Park Soo-yeong (박수영)

Rotterdam fest to highlight various Korean films

2008/01/18 | Source | Permalink |

The 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam, scheduled to run from January 23 to February 3, will present a broad selection of Korean films in its line-up.

Although no Korean films will compete in the festival's main competition section for first and second films, the short film Waiting will participate in the festival's short film competition. The film, which was commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival as part of its Short! Short! Short! project, centers on a woman waiting for a train who encounters a boy who acts in strange ways. This marks the second year in the row that the film's director, KIM Jong-kwan, has had a short film competing at Rotterdam.

Three Korean features will screen in the Sturm und Drang (Cinema of the Future) section. The omnibus "Fantastic Parasuicides" centers on people who undergo surreal experiences at the moment they decide to kill themselves. "Hanging Tough" – directed by PARK Soo-yeong – is about a high school girl who wants to ...| More

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In Cinemas This Weekend

2007/11/09 | Source | Permalink |

And finally tonight let's see what's new at the movies this week.
Looks like it's a good mix of Korean and foreign productions with one for fans of Tom Cruise and Robert Redford and Taiwanese director Ang Lee.
Lee Jeewon has our preview.
We begin with an omnibus film from Korea.
Composed of three episodes, "Fantastic Parasuicides" is a movie from three directors, Park Soo-yeong, Jo Chang-ho and Kim Seong-ho that distributors say takes imagination to the extreme.
The first episode is about something that everyone might have dreamed about in school or rather the absence of it!
The second contains black humor about crime.
And the last story perhaps the quirkiest of all is about a romantic and elderly gay man who on his birthday tries to save a pretty boy.

Next is a Hollywood drama starring Oscar nominee Tom Cruise and Oscar winner Meryl Streep.
They are joined by another Oscar winner Robert Redford, who also directed the film.
The three characters in different parts of the Uni...| More

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'Fantastic Parasuicides' Invited to Sydney Film Festival

2007/11/07 | Source | Permalink |

The Korean omnibus film 'Fantastic Parasuicides' has been invited to the 2008 Sydney International Film Festival in Australia.

Producer and distributor Indiestory said it was unusual for festival organizers to invite a film prior to officially announcing the festival program.

The Fantastic Parasuicides, which was also invited to the Pusan International Film Festival's Wide Angle category, is an omnibus film which consists of three short films that come together under the common theme "suicide". The three short films include 'Three People in the Dark' directed by Park Soo-yeong, 'Fly Chicken!' directed by Jo Chang-ho and 'Happy Birthday' directed by Kim Seong-ho.

The annual Sydney International Film Festival is the largest film festival in the southern hemisphere that screens 300 films from 40 to 50 countries around the world. A number of Korean films have been invited in the past inlcuding 'Untold Scandal' and 'If You Were Me' in 2003, 'Host and Guest' in 2006 and 'Woman on th...| More

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Tablo to Visit Pusan Film Festival as Actor

2007/09/12 | Source | Permalink |

Tablo, a member of the hip-hop group Epic High, will visit the Pusan International Film Festival next month not as a singer but as an actor.

The reason for Tablo's visit is his big-screen debut movie "Fantastic Parasuicides", which has been invited to the festival's Wide Angle category. The Wide Angle category features full-length and short films as well as documentaries and anime films that were produced that year and drew the most attention.

"Fantastic Parasuicides" is an omnibus film consisting of three short films. One of them, "Three People in the Dark", was produced by Park Soo-yeong, who has received significant attention at various overseas film festivals. Tablo plays the role of an eccentric student who wants to blow up his school to achieve world peace.

"Fantastic Parasuicides" will premiere at the Pusan festival Oct. 7 and 9, and will be screened at Art Plus theaters in early November. ...| More

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