Taxi Blues (2005) - 택시 블루스 (Taek-si Beul-loo-seu)

2nd France-Korean Film Fest in Paris

2007/12/04 | Source | Permalink |

The 2nd annual France Korean Film Festival (Festival Franco-Coréen du Film) will take place Dec 12 -18 in Paris. Presented in partnership with Association 1886, an organization of young students and filmmakers from France and Korea, the goal of the festival is to promote fresh and promising creative talent in Korea.

The event will screen ten features (five documentaries and five fiction works) from young directors along with ten short films. Included in this year's program are the award-winning festival favorite "Family Ties" ("The Birth of a Family") by KIM Tae-yong, Pusan premiere "Before The Summer Passes Away" by SEONG Ji-hye in her feature debut, YOON Jong-bin's "The Unforgiven" which screened in Cannes Un Certain Regard, NOH Dong-seok's Boys of Tomorrow.

Among documentaries in the program are the award-winning "Our School" by KIM Myeong-joon, "Taxi Blues" by CHOI-HA dong-ha, "Dear Pyongyang" by YANG Yeong-hee, and "Coreen 2495" by HA Jun-soo. Among short films are aw...| More

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Independent films explore Korean angst

2007/03/16 | Source | Permalink |

"Is Everyone Alright" is a free screening of Korean documentaries made by independent filmmakers. The documentaries cover a wide range of social issues in Korea. They show at various times at the Ilmin Museum.
"Camellia Lady", by Park Jeong-seok, delves into the lives of patients suffering from Hansen's disease who were sent to Sorok Island during the Japanese occupation. They were separated from their families for decades. A profile of Lee Haeng-sim, a victim who has been living on the island for 74 years, is included.
Through the eyes of three activists, Hwang Yoon looks at animals killed by vehicles on Korean highways in his "One Day on the Road".
Kyung-soon's "Shocking Family", which won the Okrang's Award during the Women's Film Festival in Seoul, zooms into the lives of three women in their 20s, 30s and 40s who talk about the meaning of their existence within a family system.
"Taxi Blues", which won the Best Asian Feature Documentary Film at the 2006 Syracuse International Fi...| More

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First-person narratives screen at festival of documentaries

2006/10/31 | Source | Permalink |

Director Kim Myeong-joon's film "Our School" is a documentary about a school in Japan run by the pro-North Korea General Association of Korean Residents. It produces both laughter and tears. Unlike most documentaries, the film is a first-person narrative.
It is unusual for this kind of documentary to be shown in movie theaters, but this and a similar documentary, director Choi-ha Dong-ha's "Taxi Blues", are being shown during the sixth Seoul Independent Documentary Festival at the Seoul Art Cinema in Jongno, Seoul.
"Our School" is scheduled to be screened today. The documentary chronicles a year in the life of senior students at a high school on Hokkaido island, in Japan. The film won the Unpa Award for best documentary at the Pusan International Film Festival recently. Because the school is run by the pro-North Korea General Association of Korean Residents, some people may prejudge it, but the documentary genuinely illustrates the school community and its atmosphere. Korean resident...| More

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