having an affair with Joong-sik, a Seoul taxi-driver. Intending to violently confront him, Tae-han goes to Seoul and hails Joog-sik's cab, asking for a long-distance trip back to his small town. From here on a tense, comedic road trip full of insightful dialogue and unexpected happenings brings KIM to better understanding of his wife and Joong-sik.

"Driving With My Wife's Lover" was the recipient of KOFIC's Art Film Production Support fund and...| More

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"The Peter Pan Formula" starring On Joo-wan to be invited to the Sundance Film Festival

2005/12/03 | Source | Permalink |

"The Peter Pan Formula" directed by Jo Chang-ho entered the Sundance Film Festival, the world-renowned film festival for independent films.

Organizer of the festival said, "16 pieces of film including 'The Peter Pan Formula' were invited to 'World Cinema Competition - Dramatic' at the 22nd Sundance Film Festival to be opened from Jan. 19, 2006".

The Sundance Film Festival will be held from Jan. 19 to 29 in Park City, Uta, USA that is well known for a feast of world independent films and its sponsor, Robert Redford.

"The Peter Pan Formula" starring On Joo-wan and Ok Ji-young is directed by Joe Chang-ho and produced by LJ Film. The movie is a story about a 19-year old boy called Han-su's growing pain and will be screened next January in Korea. The Korean movies of "Green Chair" directed by Park Chul-soo and "The Charming Girl" directed by Lee Yoon-ki were invited to the 21st Sundance Film Festival, but they were not awarded.









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PiFan runs by July 23, presenting a total of 172 movies from 32 countries

2005/07/16 | Source | Permalink |

PiFan (Pucheon International Fantastic Film Festival) to transform Pucheon into a city of cinema over 10 days by July 23, is presenting a total of 172 movies from 32 countries (including 89 full-length films and 83 shorts films).

According to the Film Festival's intention to hold a film festival in which manias and the citizens can share it, the Secretariat of the Film Festival has prepared this year a variety of events through which the populace can take part by adding cinemas families deserve seeing in large numbers.

This year's PiFan suffered from difficulties in its early stages as some movie directors refuse to take part in this Film Festival as an insubordination to former Film Festival's executive committee chairman dismissal during his tenure.

Yet thanks to the efforts of the Film Festival's Secretariat and administration support of Pucheon City, the 9th PIFan has come to equip features as an international Film Festival. The Secretariat of PiFan said that this year's...| More

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