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Jeonju International Film Festival
Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, ) is an Asian film festival based in South Korea. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival seeking to introduce independent and experimental films to the general public and focusing on the art of contemporary cinematography. In the first edition of JIFF, the debut films of Darren Aronofsky were introduced to South Korea. For the first time in Asia, JIFF highlighted the early works of Béla Tarr as well. The winners of Jeonju IFF's ''International Competition Section'' include Ying Liang, John Akomfrah, and Miike Takashi. Jeonju has also invested in films that were later produced by the festival. Directors who attended Jeonju IFF were invited again to join ''Jeonju Digital Project (JDP),'' with a set of three digital shorts. ''JDP'' granted financial support to masters for their short films and world-premiered those pieces in Jeonju. Celebrating its 15th edition, ''JDP'' has expanded to feature-length films along w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Yang
''After Yang'' is a 2021 American Science fiction drama, science fiction drama film written, directed, and edited by Kogonada. It stars Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, and Haley Lu Richardson. It is one of the final feature films scored by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto before his death in 2023. The plot follows a family's attempts to repair their Android (robot), android son after he becomes unresponsive, and can no longer assist their adoptive Chinese daughter. It delves into themes of memory, death, loss, and humanness. The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival on July 8, 2021, and was released on March 4, 2022, by A24 and Showtime (TV network), Showtime. It received generally positive reviews from critics. Since its release, it has been cited as among the best films of the 2020s and the List of films voted the best, best science fiction films of the 21st century. Plot Jake and Kyra live with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Road Bends… Tales Of A Gypsy Caravan
''When the Road Bends… Tales of a Gypsy Caravan'' is a 2006 documentary film directed by Jasmine Dellal about Gypsy musicians in the United States. Content The film follows Gypsy musicians in five bands on concert tour across the United States. The film includes live performances, backstage scenes, scenes with the musicians' families in India, Spain, Macedonia and Romania, and interviews. Musician, Esma Redžepova appear. It includes an interview of Johnny Depp. Also includes appearances from: * Taraf de Haïdouks * Esma Redžepova * Fanfare Ciocărlia * Maharaja (including Queen Harish) * Antonio El Pipa Flemenco Ensemble featuring ''cantaora'' Juana la del Pipa "who is related to the Parrilla guitar-playing family and both the Zambo and Terremoto singing clans." * Johnny Depp * George Eli Production It was directed by Jasmine Dellal, co-produced by Dellal and Sara P. Nolan. It was executive produced by San Fu Maltha, Wouter Barendrecht, and Michael J. Werner. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Kun-jae
Jang Kun-jae (born November 26, 1977) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Jang debuted with ''Eighteen'' (2010) which won the grand prize win as part of the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival's Dragons and Tigers Award. His second feature ''Sleepless Night'' (2013) picked up JJ-Star Award (Grand Prize) and JIFF Audience Award (Korean Film Competition) at the 2012 Jeonju International Film Festival. His third feature '' A Midsummer's Fantasia'' (2015) received several nominations, including Best Director (Narrative Films) and Best Screenplay at the 3rd Wildflower Film Awards. Personal life Jang studied cinematography at the Korean Academy of Film Arts and received an M.F.A. in Film & Image Production from Chung-Ang University. In 2009, he and producer-cum-wife Kim Woo-ri founded the independent film production company Mocushura and has produced films including ''Eighteen'' (2010), ''Sleepless Night'' (2013), '' A Midsummer's Fantasia'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Hui
Ann Hui On-wah, (; born 23 May 1947) is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in Hong Kong which include literary adaptations, martial arts, semi-autobiographical works, women's issues, social phenomena, political changes, and thrillers. She served as the president of the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild from 2004 to 2006. Hui has won numerous awards. She won Best Director at the Golden Horse Awards three times (1999, 2011, 2014); Best Film at the Asia Pacific Film Festival; and Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards six times (1983, 1996, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018). Only two films have won a Grand Slam (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress) at the Hong Kong Film Awards; they are '' Summer Snow'' and '' A Simple Life'', both directed by Ann Hui. She was honored for her lifetim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Muel
O Muel (born Oh Kyung-heon in 1971) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the award-winning film '' Jiseul'' in 2012. Career O Muel was born and raised on Jeju Island, and studied Korean painting at Jeju National University. In 1998, he became the director of the Jeju-based culture collective Terror J and organized an annual street art festival called Flower for a Head. O is also the co-director of the Jeju Independent Film Society and acts as artistic director of the theater troupe Japari Research Center. As a film director, O chose his native Jeju as the setting for all his films, focusing on the island's unique lifestyle, nature and people. He began his filmmaking career with two short films in 2003, ''Putting on Lipstick Thickly'' and ''Flower for a Head''. In 2009, O made his feature directorial debut with ''Nostalgia'', which follows a pair of middle-aged amateur musicians who beg a once-promising rocker to be their mentor, as the latter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahn Gooc-jin
Ahn Gooc-jin (born 1980), is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Ahn's directorial feature debut '' Alice in Earnestland'' (2015) has won various awards, including New Talent Award at the 39th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, Best Screenplay at the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards and Best Independent Film Director at the 16th Director's Cut Awards. Career Ahn was born in 1980. Ahn had his TV debut in 2018 through the Drama Stage episode ''All About My Rival in Love''. Filmography *''Stop by My House'' (short film, 2008) – director, screenwriter, editor *''A Little Pond'' (2009) – production assistant *''Poetry'' (2010) – production assistant *''Double Clutch'' (short film, 2012) – director, screenwriter, editor *''The Weight'' (2012) – 1st assistant director *'' Alice in Earnestland'' (2015) – director, screenwriter, editor *''Drama Stage: All About My Rival in Love'' (2018) – director *'' SF8'' ("Baby It’s Over Outside" episode) (2020) – director *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Kih-hoon
Kim Kih-hoon (born 1975) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim's first theatrical film ''The Mode of Disappearance'' (2005), tells the story of a man who one day finds his face has changed unrecognizably. The film debuted at the Busan International Film Festival and was invited to other major short film festivals including the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France where it was highly received. His directorial feature debut '' The Boy from Ipanema'' (2010), won the Audience Critic's Award and Movie Collage Award at the 11th Jeonju International Film Festival in 2010. Currently working on his latest work ''Trot'' (2015), it will star Ahn Sung-ki and Joo Sang-wook. Filmography *''The Mode of Disappearance'' (short film, 2005) - director, screenwriter *''The Way of Calling Nietzsche'' (documentary short, 2006) - director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor *'' The Boy from Ipanema'' (2010) - director, screenwriter, editor, exe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boy From Ipanema (film)
''The Boy from Ipanema'' ( is a 2010 South Korean independent teen fantasy romance film filmed in Busan and Sapporo. Plot A young woman falls in love with a beach boy who dreams to be in Ipanema. Cast * Lee Soo-hyuk as Boy * Kim Min-ji as Girl * Chun Woo-hee Chun Woo-hee (; born April 20, 1987) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 2004, but first drew attention with her supporting role as a rebellious teenager in the box-office hit '' Sunny'' (2011). Her other notable roles inclu ... as Friend Awards * 2010 Jeonju International Film Festival: Audience Critic's Award * 2010 Jeonju International Film Festival: Movie Collage Award References External links * * * * 2010 films South Korean romantic fantasy films 2010s South Korean films {{2010s-SouthKorea-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Su-won
Shin Su-won (born 1967) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Shin wrote and directed ''Passerby #3'' (2010), ''Pluto (2013 film), Pluto'' (2013) and ''Madonna (2015 film), Madonna'' (2015). Her short film ''Circle Line'' won the Canal+ Prize for Best Short Film at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Early life Shin Su-won studied German language education at Seoul National University, and after graduating, she worked as a middle school teacher in Seoul for 10 years, mostly teaching social studies subjects such as geography, world history and political economy. During this time, she also wrote two books focused on teens. Then in 2010, she enrolled at Korea National University of Arts initially because she wanted to become a novelist. But Shin fell in love with the cinema and filmmaking, and changed her major to screenwriting. At the age of 34, she decided to quit her teaching job and become a film director. Career Using from her own pension, Shin had begun working on her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandhobi
''Bandhobi'' ( Bengali: বান্ধবী) is a 2009 South Korean independent film directed by Shin Dong-il, about a frustrated and rebellious high school student who ends up becoming a friend of a migrant worker from Bangladesh who is desperate to receive his unpaid wages back. The title means "female buddy" in Bengali. Lead actor Mahbub Alam is a longtime resident of South Korea who entered the country as a migrant worker. He has since appeared in small film roles and become involved in various activist projects, including the launch of the Migrant Worker Film Festival, for which he serves as festival director. Plot Karim ( Mahbub Alam) is a 27-year-old Bangladeshi working in an industrial laundry. An intellectual whose academic degree was not recognized in South Korea, Karim's work permit is about to expire and he's still owed a year's pay by a previous employer, Shin (Jung Dong-gyu), who's not taking his calls; meanwhile, his wife back home is giving him a hard time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jung Byung-gil
Jung Byung-gil (born August 7, 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Jung was trained at the Seoul Action School. He graduated from Chung-Ang University, majoring in film, before making his directorial debut with a documentary about stuntmen, ''Action Boys'', in 2008. Jung gained international recognition with the action thriller '' The Villainess'', which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. He is set to make his Hollywood debut with ''Afterburn'', an adaptation of the comic of the same name, starring Gerard Butler. Filmography *''Three Important Components for Rock'n Roll'' (2006, documentary short) - director, screenwriter, executive producer, cinematographer, producer *''Action Boys'' (2008) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, actor *''Bandhobi'' (2009) - actor (passerby) *''Confession of Murder'' (2012) - director, screenwriter *'' The Villainess'' (2017) - director, screenwriter, executive producer *''Carter Carter(s), or Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |