Love is a Crazy Thing (2005) - 연애 (Yeon-ae)

DC hosts Korean film fest

2008/05/30 | Source | Permalink |

The Korean Film Festival DC 2008 opened already in early April, and is still running until June 12. The festival is organised by the Smithsonian Institute with the assistance of several Korean organisations, including the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).

Tom Vick, programmer, thinks it's "only a slight exaggeration to say that South Korea is in the process of conquering the world with its movies". He praises the diversity in Korean cinema, and speaks of a "wealth of talent and creativity" as the force behind the developments in Korean cinema.

The festival programmed a mix of popular blockbusters, documentaries, animation, and independent films. The films in June are the animation "Empress Chung", "Love is a Crazy Thing", and "The King and the Clown".

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)

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Korean Film Festival 2008 at the Smithsonian

2008/05/28 | Source | Permalink |

The Smithsonian Institution's Korean Film Festival DC 2008, organized through the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries and made possible by the Korea Foundation, the Korean Film Council, and the US-Korea Business Council, continues into June. The remaining film showings fall into two categories: New Korean Cinema and "Love is a Crazy Thing". More information available is at http://www.asia.si.edu/koreanfilm2008/

"Empress Chung": Korean Folktale through Animated Film
Tuesday, June 3 at 7 p.m.
Meyer Auditorium in the Freer Gallery of Art
Independence Avenue at 12th Street, SW, Washington D.C.
For more information: 202 633 1000
Free with a ticket

Join Dr. Heinz Insu Fenkl, Associate Professor of English at SUNY New Paltz, for a stimulating discussion of Nelson Shin's rarely screened animated film "Empress Chung". Explore the way this film, based on the folktale Shimchong, the Blindman's Daughter, reflects central Korean values. 200...| More

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Korean Films Receive Hot Spotlight at Udine

2006/04/26 | Source | Permalink |

By Paolo Bertolin
Contributing Writer

UDINE, Italy ㅡ With 13 recent films mostly unreeled in their international and European premiere, Korean cinema is once again under media spotlight at the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) taking place in Udine, a North East Italian city.

Now in its eighth edition, the fast-growing event claims primacy among Western film festivals concerned with Asian cinema. Certainly a one-of-a-kind format among film festivals that commonly tend to focus on art-movies, FEFF proves the global appeal of mainstream Asian productions, as press officials stress record-breaking figures in international accredited press and report screenings continuously playing to full capacity.

Among the seventy films from East Asia blending into the enticing FEFF menu, the Korean ones retain a prominent spot indeed, as both opening and closing soirees happen to showcase Chungmuro productions. On Friday, April 21, Han Jae-rim's unflinching debut "Rules of Dating (Yonaeui ...| More

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Actor Cha Seung-won's "Blood Rain" advances into the Yubari International Adventure Fantastic Film Festival

2006/01/20 | Source | Permalink |

Three Korean movies are presented at Yubari International Adventure Fantastic Film Festival held every February in Yubari, a city of snow, Hokkaido of Japan.

The 17th Yubari International Adventure Fantastic Film Festival will be held from Feb. 23 to 27, where 62 films in total will be shown. About 100 guests related to movie business from home and abroad will join the festival.

As for Korea, "Blood Rain" directed by Kim Dae-seung and "Never Belongs to Me" directed by Nam Gi-woong were officially invited to "Young Fantastic Competition" with other countries' four films while "Crying Fist" directed by Ryoo Seung-wan will meet the audience as "Official Selection" that include 12 films.

In addition, various events will be provided including the ceremony to set up sisterhood relationship with the 10th PiFan (Pucheon International Fantastic Film Festival).

Meanwhile, director Heo Jin-ho's "April Snow" and director Oh Seok-geun's "Love Is A Crazy Thing" were officially invited t...| More

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Lee Byeong-heon to meet Tsumabuki Satoshi

2005/10/07 | Source | Permalink |

Actors Lee Byeong-heon, 35, and Tsumabuki Satoshi, 24, both regarded to be among the most handsome actors in their home countries, will meet at the Pusan International Film Festival, reported the festival's organizers. The two will hold an "open talk" at the Paradise Hotel on Oct. 8 at noon.

Satoshi has a large fan base in Korea. His popularity rose because of his passionate acting in the TV dramas "Lunch no Joou" and "Josee, The Tiger And The Fish", which aired in Korea.

Lee and Satoshi were invited to the festival for their respective movies "A Bittersweet Life" (directed by Kim Ji-woon) and "Haru no Yuki" (directed by Yukisada Isao). The festival's organizers have prepared an open-talk event featuring the two actors, who enjoy enormous popularity in their home countries.

Meanwhile, other events to be held during the festival include an outdoor event at the PIFF Square in Sampo-dong that will feature the directors and cast of invited films, including "Three Times" (starring ...| More

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