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Kim Tae-sik wins AAIFF Emerging Director Award

2007/08/07 | Source | Permalink |

The 30th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) closed its 10-day run July 28th with director KIM Tai-sik picking up one of the events main awards. The Emerging Director in Narrative Feature Award was given to KIM for his feature debut "Driving With My Wife's Lover". The prize honors the best narrative feature film by a first or second-time narrative feature filmmaker.

KIM's road movie has traveled many miles. After its' festival launch and world premier at the Pusan International Film Festival last year, it went on to screen at top festivals around the world including the Berlinale, Buenos Aires, Sundance and Rotterdam. KIM also won the Best Director Award at Monaco's International Emerging Talent Film Festival, last May.

KIM, also co-scripted this black-comedy, in which small-town shop owner Tae-han learns that his wife is having an affair with Joong-sik, a Seoul taxi-driver. Intending to violently confront him, Tae-han goes to Seoul and hails Joog-sik's cab,...| More

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Jecheon festival blends film and music

2007/07/26 | Source | Permalink |

The third Jecheon International Music & Film Festival will kick off its six-day schedule on Aug. 9, introducing 71 flicks from 23 countries and 30-odd music performances, blending film and music.

"The festival, Asia's first ever music-oriented film event, will continue to offer fresh opportunities to enjoy both movies and music at the same venue, providing various music performances as regular festival programs", the organizing committee said in a statement.

Jecheon, a city of 140,000 in North Chungcheong Province, is known for its serene landscape and clean environment, and the festival's success has earned the city the official support from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism this year.

JIMFF, which will run through Aug. 14 at the multiplex theater TTC Cinema, Jecheon Culture Center and Cheongpung Lake Stage, stresses the city's relaxing atmosphere that differs from other film festivals held in big cities like Seoul and Busan. The Jecheon festival will open with the 2006 Iri...| More

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'Let's Queer!' Film Fest to Open in Central Seoul

2007/07/15 | Source | Permalink |

By April Choi
Korea Times Intern

A collection of unusual love stories shakes up Myeong-dong in the "Let's Queer!" film festival with 12 original works at multiplex theater CQN, July 16-22.

Ranging from coming-of-age teen dramas to cult classics and a collection of Korean short films, the festival line-up provides a spectacular introduction to the world of gay films.

In the Taiwanese film "Eternal Summer" (2006), two childhood friends slowly grow apart when a newcomer enters their circle and the love triangle goes horribly wrong. As the three friends grow up, new feelings come to light, making everything very different. Viewers are in for a real treat __ the director and stars will drop by to give a talk and greet fans before screenings at 8:30 p.m. on July 21 and 3:00 p.m. July 22.

In Richard Glatzer's and Wash Westmoreland's "Quinceaner" (2006), which stunned crowds at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival winning both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, two Mexican te...| More

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[DVD Review] Vagueness fills DVD on having affairs

2007/07/09 | Source | Permalink |

Even with some thought, it's not easy to figure out whether Jang Moon-il's "A Good Day to Have an Affair" is a movie for a girl or a guy.
The film dresses up as a girl's movie at first, starring two female heroines as married women delving into their search for lost identity and sexual desire. Yet it's unclear whether their escapes lead them to find something meaningful in life or surrender to the system.
"Tweedy" (played by Yoon Ji-seo) meets "Two Foxes" on an Internet chat line as a refuge from her meaningless marriage to her husband, who "stopped talking as soon as he entered the wedding chapel". She finds freedom in Two Foxes, an immature womanizing banker who is always too busy fondling her chest in love motels and making up cheap, dirty stories about his sexual fantasies.
"Dew" (Kim Hye-soo) has a light affair with a young boy she also meets on a chat line, "the college student", but she's constantly chased around by a private investigator hired by her husband.
The film trigg...| More

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Film Fest to Open in Jeonju Next Week

2007/04/16 | Source | Permalink |

By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter

The 8th annual Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) will kick off on April 26 in Chonju, North Cholla Province.

The festival's search for the most innovative and experimental films through digital media will continue this year with a total of 185 movies from 37 countries being shown during its nine-day run. The showcased films have been selected from 1,035 submissions.

The festival opens with the local film "Off Road" by director Han Seung-ryong and closes with the Hong Kong film "Exiled" by director Johnnie To.

The opening film is a road movie, which revolves around a bank clerk who becomes a taxi driver to earn more money. But his plan is foiled when he becomes the hostage of a bank robber. The closing film is the story of a group of gangsters who unite after a past gang member who betrayed them in the past returns.

The festival had previously to competition sections _ Indie Vision and Digital Spectrum, but this year they were combi...| More

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