Grandmother's Flower (Movie - 2007)

"Old Partner" to Be Played in Canadian Film Festival

Source | 2009/03/26 | 0 comments | Permalink |

A moving documentary, "Old Partner", will be presented at the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival held in Toronto, Canada from April 30 through May 10. The largest documentary festival in North America is an annual even that shows distinguishing documentaries from all over the world.

Having so far drawn nearly 3 million moviegoers, "Old Partner" was invited to the International Spectrum category. Together with "Old Partner", other independent Korean documentary films - "Action Boys" about movie stunt men, "Black Badge" directed by Choi Jung-min, "Farmer's Song" about Korean farmers predicament at the impending market opening, "Grandmother's Flower" about a troubled family's history, and "Children of God", an in-depth look at Hindus – were invited to the festival's "Made in South Korea" program. Hot Docs explores the documentaries of specific nations each year and South Korea is the program focus for this year.

The festival hopes to present some of the unique and tradition...| More

Hong Sang-soo's Film Vies for Berlin Award

Source | 2008/02/11 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

While Korea celebrated Seollal on Feb. 7, on the far side of the globe, Germany greeted cineaste and cinephiles from all over the world for the 58th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), which runs through Sunday. This year, Hong Sang-soo's "Night and Day" competes for the Golden Bear award while three other Korean films make their mark at one of the most exciting and large-scale film events.

"Night and Day" is Hong's eighth feature film and it is the first time the acclaimed director competes at the Berlinale. Known as an innovative minimalist, Hong had competed in Cannes with "Woman is the Future of Man" (2004) and "Tale of Cinema" (2005). Before flying to Berlin, he stopped by Geneva earlier this month because "Woman on the Beach" (2006) was invited to the Black Movie Festival.

A recipient of the 2005 Korean Film Council Production Support for Art Films, "Night and Day" was mostly shot in Paris. It is about a successf...| More

Four Korean films to screen at Berlin Film Fest

Source | 2008/01/29 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Acclaimed director HONG Sang-soo will return to the Berlin International Film Festival with his eighth film "Night and Day", which screens in the festival's competition section. This will be the first time that a film by HONG competes at Berlin, after his previous works "Woman is the Future of Man" (2004) and "Tale of Cinema" (2005) competed at Cannes.

The film, recipient of 2005 KOFIC Production Support for Art Films, which was 90% shot in Paris, stars KIM Yeong-ho as an artist who runs off to France and leaves behind his wife played by HWANG Soo-jeong. PARK Eun-hye and LEE Seon-gyoon are cast as art students in Paris.

HONG's film is one of four Korean films that have been invited to various sections of the Berlinale. "Beautiful" by debut director Jeon Jae-hong tells the story of a woman who is persecuted because of her beauty. The film is based on a screenplay by well-known director KIM Ki-duk, who also served as executive producer of the film. Jeon is recognized as an u...| More