| North American Tour of Jeon Soo-Il's Retrospective launches in Montreal and inviration (Source) |
2009/11/19 |
North American Tour of Jeon Soo-Il's Retrospective launches in
Montreal, accompanied by Canadian independent short films
Award-winning Korean filmmaker Jeon Soo-Il arrives in Nov. 29th launching his acclaimed Retrospective Tour for the first time in North America!
Montreal, November 19, 2009 - Korean independent giant Jeon Soo-Il's works will be introduced to the North American public for the first time at the Cinémathèque Québécoise from November 26 to December 2. Jeon's films have been awarded and featured internationally in film festivals, including the Cannes International Film Festival (Wind Echoing in My Being, 1997), Venice International Film Festival (With a Girl of Black Soil, 2007) and Pusan International Film Festival (Himalaya, 2008). His energetic creativity never stops while teaching film production in Kyungsung University and currently is in production for his 8th film.
This retrospective will showcase Jeon's six films at the Cinémathèque Québécoise: "Himalay... |More
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| JEON Soo-il's Latest to Compete at San Sebastian (Source) |
2009/09/01 |
"I Came From Busan", the latest feature by indie auteur JEON Soo-il will screen in the Official Section competition of the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival, running September 18 – 26 in northern Spain. It is one of 2 Asian features to compete in this year's festival, the other being Chinese director LU Chuan's "City of Life and Death".
JEON's previous films have fared well on the international festival circuit, with his 2007 feature "With a Girl of Black Soil" winning numerous prizes including at Venice, Pusan and Deauville. His 2009 release "Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells" screened in competition at the Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival.
"I Came From Busan" is about a woman giving up her baby for adoption. JEON, born in 1959, completed his masters and doctorate degrees in Film Science at the University of Paris 7 in Paris, France. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Theatre & Film of Kyungsung University and the president of Dongnyuk ... |More
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| Director Jeon Soo-il Talks About `Himalaya' (Source) |
2009/06/17 |
By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporters
Director Jeon Soo-il can be grouped among "the Kim Ki-duk clan" of artists who are better appreciated in the international film festival circuit than in local theaters.
His latest film "Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells" is slated to compete in July _ when he turns 50 _ at the 44th Karlovivary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic. This means that all six of Jeon's features will have been invited to major cinema events.
But as much as the film, now showing in theaters, marked the comeback of "Old Boy" star Choi Min-sik, its press preview attracted a mad crowd of reporters (Some 20 people had turned up for his previous multiple award-winning "With a Girl of Black Soil").
The aforementioned Kim is known to provoke onscreen, and Jeon also does not hesitate to depict shocking characters that take performance art to an extreme degree and commit suicide on stage ("I Have the Right to Destroy Myself").
"I had Choi Min-sik in mind when ... |More
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| Independent Movie, 'Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells' (Source) |
2009/06/11 |
A stranger's death is the beginning of a journey to the middle of nowhere.
A simple yet profound independent film has opened at Korean box offices amidst a flood of speedy, sensual blockbusters.
Let me invite you to a sanctuary for tired souls, "Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells".
Choi has spent his whole life trying to get ahead.
He has sent his family abroad while working in Korea.
Unfortunately, he is fired due to a corporate restructuring.
Then one day, Choi emerges from his misery to take the ashes of a Nepalese laborer to his family.
[Interview : Jeon Soo-il Director of "Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells" ] "It's the story of a man setting out to return the remains of a stranger to his home. But the journey turns out to be a soul search, and the man reflects upon his own identity".
A man who escapes from the world and finds himself in nature.
The part of Choi is played by Choi Min-sik.
Choi Min-sik is an actor already receiving worldwide recognition.
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| CJ to Expand Art House Film Screenings (Source) |
2009/06/05 |
Korea's exhibition major CJ-CGV will expand the number of screens its multiplex franchise has devoted to art house and independent films from seven to ten. Under a program entitled Movie Collage, CJ-CGV's specialty films team plans to expand the base for diversity films and support the discovery of talented new filmmakers.
CJ-CGV encourages promotion and distribution of local low-budget films through various platforms such as sponsorship of festivals (Cinema Digital Seoul, Pusan Int'l FF) and awards such as the CJ-CGV Korean Film Distribution Award at the Jeonju Int'l FF, which this year went to SIN Dong-il's "Bandhobi".
The exhibitor recently also announced a deal with indie and art house importer and producer Sponge Entertainment to screen a number of Sponge's local independent films. Upcoming or in-release films on the Movie Collage slate include "Boat", starring HA Jeong-woo, HONG Sang-soo's "Like You Know It All" and JEON Soo-il's "Himalaya, Where The Wind Dwells".
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