Korean Film Festival Canada/Festival du Film Coréen au Canada

We are proud of our partnership with JEONJU IFF which continues! The 22nd edition of JEONJU International Film Festival kicks off tomorrow and runs for the next 10 days, April 29-May 9, 2021! With their slogan, Film Goes On," seven Canadian films are invited at JEONJU IFF including three shorts. To get more details: https://www.jeonjufest.kr/db/movieList.asp

Yuh Jung Youn showed her admiration for Glenn Close at Oscar ceremony. To show the respect for these two great female actors of the same age, I expect the doubl...e feature of 'Woman of Fire' and 'Fatal Attraction.' These two films are similar to each other in terms of character structure and narrative. # #_ #___ #Woman_of_Fire_Fatal_Attraction_Double_Feature #Yuh_Jung_Youn_Glenn_Close See more

Bravos! "The 2021 Oscars finished with a handful of historic winners, from Chloé Zhao becoming the second woman to win Best Director to Yuh-Jung Youn becoming the first Korean performer to win an Academy Award for acting." https://www.indiewire.com//oscar-winners-2021-next-/youn/... #MinariMovie

Bravo! For the second consecutive year, we have the confirmed support of Ville de Montréal. The 8th edition of the Korean Film Festival Canada will be co-organized with the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Montreal, and in partnership with the Centre d'études asiatiques (CETASE) of Université de Montréal and Jeonju International Film Festival in Korea (JIFF). More good news to come, stay tuned! ----------------------------------- Bravo! Cette année encore, nous ...avons le soutien confirmé de la Ville de Montréal. La 8ème édition du Festival du Film Coréen au Canada sera co-organisée avec le Consulat général de la République de Corée à Montréal, et en partenariat avec le CETASE (Centre d'études asiatiques, l'Université de Montréal) et le Festival international du film de Jeonju en Corée (Jeonju IFF). D’autres bonnes nouvelles à venir, restez à l'écoute! #villedemontreal #montrealconsulate #cetase_umontreal #2021 #koreanfilmfestivalcanada #koreanfilm #

Congratulations! https://www.indiewire.com//yuh-jung-youn-wins-oscar-best/

- , : ’ - ! ART-Talks, a form of hybrid conferences, is seeking submissions from the public this year. We have created a new section for college and university students, and members of the general public. We welcome written essays and photo-video essays that explore Women’s Perspective in Korean Film. ART-Talks is a project by/from Asian Arts Publication Lab (AAPL), which presents online essays by filmmakers, artists, rese...archers and scholars. Last year, 11 ART-Talks participants shared diverse perspectives on the lives of women in Korean cinema through their noteworthy presentations. Final essays should be sent by July 30, 2021. (Creators of works presented at the festival will receive artist fees.) Submission form: https://forms.gle/TrLC3qw9aQpyCm5k9 *If you prefer to submit an abstract before taking on the final essay, please send it to us by May 30, 2021. Creators of the selected abstracts will be contacted by June 5, 2021. (Abstracts should not be longer than 100 words). For more information about the ART-Talks concept, please see: 2020 ART-Talks trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUcg1fw2rTo All of the 2020 ART-Talks: https://www.koreanfilm.ca/aapl/art-talks If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] Stay tuned for more news about the KFFC! #2021 #SidebySideKcinema #kcinema #CoteaCoteKcinema #koreanfilmfestivalcanada #koreanfilm #

, / / This year, the 8th edition of Korean Film Festival Canada (KFFC) will widen its short-film section, which will be called Side by Side/Côte à Côte/. Last year our short-film section was open to Koreans, and Korean-Canadians, but now we are accepting entries from anyone, anywhere. Each year, our festival explores a specific theme. This year’s theme continues on "Women's Perspective in Korean Film: Narrativ...es Beyond Borders (1950-2021, Series II). We invite emerging and professional artists across the globe to submit short films representing the theme of Women’s Perspective in Film. Through its diverse perspectives, this new initiative will contribute to a deeper and wider understanding of women’s lives. Deadline for submission: June 30, 2021 (No entry fee) To participate, click to open and fill out the Google form (a PDF form will be available on our website soon): https://forms.gle/WirtQMKSYoqAuXMq6 Terms: Maximum duration of each short film: 12 minutes Submissions: 1 work per artist #2021 #SidebySideKcinema #kcinema #CoteaCoteKcinema #koreanfilmfestivalcanada #koreanfilm #

Something to think about. In the 93 years that the Oscars have been around, only four Asian women have received nominations and only ONE has won. Merle Oberon...*, 1936 nominee, Best Actress Miyoshi Umeki, 1958 WINNER, Best Supporting Rinko Kikuchi, 2007 nominee, Best Supporting Youn Yuh-jung, 2021 nominee, Best Supporting * Merle Oberon had to hide her Asian ethnicity from Hollywood to get lead roles. There are mixed race Asian American women who also received Oscar nominations: Meg Tilly*, 1986 nominee, Best Supporting Jennifer Tilly*, 1995 nominee, Best Supporting Shohreh Aghdashloo, 2003 nominee, Best Supporting Hailee Steinfeld, 2011 nominee, Best Supporting * Meg and Jennifer Tilly’s real last name is Chan. See more

**REGISTER NOW!! "The South Korean Film Industry" International Film Studies Conference Date: 12-16 April 2021 (13-17 April in Asia) Primary Organizers:... Sangjoon Lee (NTU), Dal Yong Jin (Simon Fraser University), and CHO Junhyoung (Korean Film Archive) Host: Nam Center for Korean Studies, The University of Michigan The ACR Lab South Korean cinema provides one of the most striking case studies of non-Western cinematic success in the age of the neoliberal world order, in which Hollywood dominates the global movie consumer’s heart, mind, and soul. Against the onslaught of US products in the world’s media marketplace, South Korean cinema has successfully defended itself. The culmination was Parasite, which became the first foreign-language film to win Best Picture at the Oscars (2020). This two-day international conference will provide the first detailed scholarly overview of the South Korean film industry. Academic experts from Asia-Pacific, the UK, Europe, and North America will be invited. I have been invited to organize this academic event. University of Michigan’s Nam Center for Korean Studies hosts this conference in conjunction with the Asian Cinema Research Lab in Singapore. See more

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