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Master Kim Youngjae: A Living National Treasure

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Living National Treasure Kim Youngjae performs at The Korea Society. Winner of the 2015 Bang Il-Young Gugak Prize, which celebrates the preservation of traditional culture, Master Kim plays haegeum, the Korean fiddle. At this performance, Master Kim is accompanied by SunHo Kim on daegeum, the Korean bamboo flute.

At this performance, Master Kim is accompanied by:

Sunho Kim, daegeum
Rami Seo, gayageum
Sunghyun Kim, gomungo
Chunkyung Park, gomungo & changgo
Kwangil Choi, piri
Jeongmi Park, vocals

 

 

Master Kim Youngjae: A Living National Treasure 

with YoungJae Kim & SunHo Kim    

 

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 | 6 PM

$10 Members, $20 Guests

Explorer, YPN and above attend this program for FREE with RSVP

 

5:30 PM | Registration

6:00 PM | Screening & Performance

 

If you have any questions, please contact Luz Lanzot  or (212) 759-7525 ext 309.

 

 

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About the Artists

 

2016 05 04 Master-KimAs a world class Living National Treasure title-holder, Mr. YoungJae Kim has performed throughout the world with traditional and popular repertoires of his own composition. Master Kim is now a geomungo sanjo player holding National Intangible Heritage No.16. In 2015, Master Kim was awarded the 22nd Bang Il Young Gugak Prize, an award presented to first-rate musicians in Korea. Master YoungJae Kim is currently an honorary professor at Korea National University Of Art.

 

 

 

2016 05 04 Sunho-Kim iconMr. SunHo Kim, one of the most popular daegeum players in Korea, was influenced by his father, JongSun Kim, a master of multiple instruments. SunHo Kim earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Traditional Music Orchestra from Chung Ang University. Mr. Kim is also a winner of multiple competitions such as 4th Ji-young Hee National Traditional Music Competition (Grand prize), 8th National Traditional Music Competition (Grand prize) and 7th Gi-san National Traditional Music Competition (Grand prize). He is currently a concert master of KBS traditional and a music director of the Korean traditional folk music ensemble Suri.

 

 

 

 

Intercultural Synergy Series: Gayageum & Kora w/ Rami Seo & Alhaji Papa Susso

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Celebrate traditional and fusion music with The Korea Society as gayageumist Rami Seo and Gambian kora (African harp-lute) master Alhaji Papa Susso perform together. A short documentary chronicling their creative journey and the histories of their instruments screens before the performance.

 

Intercultural Synergy Series: Gayageum & Kora

withRami Seo & Alhaji Papa Susso  

 

Thursday, April 7, 2016 | 6 PM

$10 Members, $20 Guests

Explorer, YPN and above attend this program for FREE with RSVP

 

5:30 PM | Registration

6:00 PM | Screening & Performance

 

If you have any questions, please contact Luz Lanzot  or (212) 759-7525 ext 309.

 

 

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About the Artists

 

Ms. Rami Seo is an accomplished gayageum artist whose expansive musical repertoire on the 12-string and 25-string gayageum spans the traditional and the contemporary to include ancient Korean court music and folk music, as well as current and cross-cultural compositions from across the globe. Born and bred in Seoul, Korea, Ms. Seo is the protégé of world class maestros and several of Korea’s most revered National Cultural Living Treasure title-holders. She graduated from the prestigious National Music School and National High School for Traditional Arts with full scholarships and top honors. In 2002, she was Class Valedictorian at Chung-Ang Univ., College of Korean Traditional Performing Arts, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Korean Traditional Music and Music Education. With an impending Master’s Degree in Ethnomusicology from Hunter College, Ms. Seo is a bona-fide scholar, musician, and performance artist.

 

Winner of multiple performing arts competitions, Ms. Seo has graced many renowned stages throughout the United States, Panama, Nicaragua, China, Korea and Japan, both as a soloist and in collaboration with other famed artists. Major works include performances at the National Grand Theater of Korea, Korean Traditional Orchestra of Seoul, Korean National Orchestra for Traditional Music, Chung-Ang Orchestra, 1988 Seoul Olympics Anniversary Commemoration, Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project for World Music, World Music Virtuosi Concert at Lincoln Center, UN, Isaac Stern at  Carnegie Hall, Korean Embassy, Korean Cultural Service, Asia Society, The Korea Society, National Folk Festival in Richmond, Virginia, Futurism on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Marinetti’s Manifesto, Symphony Space, The Kennedy Center, Bryant Park, Time Square, Smithsonian Museum, Museum of Arts and Design, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Conon House in the White House.

 

To date, Ms. Seo has released several albums and singles including First Morning, Fallen Leaves, Kaya Song with Fred Ho  and her Asian Jazz Fusion Concert recording in collaboration with the Jeff Fairbanks Jazz Orchestra. A passionate and inspiring instructor, she is a frequent guest speaker and lecturer at local schools, colleges, cultural workshops and events. Ms. Seo is also the founder and music director of GEMiNY, an emerging gayageum ensemble for young artists, and the ever popular band Rami Seo’s project WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE.

 

 

 

 

Alhaji Papa Susso, Master kora (African harp-lute) player and oral historian from The Gambia, West Africa, conducts visits to schools, university campuses, and cultural centers in the United States and Canada.  Papa Susso hails from a long line of Griots (traditional oral historians) of the Mandinka people.  He was taught the kora by his father and has been playing since the age of five.

The kora, a 21-stringed harp-lute, evolved from earlier hunter harps used by the Mandinka people of West Africa. It is said to have been invented by the Susso family.  It is the preferred instrument of Mandinka Jalolu (Griot), itinerant musicians, who were traditionally attached to royal courts where their duties included recounting the tribal history and genealogy, composing commemorative songs, and performing at important tribal events.

Today Papa Susso is a goodwill ambassador, traveling North America to share his culture. He gives both classroom presentations and formal concert performances where he recounts the  history of his country and his people, discusses the roles of griots in West African culture, and performs the classics songs of the griot repertoire. Papa Susso He appears alone with his kora or with his ensemble that includes singer/dancer Tapa Demba, balafonist Bala Kouyate, and his son, Alhassan Susso, on second kora.

 

 

 

 

 

Korean Ceramics: The Great Tradition

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This illustrated slide lecture will survey the history of Korean ceramics from the early historic period through the nineteenth century. It will focus on the robust stonewares of the Three Kingdoms (57 BC-AD 668) and Unified Silla (668-935) periods, the classical celadons of the Koryŏ (Goryeo) dynasty (918-1392), and the delicate porcelains and rustic punch’ŏng (buncheong) wares of the Chosŏn (Joseon) dynasty (1392-1910). The lecture will emphasize characteristics and innovations that are uniquely Korean (such as the invention of the inlay technique of ceramic decoration), but it will also explore relationships between Korean ceramics and Chinese ceramics, just as it will touch on relationships between Korean ceramics and works of art in other media—from gold, silver, and bronze to lacquer and painting. The lecture will also seek to place the ceramics within the larger context of Korean society and culture.

 

Korean Ceramics: The Great Tradition

Asia Week Lecture by Robert D. Mowry  

 

Thursday, March 17, 2016 | 6:30 PM

 

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About the Speaker

2016 03 17 gallery-talk speakerRecently retired after more than 25 years as a senior curator at the Harvard Art Museums (H/AM), Robert D. Mowry was also the university’s Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art (2000-2013) and Head of the Department of Asian Art (1991-2013). He continues to serve as Senior Lecturer on Chinese and Korean Art in Harvard’s Department of the History of Art and Architecture. Under his stewardship, Harvard added numerous and very significant works to what already was one of the finest collections of Asian art in the Western world. Mowry was instrumental in acquiring several renowned collections as well as important endowments for the H/AM, over and above annual fundraising efforts for specific acquisitions and exhibitions. The National Museum of Korea has named Robert Mowry its Senior International Fellow for 2013, and he is also senior editor of its scholarly journal, The Journal of Korean Art and Archaeology.  

 

Mowry’s passion for Asian art and culture was sparked by his two-year service in the Peace Corps in Korea more than 40 years ago (1967-1969). He taught English at Seoul National University, before returning to the University of Kansas, where he completed his graduate work with Chu-tsing Li and Laurence Sickman, taking his degrees with honors. Fluent in Mandarin, he spent two years as a curatorial assistant and translator in the Department of Painting and Calligraphy at the National Palace Museum, Taipei (1975-1977). His career is distinguished with many pioneering leadership roles and ground-breaking scholarship. He was founding Curator of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at The Asia Society, New York (1980-1986), and, before that, Assistant Curator of Oriental Art at Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum (1977-1980).

Mowry is a popular speaker, consultant and author in his many areas of expertise, which include Chinese and Korean ceramics, Chinese painting of the Song, Yuan and Ming periods, Chinese jade, Chinese scholar’s materials, and Korean paintings. Among his many articles, catalogues, textbooks and books, perhaps his best known is Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown- and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400 (Harvard University Art Museums, 1996), the catalogue for an exhibition that he curated and that opened at Harvard’s Arthur M. Sackler Museum in December 1995 and then toured nationally in 1996. He also is the curator of and principal catalogue author for Worlds Within Worlds: The Richard Rosenblum Collection of Chinese Scholars’ Rocks (1997), another exhibition he organized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Body and Spirit Moon Jars by Park Boo Won

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Park Boo Won’s contemporary reproductions of moon jars simultaneously carry on and advance the Korean royal ceramic tradition. Traditional moon jars originated in the court of King Chŏngjo at the end of the 18th century. The white porcelain and simple curves embodied the principles of frugality and purity—neo-Confucian ideals of the ruling dynasty.

Born in the countryside of Kimje in 1938, Park learned the royal ceramic tradition under distinguished master ceramist Ji Soontag. In the 1970s, Park began to add expressive hues and natural textures to the traditional moon jar through a firing process that permits wind, temperature, and humidity to determine the shape and color of a piece. In this way, Park believes the clay “body” of the jar is animated by the “spirit” of the fire—with the final result solely in the hands of God.

Park has been named the first “Master Potter of Royal Ceramics” by the government of Kwangju, Kyŏnggi—the center for court pottery in the Chosŏn era. His works are part of the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution, The National Folk Museum of Korea, the Incheon World Ceramic Center, the Korea Ceramic Foundation, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

This exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Dongwha Cultural Foundation.

 

March 17 – May 20, 2016

 

Gallery Opening

Thursday, March 17, 2016 | 6 PM

 

FREE to Public

The Korea Society Gallery
950 Third Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022 (Corner of 57th & 3rd)

Gallery Open Daily, M-F, 10 AM-5 PM

 

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Juilliard Artists @ TKS with Julia and Jennifer Choi

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Violinist Julia Choi has been recognized and praised by critics as an emerging young artist of impassioned energy, commanding stage presence, and musical integrity. At 23 years of age, she has already performed as a substitute musician member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the San Diego Symphony, and has worked in various orchestras with many renowned conductors, including Alan Gilbert, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and James Levine. In pursuit of her ultimate goal of becoming a versatile and well-rounded musician, Julia Choi has performed for audiences as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician across three continents. Julia and sister Jennifer, a cellist, perform together.

 

Juilliard Artists @ TKS 

with

Julia Choi
Violinist

Jennifer Choi
Cellist

 

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 | 6 PM

  

5:30 PM | Registration

6:00 PM | Performance

 

 If you have any questions, please contact Luz Lanzot or (212) 759-7525, ext. 309.

 

 

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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

About the Artists

Violinist Julia Choi is active in many spheres of the music world today. She is an emerging young artist, praised for her “delightful idiosyncrasy” and “musical integrity” (The Classical Source). At 23 years of age, she has won top prizes in several competitions, including the LISMA International, Caprio Young Artist, and New York Competitions. Ms. Choi has performed as a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra as well as the San Diego Symphony, and has worked in various orchestras with world-renowned conductors, including Alan Gilbert, Zubin Mehta, and James Levine. In pursuit of her ultimate goal in becoming a versatile and most well-rounded musician, Julia enjoys her career as a performer, but also as a teacher for violin and ear training. An advocate of orchestral and chamber music, Julia has served as concertmaster of the Juilliard and Manhattan School Orchestras, for several tours and recording projects, and is also a violinist with the Hyon Trio. Her principal teachers include Sylvia Rosenberg, Lisa Kim, and Glenn Dicterow.

 

Cellist Jennifer Choi has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player across North America and Asia and is becoming recognized for her versatility, deep tone, and committed playing. With knowledge of a wide repertoire from classical to contemporary music, she has performed concerts at well-known venues such as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher, and Alice Tully Halls at Lincoln Center. Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Music degree and will be pursuing a Master of Music, both at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Richard Aaron. Her other prominent teachers include David Soyer, Bonnie Hampton, Jerome Carrington, and UkJin Yang. She has taught cello privately for four years. Her students have been successful in regional competitions and orchestral auditions. Born in Korea, she was raised and is currently based in New York City and New Jersey.

 

 

Young Shik Kim

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Young Shik Kim is a Korean folk-art painter who combines historic technique and materials with contemporary forms and non-traditional colors.  Her style of simple objects rendered in a soft palette was developed over twenty years of practicing traditional Minhwa painting. Ms. Kim has participated in many group exhibitions in South Korea, China, Mongolia, Switzerland, and the United States. Her work recently appeared at the Induk University Gallery and the Ara Art Center in Seoul, and she and her daughter presented a two-person show in both Konjiam and Seoul.

Young Shik Kim lives and works in South Korea. She is a member of the Korea Fine Arts Association and the Korea Folk Arts (Minwha) Association. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Ashland University.

  

Thursday, February 18, 2016 | 6 PM

Gallery Opening

 

FREE with RSVP

 

The Korea Society Gallery
950 Third Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022 (Corner of 57th & 3rd)

Gallery Open Daily, M-F, 10 AM-5 PM

For more information, please contact  Luz Lanzot

 

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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

 

 

Tea Story

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Enjoy a cup of freshly brewed tea! Representatives of the Hagajae Museum from Korea will demonstrate a traditional tea ceremony, compare the development of tea culture in Korea, China, and Japan, and show how to continue the tradition within one’s own family.

This program is open to members, tea aficionados, and past  and current students of the Society’s Korean Language Program.

 

Tea Story

 

Session 1: for Members and General Public

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 l 6 PM

Session 2: for The Korea Society’s Korean Language Program Students

Thursday, February 11, 2016 l 6 PM

 
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RSVP by Wednesday, February 3, 2016

 

Members, Guest of Explorers & Above, and KLP Students: Free with RSVP

Non-members: $10

 

If you have any questions, please contact Jahee Yu  or (212) 759-7525, ext. 301.

 

 

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Culinary programs are generously sponsored by SK.

About Hagajae

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Hagajae Museum began as a collective desire to establish a non-profit art organization in 2013. Expanding the depth and range of the multifarious and inventive programs, Hagajae seeks to be a catalyst for dialogue between regions, art, cultures, academia and individuals. Hagajae believes that art can be a life-changing experience and will continue to actively strive to ignite a fascinating journey in learning about one’s own curative power.

Ghim Roy is a representative of Hagajae and volunteer philosopher. He divides his time between caring for patients during the daytime, researching and lecturing the fundamental issues from a diverse spectrum of studies from East-West philosophy to literature at night. He majored in Biomedical Genetic Engineering in Seoul National University, College of Medicine and then studied Oriental Medicine in Kyung Hee University, College of Korean Traditional Medicine. Since then, he has taken a profound interest in the contraposition between Eastern and Western cultures, material and spirituality, historical tradition and future vision. Now he tries to seek healthy answers in humanities by throwing more questions for understanding oneself.

 

 

 

 

A Conversation with Food Director Soo Jin Kim

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2015 11 19 soojinkim iconProminent Korean food director Soo Jin Kim takes us behind-the-scenes of creating and styling food for countless hit TV dramas and films, including The King and the Clown, Gourmet, Kimchi Family, That Winter, the Wind Blows, Warm and Cozy, and currently airing Six Flying Dragons. She also shares exclusive clips of sets she has worked on and shares stories of her lifelong experience in overseeing food for the screen as the first-ever food director in the Korean entertainment industry. She demonstrates food styling tips for both simple and difficult dishes as she recreates some from her past works. The English interpretation and Q&A will be led by Shin Kim, culinary instructor and founder of Banchan Story, and Korean snacks will be provided.

 

A Conversation with Food Director Soo Jin Kim

 

Thursday, November 19, 2015 | 6 PM

Explorer members and above : FREE

Members: $5
Non-members: $10

If you have any questions, please contact Jamie Tyberg or (212) 759-7525, ext. 309.

Culinary programs are generously sponsored by SK.

 

About the Speaker

Soo Jin Kim has directed food design and styling for hit Korean films such as Marital Harmony (2015), I Am a King (2012), Le Grand Chef 2 (2009), A Frozen Flower (2008), Portrait of a Beauty (2008), Le Grand Chef (2006), King and the Clown (2005), and Korean drama series such as Fermentation Family (2011). She also participated in the “International Education of Korean Cuisine Employment” hosted by Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation, the Shanghai SIAL EXPO Food Exhibition, the Korean Cuisine event hosted by the Istanbul Consulate, and The Taste of Korea Hanshik hosted by Korean Food Foundation. Furthermore, her work has been exhibited in the Kimchi Exhibition Hall in Gyeongbokgung Palace, and in SEOUL FOOD hosted by KOTRA in both 2011 and 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

Miindo, Velazquez and Ants: Gallery Exhibition

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Unrestrained by boundaries of medium or style, Lee LeeNam playfully reimagines classic works of art from different genres, time periods, and countries.  He adds movement and detail to Eastern and Western masterpieces, inviting viewers to discover the new in familiar images.

Lee majored in sculpture at Chosun University before discovering a passion for animation, a discipline that embraces both technology and time-honored technique. His digital creations also examine this interaction between the traditional and the hi-tech—a tension that is also characteristic of contemporary Korean society.

Lee’s art has been exhibited at the 2015 Venice Biennale, the Bolshoi Theater, New York’s Museum of Art and Design, the Moscow Biennale, the Kobe Biennale, and the Smithsonian. His works are in the permanent collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Yale University, The National Museum of Korea, and the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art.

 

Thursday, November 12, 2015 | 6 PM

Gallery Opening

 

FREE with RSVP

 

The Korea Society Gallery

Gallery Open Daily, M-F, 10 AM-4:30 PM

For more information, please contact Jahee Yu

 

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The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival

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The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival Program for November 6th to November 11th, 2015, at the Museum of the Moving Image.

 

 

Festival highlights award-winning films of love, crime, and erotica.

 

More premieres, filmmakers, and celebrity guests than ever.

 

(New York, October 15, 2015) The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival showcases the nation’s cinema doing what it does best: the crime thriller, the romantic fantasy, and feverish erotica. The Peninsula’s filmmakers bend genre cinema to a uniquely Korean pulse and purpose, making the country’s national film industry the most vibrant in East Asia. The thrilling complications of love and crime steal the show in this year’s lineup, as partnerships go south and fickle passions lead to betrayal. Resistance fighters navigate the intrigue of colonial-era Korea, love affairs are smothered as quickly as they are kindled, and hard-boiled cops dig at the ugly truth in a collection of both massive blockbusters and favorites from the international festival circuit, with five New York premieres and one international premiere.

 

The 13th Annual New York Korean Festival ran from November 6-November 11, 2015, at the Museum of the Moving Image. This was the first year Museum of the Moving Image served as a partner and the venue for the New York Korean Film Festival, building on past collaborations with the Korea Society and Subway Cinema.

 

The Korea Society has also invited an exceptional group of Korean guests, including star director Ryoo Seung-Wan and producers Kang Hye-jung and Park Jung (Veteran); directors Shin Suwon (Madonna), Lee Do-yun (Confession), Kang Hyo-jin (Wonderful Nightmare), Oh Seung-uk (The Shameless), and Hong Won-chan (Office); and actress Koh Ah-Sung.

 

The New York Korean Film Festival is a program of The Korea Society, the Museum of the Moving Image, and Subway Cinema.

 

Major support is provided by the Korea Foundation.

 

 

ALL SCREENINGS HELD AT

THE MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE

The Museum is located at 36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, Queens, NY, 11106

 

 

 

Opening Night tickets: $20 ($12 for TKS members, MOMI Film Lover and Dual members / free for Silver Screen members and above).

 

All other NYKFF tickets are $12 ($7 for TKS members, MOMI Film Lover and Dual members / free for Silver Screen members and above).

 

 

Advance tickets available online at movingimage.us beginning October 21, 2015

 

 

OPENING NIGHT

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Office (오피스)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 | 6:30 PM
New York Premiere
With director Hong Won-chan and star Ko Ah-sung in person
Followed by a reception in the Museum lobby and cafe

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Trap (덫, 치명적인 유혹)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 | 1 PM
International Premiere

 

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Confession (좋은 친구들)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 | 3:15 PM
New York Premiere
With director Lee Do-yun in person

 

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The Shameless (무뢰한)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 | 6 PM
New York Premiere
With director Oh Seung-uk in person

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Assassination (암살)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 | 8:55 PM

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Madonna (마돈나)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015 | 2 PM
New York Premiere
With director Shin Su-Won in person

 

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The Beauty Inside (뷰티 인사이드)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015 | 5 PM

 

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Veteran (베테랑)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015 | 7:45 PM
U.S. Festival Premiere
With director Ryoo Seung-wan in person

 

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Wonderful Nightmare (미쓰 와이프)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2015 | 7 PM
New York Premiere
With director Kang Hyo-jin in person

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ABOUT THE KOREA SOCIETY

The Korea Society is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding, and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea.

 

 

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ABOUT MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE

Museum of the Moving Image (movingimage.us) advances the understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. In its stunning facilities—acclaimed for both its accessibility and bold design—the Museum presents exhibitions; screenings of significant works; discussion programs featuring actors, directors, craftspeople, and business leaders; and education programs which serve more than 50,000 students each year. The Museum also houses a significant collection of moving-image artifacts.

 

 

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ABOUT SUBWAY CINEMA

Subway Cinema is America’s leading 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the exhibition and appreciation of Asian popular film culture in all forms, building bridges between Asia and the West. With year-round festivals and programs, the organization aims to bring wide audience and critical attention to contemporary and classic Asian cinema in the U.S. In 2002, Subway Cinema launched its flagship event, the annual New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which is North America’s leading festival of popular Asian cinema. Subway cinema’s other events and initiatives include Old School Kung Fu Fest (OSKFF), New York Korean Film Festival (NYKFF), and year-round special screenings and filmmaker tributes.

 

For more information, visit www.subwaycinema.com, www.facebook.com/NYAFF, and follow @subwaycinema on Twitter (#nyaff15).

 

 

Major support provided by the Korea Foundation.

 

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

 

 

PRESS CONTACT:

For further information, to request interviews with attending talent or advance viewing links to consider coverage please contact:

Emma Griffiths (EG-PR) : T: 917-806-0599/ E: emma @ eg-pr.com