Mateo (Movie - 2004)

2nd London Korean Film Festival Starts

Source | 2007/11/01 | 0 comments | Permalink |

15 Korean films are being showcased this November at the 2nd annual London Korean Film Festival, screening at the Barbican in London's financial district. Opening the weeklong festival, which runs the 2nd to the 8th, is KIM Ki-duk's 2007 Cannes competition entry, "Breath". The film quickly sold-out as has the festival's curtain-closer, "I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK", which won the Berlin Alfred Bauer prize this year for director PARK Chan-wook.

Director PARK will present the closing film and lead a 'Screen-Talk' with the audience following the screening. Two films from PARK's famed vengeance trilogy, "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" (2006) and "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" (2002) will also be screened, forming a mini-retrospective of the director's work.

Along with "Breath", KIM's 2006 feature Time will also be screened. Other films in the program are festival-favourite and Thessaloniki top prize winner "Family Ties" ("The Birth of a Family") by KIM Tae-yong, gangster-yarn "A...| More

Toon town on the drawing board

Source | 2006/09/13 | 0 comments | Permalink |

One man aims to turn Chuncheon into an animation focal point

CHUNCHEON, Gangwon - "I hope this event will be a forum to produce a center of the Asian animation industry".
"I hope Chuncheon will become a center of animation in Korea and will become a world-renowned animation city".
So spoke Lee Geun-sil, chairman of the Chuncheon City Council, and Heo Cheon, national assemblyman, respectively, at the opening ceremony last week of the Chuncheon Anitown Festival.
With only one real local animation studio, it might still be a distant dream for Chuncheon, the provincial capital of Korea's least-populated province, to become a "world-renowned animation city". But dogged efforts by the head of that one studio, Park Heung-soo, have borne fruit ― and this was on display at the festival.
Gathered here were Mr. Park's business partners, friends and invited guests, including fellow Korean animation mogul Nelson Shin and representatives from American, Chinese and Japanese studios.
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"Mateo" Poster Making its First Public Appearance

Source | 2004/06/28 | 0 comments | Permalink |

"Wanted! Flying Porky for 150 Won"
The poster of a creative animation "Flying Porky - Mateo the Pirate" is now on street walls. It is the beginning of Mateo's official marketing before the screening on July 24.

Three types of the launching posters are up: the outrage series at Eiffel Tower, then with General Lee Sun-shin along with the wanted poster. Mateo halves the Eiffel Tower and steals the sword of Lee; these don't happen in the story, but they are reflection of Mateo's wish to become a famous pirate.

"Flying Porky - Mateo the Pirate" received much attention from the production phase. It was selected as KOCCA Star Project in 2002, and as a SICAF SPP recipient in 2001.

Many famous people participated in the production of the animation. An actress Yoon Seok-hwa was the artistic director, and an entertainer Cho Jeong-rin's voice was used for the main female character. Sonada Hideki of "Pokemon" and Duane Capizzi are co-writers of the scenario, and Kim Dong-seong ...| More

Yoon Suk-hwa Becomes Art Director of an Animated Film

Source | 2004/06/22 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Actress Yoon Suk-hwa has become the art director of an animated film. Yoon said Friday that she has been participating in the production of "Flying Pig - Pirate Mateo" for six months as an art director in charge of composing the theme song, the lyrics, and the voice acting of each characters.
The "Flying Pig - Pirate Mateo", which will be released next month, is a 3D animation about a group of pilot pigs that go on adventures in space. With a total budget W4.2 billion, the animation started production in the year 2000. Yoon directs the theme song, the voice acting, and also in selecting the music director and the special effects. Yoon said, "I like children, and I decided to participate in this work because I thought this animation would be good for them".

Park Don-kyu...| More

Korean Animation Mateo at Theatres on July 24

Source | 2004/06/15 | 0 comments | Permalink |

A cute yet somewhat out of place pig pirate Mateo will begin his adventure at theatres on July 24. This fun animation about adventures beyond one's imagination that a group of amateur pirates go through is sure to appeal to audiences of all ages and genders.

Mateo and his friends are trouble makers who dream to become legendary pirates. These very lovable rebels at first plan to attack a convenient store in their village, but end up running errands for the store owner.

One day, a plane of Princess Cutlet who was running away from the Wolf Gang falls down to the village, and Mateo and his friends hold the princess as their hostage. Then the real pirates appear and the Mateo group and Princess Cutlet live through the once-in-a-lifetime adventures.

Mateo is the first of 4~5 Korean feature animations to screen within this year. It is the first feature animation to be produced by an internationally renowned Dongwoo Animation Co., Ltd.

It is a blockbuster with many fa...| More