3-Iron (Movie - 2004)

Korean Films Earn Intl. Critical Acclaim

Source | 2009/06/18 | 0 comments | Permalink |

The 2009 Cannes Film Festival closed its curtains on May 24th.
A total of 10 Korean films were invited to screen at Cannes.
Director Bong Joon-ho's "Mother - 2009" was invited to compete for the "Un Certain Regard" prize, receiving great praise in the process.
Park Chan-wook's "Thirst" took home the Jury Prize.
And once again, Cannes provided an opportunity to show the world what Korean films are all about.
Recently, Korean films have been showing their best side at the world's top film festivals including Cannes, Berlin and Venice.
Behind their success is what some might call "cinema diplomacy".
Since the launch of the Pusan Film Festival in 1996, a host of international festivals are introducing Korean films to viewers around the world every year.
This led to "Strokes of Fire", by Im Kwon-taek winning Best Director in 2002, and Park Chan-wook winning the Grand Prix at Cannes two years later with "Old Boy".
The same year "3-Iron" was awarded Best Director at Venice.
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Korea's Fine Cut to Co-Produce Sabu Feature

Source | 2008/09/04 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Start-up company Fine Cut will co-produce Japanese director Sabu's next feature film, titled Arrested Memories. Company founder Seo Yeong-joo will be producer, pitching the project this fall at the 13th Pusan International Film Festival's project market, PPP, where it will be presented among 30 promising new titles. The project, pending financing, will be shot in Korea with a Korean cast.

Written by Sabu, the US $2 million project is an off-beat comic thriller about a tough police detective who develops Alzheimer's disease and botches an operation. After being assigned to a kidnapping case, sudden memory loss sends him into a spiral of misadventures, inadvertently aiding him in cracking the case and saving the day.

Sabu is an award-winning director whose features have toured the world's top-tier festivals. He won the FIPRESCI Prize in 1999 for Monday, and the NETPAC award in 2002 for Blessing Bell, both at the Berlin Film Festival. He currently has three projects on the go: ...| More

[ChanMi's movie news] "Mandate: Mission from the Gods" Jae Hee leaving for military duties

Source | 2008/07/17 | 0 comments | Permalink |

His new movie is out, "Mandate: Mission from the Gods" but he won't be there for its release and the publicizing because of military duties.

The action thriller movie is about a manipulative murderer and a ghost hunter seeking him where Jae Hee, previously from ...| More

Korean Movies to Shine at Int'l Film Fests

Source | 2008/06/30 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

South Korean movies continue to make their way around the globe to vie for prizes and reach a wider audience. Some notable trips to international film festivals include feted director Kim Ki-duk's latest work "Dream", the anticipated summer blockbuster "The Good, the Bad, the Weird", which received rave reviews at the Festival de Cannes in May, and creative animations and documentaries.

"Dream" (Bimong) by celebrated director Kim Ki-duk will contend for the Golden Shell at the 56th San Sebastian International Film Festival running Sept. 18-27, the festival announced recently (http://www.sansebastianfestival.com). It is the only Asian film in the competition pool against five other works. It is Kim's third work after "3-Iron" and "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring" to appear at the event. Kim has won the award for Best Director at Venice ("3-Iron") and Berlin ("Samaritan Girl" - "Samaria"), while "Breath" competed at Cannes.

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MoMa NYC showcases KIM Ki-duk films

Source | 2008/04/24 | 0 comments | Permalink |

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) will screen KIM Ki-duk films from April 23 until May 8 to New York City audiences. Fourteen films of the maverick filmmaker will be on display, making it the first complete retrospective of KIM's repertoire in the U.S. and some of the films will have their U.S. premiere at MoMa.

MoMa describes KIM's body of work as "sensuous, sensational imagery and wild and haunting narratives" and praises his "sweeping camera movements and long, richly composed shots".

Among KIM's best known films in the U.S. are "the libidinous "The Isle" (2000), the Buddhist-inflected "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring" (2003), and an elliptical treatise on invisibility, "3-Iron" (2004)".

The retrospective is organised by MoMa's Department of Film Senior Curator Laurence Kardish, and HAHN Dong-sin of Open Work, New York. The showcase is made possible through numerous parties, including the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). MoMa previously organised retrospectives of IM...| More