| Korean Animation Company Puts Avante Guarde Anime on the Map (Source) |
2009/03/06 |
Animation company Studio Flying could put Korea on the animation map with their own special brand of avant guard, stylised anime. The company made a name for itself on the international festival circuit with the oddly dung flavoured hit 'Aachi and Ssipak' (2006). However, where "Aachi and Ssipak" are more like super (anti) heroes saving a world in the future that derives its energy from human faeces, their next work 'Mad Monkey' was a more sinister, made-for-DVD adult tale. Mad takes us on a kung fu journey into the dark, seedy world of a brothel - the kind of place that animators only dear to tread. Next for the company is a rumoured feature length version of their short animation, 'Forest of Nemi' (2005). This tale about a little girl in a land of giant robots might be aimed towards a more slightly family orientated audience.
While Korea is famous for its animation industry that outsources to the world, it is yet to create its own hits, at least on par with the Japanese ind... |More
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| Korean Animations have attracted Europeans (Source) |
2008/11/17 |
In '2008 Korean Animation Festival' which has been held in London Korean Film Festival, 'Korean Animation Day' got evaluated very well by the audiences and newspaper groups.
Korea Culture & Contents Agency (Director: Seok-Man Ko) announced that about 180 of audiences have been gathered in Korean Animation Day which has been screened three times. Korean characters and animations got big responses from managers of Barbican Center and parents.
'Animation Day' which has been held in Barbican Centre of London England and Cinema 1, screened 'Chiro and his friends', 'Pororo', 'Panfried Pumpkin', 'Wanted' (from "Indie Anibox : Selma's Protein Coffee "), 'A Coffee Vending Machine and its Sword' (from "Indie Anibox : Selma's Protein Coffee "), 'Love is Protein' (from "Indie Anibox : Selma's Protein Coffee "), and 'Aachi And Ssipak' for European audiences.
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| 2008 NEXT plus Summer Film Festival (Source) |
2008/08/01 |
Korea's Art-Plus network of affiliated theaters launches it's 2008 NEXT plus Summer Film Festival, a coordinated effort by the art house and independent exhibitors to bring exciting films from home and abroad to cinema-lovers.
Sponsored by KOFIC and Seoul City, the festival runs July 25 – August 7 in Seoul, Incheon and Kyeonggi area, and August 1 – 14 in other regions across the country. Various genres and retrospectives as well as the most recent films will be on view. A number of Passes and discount tickets will be available during the festival for use at member theaters.
Seoul Art Cinema in Jongno will feature a retrospective of American independent filmmaker Hal Hartley. Classic and contemporary Hong Kong action films will be screened at several theaters including Film Forum and Seoul Art Cinema. Sponge House Joong Ang Cinema will screen films by Japanese director Miki Satoshi as well as Korean independent features and shorts.
In Apkujeong at Cine City, a showcase o... |More
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| Epitaph sold to Japan, Hong Kong, and North America (Source) |
2008/04/04 |
Among the new slate of talented young Korean directors, the brothers JEONG Beom-sik and JEONG Sik are among its leading exponents; the latest development around their debut film "Epitaph" (Gidam) is the sale of its distribution rights to North America (TLA Releasing), Hong Kong (Celestial Movies Channel) and Japan (CCRE) by Studio 2.0 at the Hong Kong Filmart.
Studio 2.0 also sold the rights of "Highway Star" (Bokmyeon Dalho), starring CHA Tae-hyeon, to Hong Kong (Celestial Movies Channel), China (H.G.C.) and Vietnam (Diamond Cinema). Animation "Aachi and Ssipak" was picked up by Spain's Notro and "Lovers of 6 Years" (Yooknyeonjjae Yeonae Joong) with KIM Ha-neul will be released in Vietnam (Diamond Cinema).
TLA Releasing describes its prized acquisition "Epitaph" as, "Beautifully lush, Korean supernatural, psychological horror", and, "A reinvention of Korean horror and moving it into a refreshingly, new direction". JIN Goo ("A Dirty Carnival"/Biyeorhan Geori), KIM Bo-kyeong ("W... |More
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| Korean cartoons grow up and into lucrative animation industry (Source) |
2007/12/23 |
An old, driverless car approaches a young man, suddenly stands up, and transforms itself into a tall, talking robot armed with never-before-seen technology.
This is a scene from "Transformers", the recent Hollywood blockbuster directed by Michael Bay. The show features robots that can change themselves into any kind of vehicle to fight against evil robots out to takeover earth.
The movie and the original 1980s cartoon on which it is based captivated many robot enthusiasts, young and old.
The creative power behind the Transformers is Korean animator Nelson Shin, 67, the producer of the original Transformers cartoon and director of the 1986 Transformers movie. Dubbed "god of animators" in South Korea", Shin and the staff at his studio AKOM in Korea have also been drawing famous U.S. cartoon characters from "The Simpsons", "Dilbert" and "Pink Panther".
Meanwhile, at Internet cafes across Korea a legion of 200,000 users -- ages 20 to 60 – are logged on and playing Lineage. The... |More
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