Actor
Hyeon Bin's long hair and baggy jacket do not make him look any different from what he looked like before. But the way he appears in the movie
"I Am Happy" is anything but the same. The look in his eyes and his whole body say that he is a different person. His character definitely stands apart from his characters in the TV dramas "
My Name is Kim Sam-soon" and "
Worlds Within".
To
Hyeon Bin, the movie
"I Am Happy" was like his graduation. Though the actor is currently preparing for his next production in the U.S.--the remake of the movie "Late Autumn"--he squeezed time from his busy schedule to attend the screening of
"I Am Happy". We met with him on November 16 at a cafe in southern Seoul.
"I Am Happy" was screened at last year's Pusan International Film Festival as the closing film. It finally opened more than a year later. ...
MoreThe 13th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, taking place July 16 – 26, has announced the launch of 2 new awards this year, the NETPAC and the Fujifilm Eterna award. Both awards will be presided over by juries, with the former going to an Asian film and the latter to a Korean film.
The NETPAC award will be given out to the best Asian film in the 'Off the Fantastic' section which introduces new offbeat genre films from throughout Asia. PiFan has created the Fujifilm Eterna Award for the purpose of promoting Korean independent feature films. As a prize, 8000ft of Fujifilm Eterna will be awarded to the best Ko...
MoreIran's major annual film event, the 27th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF), held in Tehran, will showcase a retrospective of contemporary Korean films. 13 features produced from the years 2000 through 2008 will screen in the Persian capital, January 30 to February 10, 2009.
Along with the retrospective,
Jeon Soo-il's "
With a Girl of Black Soil" (2007) was selected in the line-up of the Asian Cinema competition secti...
MoreThe 6th edition of the Asiana International Short Film Festival (AISFF) kicks off November 5th at Cinecube theater in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul. Opening the fest is the World Premiere of Korean short, "Seven Superheroes VS. Monster F" by director PARK Jay. The tale is of seven superheroes living ordinary lives in the same building until one day their peace is disrupted by a ferocious monster. It will be followed by French short, Manon of the Asphalt.
Veteran actor
Ahn Seong-gi ("
Duelist") heads AISFF, which runs for 6 days. It will close November 10th with an awards ceremony and 10 prizes including a Grand Prize worth US$ 12,000 and a screening of the top winner.
Heading this year's international jury is Japanese auteur director Kôhei Oguri, whose 1996 film Sleeping Man, starred fest director AHN. Th...
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Asiana International Short Film Festival will undertake its 6th edition from November 5 until the 11th at Cinecube, located in Gwanghwamun, Northern Seoul. Under the supervision of Korea's leading actor
Ahn Seong-gi, 52 films with up to 30 different national identities were selected for the international competition section out of 1,743 submissions from 69 countries.
Korean PARK Jay's Seven Superheroes vs. Monster F, and French Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont's Manon on the Asphalt will kick off the festival. This year's Asiana will...
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