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[HanCinema's Film Review] Ha Ha Ha
2011/04/02,
Hong Sang-soo gave the Korean film industry a jolt back in 1996 with début film "The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well", a contemporary examination of everyday lives. As one of the raising auteurs of 90s, his refreshing perspective and approach to narratives still persists as welcomed motifs to his acclaimed and continuing filmography.,...More
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Hong Sang-soo Retrospective at the Cinematheque Francaise
2011/03/22, Source,
In conjunction with the theatrical release in France of Hong Sang-soo's "Ha Ha Ha", the director is the subject of a retrospective of his works at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris (March 14-28).
"Life is too complicated to be interpreted in an ideological way", he told AFP ahead of his master-class at the Cinematheque. Hong was also quoted as telling the AFP: "It is always a tiny but concrete thing from reality that shakes my convictions, and it is precisely this discovery in itself that interests and stimulates me the most",...More
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Korean films continue to captivate at international film festivals
2011/02/23, Source,
"Broken Night" (left) directed by Yang Hyo-joo and "Night Fishing" by the Park Brothers won the Jury Prize and the Gold Bear Award at 2011 Berlin International Film Festival (Photo courtesy of the Korean Film Council)
Korean films have continued to capture worldwide attention at a number of prestigious international film festivals. Two Korean films in competition for best short at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, "Night Fishing" and "Broken Night", both won awards, while other Korean films like "The Journals of Musan" and "Oki's Movie" triumphed at the 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam, which wrapped up on February 6,...More
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'The Journals of Musan' Triumphs at Rotterdam Festival
2011/02/11, Source,
Three feature films shared the Tiger Awards at the 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR – Jan. 26-Feb. 6), including "The Journals of Musan" by Korean director Park Jung-bum.
"The Journals of Musan", which also captured the FIPRESCI (international film critics) award, is about a North Korean defector who struggles to adapt after his flight to the South,...More
