Song Hae-seong (송해성)

KOFIC, Korea-China Interchange to Revitalize Two Industries

Source | 2008/11/12 | 0 comments | Permalink |

KOFIC (chairperson KANG Han-sup) is commencing two events in order to revitalize the film interchange between Korea and China.

First of the two events is '2008 Korea-China Business Campus' which will take place from Thursday, November 13 to Monday, November 17, over the course of 5 days. The event will mainly focus on the process of sharing films as well as co-production opportunities. This event first took place in 2006 in China, and then moved to Pusan International Film Festival in 2007 as a forum format, thus making this year's event second edition to be held in Korea. First annual event focused on the effect of Korean manpower and resources in Chinese film industry, while the current Business Campus will concentrate on not only the further advancements of above but how Korea and China can collaborate on projects that promote exchange of resources between the two countries. The event will hold pitching/mentoring sessions, seminars, business meetings for producers, production/po...| More

Chinese Actress to Star in Korean Musical

Source | 2008/08/25 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter

The domestic film industry has had its eye on overseas markets and is introducing novelty by casting foreign actors in their works.

Musicals are now doing the same.

The 2001 Korean film "Failan" starred Chinese actress Cecilia Cheung and Korean actor Choi Min-shik. This year, Yin You Can, 22, was selected as the female lead out of 50 finalists at an audition in Beijing.

The musical "Failan" will open Sept. 11 in Seoul's Daehangno district.

"It was a big challenge for me to come to Korea as I was doing plays and TV dramas in China. But I thought I shouldn't miss this opportunity to play Failan for my career. So I decided to come to Korea", Yin told The Korea Times.

Yin is making her musical debut in "Failan". "There is basically no big difference between musicals and plays. But the working style is a bit different between China and Korea. In a Korean musical, the production process is more interactive between an actor and a director", ...| More

Lee Jeong-jae—Jeong Ryeo-won, Lovers in "Mellows"

Source | 2008/03/27 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Lee Jeong-jae and Jeong Ryeo-won will be acting as lovers on the screen.

They confirmed to star in the movie "Mellows", which will start filming late April, and are now working on the details.

"Mellows" is a melodrama portraying the love between an insurance inspector whose wife committed suicide and a blind woman who had been in a coma for a year. "Mellows" has drawn great interest, as it is a new movie by Director Song Hae-seong, who also produced "Failan" and "Our Happy Time".

Because it is a love with someone in a coma, it will contain a feeling of fantasy as it goes back and forth from fantasy to reality.

There is great interest to see the on-screen chemistry between Lee Jeong-jae, who is coming back to the screen after a long break after "The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan", and Jeong Ryeo-won, whose first movie was "2 Faces of My Girlfriend".
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6th Mise-en-scene's Genre Film Festival

Source | 2007/06/26 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Opening June 27th at Yongsan CGV in central Seoul, the 6th edition of the Mise-en-scene's Genre Film Festival (MGFF) will run until July 3rd, screening over 60 short films. This year's slogan is "Beyond the Barrier of Genres", the event will celebrate films that challenge conventional genres.

MGFF began six years ago when a group of young directors collaborated on a festival that would support emerging cinematic talent. This year 10 of Korea's top directors joined hands to curate and program the festival. Known both at home and internationally, they are KIM Seong-su ("Musa", "Please Teach Me English"), HEO Jin-ho ("Christmas in August"), KIM Ji-woon ("A Bittersweet Life"), OH Seung-wook (Kilimanjaro), Lee Jae-Yong ("Untold Scandal"), KIM Dae-seung ("Blood Rain"), BONG Joon-ho ("The Host"), JANG Joon-hwan ("Save the Green Planet"), RYOO Seung-wan ("The City of Violence"), and SONG Hae-seong ("Failan"). Directors LEE Hyeon-seung ("Il Mare") and PARK Chan-wook ("Vengeance" trilogy...| More

US Remake of Failan

Source | 2007/06/11 | 0 comments | Permalink |

SONG Hae-seong's "Failan" (2001) starring CHOI Min-sik and Cecilia CHEUNG will be remade by director Vadim Perelman. Filming is scheduled for this year's fall.

Vadim Perelman directed the drama The House of Sand and Fog. The adaptation of the screenplay is in the hands of Jose Rivera, whose credits include The Motorcycle Diaries. US production company, Beacon Pictures and Landscape pictures teamed up as co-producers.

In "Failan", a man takes on the mafia who exploited his immigrant wife. He never met her, since it was only a formal agreement set up by the mafia. However, he learns about her faith through the letters she left him before she died and it compels him to seek revenge for her.

The remake relocates the story to New York. The immigrant woman will be changed into a Russian and she will fall in the hands of the Russian mafia.

SONG Hae-seong also directed last years "Maundy Thursday" ("Our Happy Time"). CHOI Min-sik is internationally best known for his role in PA...| More