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Directed by Baek Seung-bin (백승빈)
Screenplay by Baek Seung-bin (백승빈)
99min | Release date in South Korea : 2009/03/12Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Hee-joon is dead and a group of people are gathered at the funeral. By the way they refer to one another they are members of a family composed of father, mother, and daughter. They are also the leading characters in the novel that Hee-joon wrote before he died, and they have no idea what relationship one another had w... More
The Pusan International Film Festival's organizing committee has announced the selection of 25 projects for its Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) 2009. Under three categories, Script Development, Post-Production, and Asian Network of Documentary(AND), ACF will support 10 Korean and 15 Asian projects.
ACF also announced the launch of 2 new funds which take effect in 2010. The first is the Overseas Korean Project Fund which is designed to assist Korean filmmakers residing abroad. KO Young-jae, CEO of Studio Nurimbo, which produced the hit documentary "Our School", initiated the fund. A total of US $83,000 will be made available. Also added from next year is the AND Distribution Support fund, created by LEE Chung-ryoul, the star director of "Old Partner". His endowment of $83,000 will be used to to provide distribution aid to 1 Korean film and also to support acquisition of local distribution rights for 2 Asian films. Among the notable Korean directors selected this year for ACF s...| More | |||||||||
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Korean films have been gaining global attention overseas for the past few years, winning notable prizes in world-class film festivals in Cannes, Venice and other cities. Make the best of your stay in Korea with the 1st KAFA Film Debut Program scheduled for this coming weekend.
From May 8 to 10, Mirospace, a movie theater in Jongno-gu, Seoul, will screen four recently released Korean independent feature films with English subtitles. "The Room Nearby" by director Goh Tae-jeong depicts an encounter between a woman who needs her space and a woman who is afraid of such space. "The Day After" by director Lee Suk-gyung is about a woman who encounters a fine day after a stormy divorce. "The Story of Mr. Sorry" by director Kwak In-keun tells an interesting tale of a man whose career is wiping out other people's earwax. "Members of the Funeral" by director Baek Seung-bin depicts a family that has fallen apart. The movies are independent films by young directors who graduated from ...| More | |||||||||
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The film sales arm of Korean major CJ Entertainment did brisk business at the Hong Kong FIILMART, closing deals on a slew of titles including pre-sales for its big-budget disaster film "Haeundae" going to Indonesia's VSG for rights over Malaysia, Singapore and home territory.
The Busan-set CGI driven film about a tsunami that hits the popular Korean beach resort of Haeundae, boasts a top cast of SEOL Kyeong-gu ("Oasis"), HA Ji-won ("Duelist"), PARK Joong-hoon ("Radio Star"), and UHM Jung-hwa ("Princess Aurora"). JK Youn (Yoon Je-kyoon - "Miracle on 1st Street") directs with Hollywood master Hans Ulrich (Star Wars 4 & 5, The Day After Tomorrow) supervising CGI. "Haeundae" also sold to Indo Overseas along with KIM Ji-woon western "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" for India. CJ also sold KANG Woo-seok thriller "Public Enemy Returns" to Palisades Tartan for the US and UK, and JEON Yoon-soo's erotic period drama "Portrait of a Beauty" to UniArt for Japan. CJ also signed an agreemen...| More | |||||||||
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Producing a feature film costs a lot of money and time. So most film students are limited to producing shorts. But a film school here in Seoul is running their curriculum differently to prepare the students as much as possible for the real world of cinematic arts. Yoo Dal is in the studio to tell us more. [Reporter : ] Hello, Kiho & Sunhee. The Korean Academy of Film Arts has an advanced program for feature films and animations. And the students enrolled in this course are required to produce feature movies which are fit for the screen. The purpose of this program is to train the students intensively so they can contribute to the development of the Korean film and animation industry. Arirang was able to visit the school and see the students work on their projects. I was also invited to take on being an actress but without any lines. Why don't we take a look. Korean films have crossed many borders showcasing their innovativeness and charm on the world stage. ...| More | |||||||||
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By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter "Breathless" by director Yang Ik-joon won both the grand prize (Le Lotus du meilleur film) and the international critic's award at the 10th Deauville Asian Film Festival in France, which came to a close, Sunday. This is another feat in the international film circuit by the South Korean indie film, which recently won the top award at the 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam. This is the second consecutive year the two coveted prizes went to a Korean movie at the esteemed event, following Jeon Soo-il's "With a Girl of Black Soil". Numerous other local works appeared at the festival. Baek Seung-bin's "Members of the Funeral" competed in the competition section alongside "Breathless"; Na Hong-jin's hit film "The Chaser" and Kim Yoon-jin's big budget epic "The Divine Weapon" were shown in Action Asia; and Yoo Ha's controversial "A Frozen Flower" and Yoon Jong-bin's noir drama "The Moonlight of Seoul" were screened in the Panorama section. The...| More | |||||||||
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