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 Screening and Panel Discussion
with
Christine Choy, Film Director
Jung-Bong Choi, Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
Jina Kim, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, Smith College
Thursday, August 28, 2008
5:30 PM-6:00 PM ♦ Registration and Reception
6:00 PM-7:00 PM ♦ Screening
7:00 PM-8:00 PM ♦ Presentation and Q&A
The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)
The Korean film industry, which once struggled to attract domestic audiences, has been successfully exporting its products and expanding its influence throughout Asia, Europe and North America in the past decade. These days, casual observers associate Korean cinema with the broader cultural phenomenon of hallyu ("Korean Wave"). But contemporary Korean cinema’s roots run deep and hallyu is only the latest chapter in a rich history.
In her new documentary, Cinema Korea (a Dreamville production), Academy Award-nominated director Christine Choy brings together interviews with actors and directors, archival footage of classic Korean films and accounts of defining historical events to give a fully rounded view of Korean film culture. Interviewees include Im Kwon-taek, Kim Ki-duk, Jang Dong-gun, Jeon Ji-hyun, Lee Byung-hun, Kwak Kyung-taek, Bang Eun-jin.
Join The Korea Society for a screening of this exciting new documentary, followed by a discussion on the current state of Korean cinema. Director Christine Choy will introduce her film, and field questions from the audience with Jung-Bong Choi, assistant professor of cinema studies at Tisch School of the Arts and Jina Kim, assistant professor of East Asian Studies at Smith College.
For more information or to register for the program, contact Patrick Clair at (212) 759-7525, ext. 328 or
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Co-sponsored by yKAN 
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 SOLD OUT!
Join us for an exciting week of film, shorts, panels and parties at the largest celebration of Korean cinema in the United States. The New York Korean Film Festival showcases dynamic and exciting currents in contemporary Korean cinema and this year looks back on the career of award-winning actor Ahn Sung-ki with a special retrospective. You are invited to come kick off this year's Festival at a star-studded reception and screening at one of New York City's newest and most celebrated spaces, TheTimesCenter. SOLD OUT!
August 21, 2008
6:00 PM Cocktail Reception
with special guests
Hwang Jin-Yi director Chang Youn-hyun
and actor Yoo Ji-tae
7:30 PM Hwang Jin-Yi Film Screening
Starring Song Hye-kyo and Yoo Ji-tae
The New York Times Building
TheTimesCenter
242 West 41st St.
(entrance between 7th and 8th Ave.)
New York, NY
For a full schedule of events, visit www.koreanfilmfestival.org.
For any questions, please contact by
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or call call (212) 759-7525, ext. 355.
The New York Korean Film Festival, running from August 22 through August 31
at Cinema Village in Union Square and BAMcinématek in Brooklyn,
is a program of The Korea Society.
Community Partners
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The Korea Society - Film | Page-12
 Classic Movie Night: Special Feature Series
May 12-14, 2008
South Korean films continue to set box-office records across Asia and win laurels in international film festivals. Meanwhile, little attention is given to the cinema from the other half of the peninsula. From May 12 to 14, 2008, three films from the DPRK’s canon will be screened as a special presentation in the Classic Movie Night series.
The films—Hong Gil Dong, Bellflower, and My Look in the Distant Future—have been rarely seen outside the former Eastern Bloc. Cinema in the DPRK is an original expression of social realism and a primary vehicle for conveying state ideology. Even so, the tales—of peasant farmers struggling against feudal lords, anti-Japanese resistance fighters, and ordinary citizens loyal to their hometowns—are also told with genuine artistry.
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|  Lee Chang-Dong: A Film Retrospective "Oasis"
with
Director Lee Chang-Dong and Actress Moon So-ri
Monday, May 5, 2008 - 7:00 PM
 Asia Society
725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street)
$10 for members (The Korea Society, Asia Society). $12 for non-members.
Co-sponsored by The Korea Society
Oasis (2002) / 133 min. / 35mm
Jong-du Hong (Sol Kyung-gu) is just out of prison for manslaughter and decides to call on the family of the victim. They send him away, but not before he has met the victim’s daughter Gong-ju (Moon So-ri), a young woman disabled by cerebral palsy. Both victims of family abuse these two misfits form a fragile but supportive relationship.
Lead actress Moon So-ri will join director Lee for audience Q&A after the screening. |
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Korea Society, 950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)
When Bruce Lee died, he left behind 12 minutes of footage from his final film. The upcoming movie Finishing the Game imagines what would have happened if bumbling studio executives had tried to find a passable stand-in for Lee to finish the film. The answer is hilarity. Starring Roger Fan ( Better Luck Tomorrow), Sung Kang ( The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift), Monique Curren ( Maria Full of Grace) and MC Hammer, Finishing the Game was an official selection of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Now yKAN and The Korea Society are presenting the film’s director and lead actors for a film panel at The Korea Society (950 Third Avenue, on the corner of 57th Street) on September 26, 2007 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, followed by a reception at Opia. The panel will feature Finishing the Game director Justin Lin, and actors Roger Fan and Sung Kang, discussing their recent film and their experiences as Asian American artists in Hollywood. Admission is free. Please RSVP to
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