New York Korean Film Festival 2007 Short Film program

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The New York Korean Film Festival is having its second Short Film program on August 30th at Cinema Village. The theme of this year’s edition is: Universality. The purpose is “to honor the works, which communicate and connect with various culture and audience by sharing something that is core in life.”

“In Your Eyes”, one of the animation finalist

After the programming committee’s initial choices, the NYKFF team has invited guest jurors to select their best picks from a list of finalists. Here are the New York Korean Film Festival 2007 Short Film program official selections:
“An Artistic Presentation of Metaphysical Butterfly Effect” by Ki-wan Park
“Beef Palace” by Michael Kim
“Blackout” by June Lee
“Cold Air” by Mi-na Jhung
“Dalsoo and Soojin’s Story” by Seo Lee
“In Your Eyes” by Eun-mi Lee
“Family Picnic” by Seung-wan Hong
“J, a Photographer in a Strange Village” by Sang-yup Lee
“The Love of a Boy Who Loved Orange” by Geon-hwa Hong
“Reunion” by Sung-hoon Hong
“Stutter” by Janice Ann
“This Solace Eternal” by Jennie Na
“Under the Honey Chestnut Tree” by Hyun-min Lee
“Show Me Daddy’s Ultra Power” by Min-seok Choi

Live-Action Finalists

“Stutter” by Janice Ahn
“Beef Palace” by Michael Kim
“J, a Photographer in a Strange Village” by Sang-yup Lee
“Blackout” by June Lee

Animation Finalists

“In Your Eyes” by Eun-mi Lee
“Under the Honey Chestnut Tree” by Hyun-min Lee
“An Artistic Presentation of Metaphysical Butterfly Effect” by Ki-wan Park

A group of industry-working jurors was invited to judge the short films this year.
The event is also meant to provides networking opportunities between emerging directors and the film industry. Jurors are as follows:

Jef Castro
Co-director and Creator/Curator for Music Video Program at
New York Asian American International Film Festival

Peter Goldwyn
Vice President Acquisitions of Samuel Goldwyn Films

David Koh
Head of Acquisitions and Production, Arthouse Films

John H Lee + Jiae Kim
Creative director + Publisher of THEME Magazine

Richard Lim
Producer and a founding partner of Sidetrack Films

Bill Woods
Programmer for New Filmmakers Series at Anthology Film Archives *

The winners for live action and animation categories will be announced after the completion of the NYKFF short film festival screenings.