“The Weight” is that rare thing, a truly unique and challenging piece of cinema that blurs the line between film and art. The fifth feature from Jeon Kyu Hwan, known for his Berlinale-featured works “Varanasi” and “Dance Town”, the provocative film marries extreme and graphic content with melancholic philosophising, following Kim Ki Duk regular Cho Jae Hyun (“Moebius”, “Bad Guy”) as a hunchbacked mortician as he goes about his dreary life. The film has enjoyed great success at international festivals, most notably winning the Queer Lion Award at the 69th Venice International Film Festival (the first Korean film to do so), as well as picking up various prizes at Fantasporto, Tallinn and the International Film Festival of India. Cho Jae Hyun plays Jung, a hunchback who works in a morgue taking care of the corpses before they make their final journey. Despite being afflicted with advanced tuberculosis and arthritis, he...
- 2/25/2014
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Dance Town, the third film of Panda Media and Jeon Kyu Hwan's Town Trilogy, has been officially selected at the Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama Section. Panda Media's goal is to reveal jewels of the international cinema to Korean spectators, and to bring Korean films to world audiences, in festivals and in theatres.
"Our films have a significant cinematographic edge, and we believe that we can make them commercially successful. Panda Media aims to harmoniously coordinate international co-production. By doing this, we believe we’ll actively contribute to the 7th art development in Korea and the rest of the world. Panda Media is working on new business models, ways and methods of bringing films to its audiences, since there will always be a craving for meaningful movies."- Minjung Son -Sales Manager
Dance Town 2010 HD 95min color 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer : Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Rha Mi-ran,Oh Seong-tae, Lee Jun-hyeok, Ju Yu-rang , Lee Yong-ju Jung-Nim
A North Korean middle class worker, defects from the North following the accusation of watching a porn video. Her husband barely gets Jung-Nim out of the country but is arrested by the North Korean security forces. Jung-Nim lives in South Korea under the surveillance of Kim Soo-Jin, who was assigned to do this by the government. Jung-Nim feels lonely, and then meets Oh Sung-Tae, a patrolman. But as time goes by, it's her husband that Jung-Nim misses and worries about more and more. It is then that she hears news about her imprisoned husband through her watchdog Soo-Jin.
Festivals
2010- Pusan International Film Festival – Netpac Award
Special Mention Korean Cinema Today
Vision The Best Actress Award
2011 Berlin International Film Festival –Panorama Section
Animal Town 2009 HD 97min color 1.85:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer: Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Lee Jun-hyeok, Oh Seong-tae Seong Chul
Chul, who earns his life by doing manual work, lives in an old apartment, which is scheduled to be torn down. He usually survives by moving around from one construction site to another, but it happens that he does not receive his pay. He lives permanently with an electronic bracelet due to charge of rape, or “sexual dysfunction”. He has to start another kind of activity in order to make a living, but the animal inside him is brought to explosion.
Festivals
2009 57th San Sebastian Iff – New Directors Competition
11th Osians Cinefan
20th Stockholm Int.l Film Festival
13th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2010
16th Vesoul Int.l Film Festival de Asie - International Jury Special, Netpac Award
19th Black Movie Geneva – Le Prix du Public : The Audience Award
11th Jeonju Int.l Film Festival
4th Cinema Digital Seoul – Butterfly Competition ; The Movie Collage Award
4th Chungmuro Int.l Film Festival
34th Sao Paulo International Film Festival
9th Third Eye Asian Film Festival
28th Torino Film Festival
12th Cinemanila International Film Festival
15th Kerala International Film Festival
8th Chennai International Film Festival
Mozart Town 2008 HD 90min color 16:9 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer: Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Oh Seong-tae, Ju Yu-rang, Sonia Klinger, Blaise Gbato, Ange Gbato, Moon Hyung-ju
Sara, a pianist, has a short trip to Seoul. This city looks clean and peaceful. The sadness and loneliness of the city is not perceived by her. She just enjoys her happy trip with the eye of a traveler. On the other hand, the native people, who were born and have grown up in the city, as well as the workers who moved and have been living there for a long time, struggle and fight with their own extreme loneliness and sadness in order to survive.
Festivals
2008 10th Osians Cinefan – Main Competition
21st Tokyo Int.l Film Festival – Winds of Asia Middle East Competition
12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – Main Competition
Philadelphia Iff – Main Competition
Killing Time 2009 HD 95min color, 2.35:1 Thriller
Director & Screenplay : Park Sung-Su
Production company : Day Dream Seoul
Cast : Lee Jee-Hye, Jung Ae-Yeun, Kim Sung-Jun
There is a lot of dark feelings and bad blood, between Sujin and Hyelim who used to get along well with each other because of a man. This issue is soon to be solved, when unexpected events, as well as unthinkable characters, get in the way, all together transforming the girls dispute into a run for their life in a forest echoing of their screams and dripping with blood.
A.U.D.I.T.Io.N 2009 HD 99min color, 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Kim Seong-Jun, Lee Je-Cheol
Production company: Namu Film
Producer: Seo Young-Jun
Cast: Kim Young-Yong, Jeon Su-Yeon, Yang Ji-Woong, Han Se-Hee
Won-Jun, B-boy dancer, is young and selfish, not compromising with his colleagues but only pursuing his own dream. Hyun-Ji, a neighbour hearing-impaired girl, spends her time alone due of her mother.s absence and her father.s indifference, and is kind of fascinated by the B-boys break dance. One day Hyun-Ji, shyly watching the B-boys. dancing, gets into a dispute with Won-Jun. Upset, Hyun-Ji speaks to him using the sign language. Inspired by her sign language for choreographies, Won-Jun tries to learn the sign language. Won-Jun helps Hyun-Ji to join his team in going for an audition. Won-Jun persuades his colleagues who oppose to it, and he is confident in Hyun-Ji. A.U.D.I.T.I.O.N is a bright film about growth, dreams, and trust.
Festivals
The 10th Jeonju International Film Festival Korean Feature Films Competition
The Railroad 2006 35mm 107min color, 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Park Heung-Sik
Production company: Km Culture Co. Min Film Co.
Producer: Park Gok-Ji
Cast: Kim Kang-Woo, Son Tae-Yeong
Man Soo (Kang-woo Kim) is a train conductor. Every day he performs the same old routines, and gradually his days begin to feel as uneventful and predictable as the ongoing rotation of the wheels on his train. One day, his train gets caught in a messy accident involving a passenger.s suicide, and he is forced to take leave from work. He gets on the last train. Hanna (Tae-yeong Son) is an attractive college instructor who is having an affair with a married professor. Her world is turned upside down when his wife confronts her. Abandoned and betrayed by her lover, Hanna is forced to face her own demons. She quits her job, and hops onto the last train. A train conductor and a college instructor seem to share nothing in common. But for Man Soo and Hanna, brought together by fate, finding solace in the companion of a stranger has never been better.
Festivals
2007 Torino International Film Festival (Tiff) - International Critics & Best Actor Award
2008 6th Florence Korea Film Fest (Kff) –Best Feature Film
Approved For Adoption / in production 100min color 1.85:1 Docufiction - Animation
Director & Screenplay : Laurent Boileau, Jung Henin
Coproduction with France, South Korea, Belgium
After two years of preparation of the project by director Laurent Boileau, Panda Media eventually entered Approved for Adoption as the Korean co-producer in Korea, with Artemis in Belgium, and with Mosaique Films in France. The film will be 1/3 live action and 2/3 animation, and is based on comic writer Jung Henin's Skin Colour : Honey albums (also released in Korea), and on his first trip back to Korea, almost 40 years after having been adopted by a Belgian family. The live action has been shot in August 2010, and the film is due to be released in 2011. Much like the comic, the movie is partly based on the character representing Jung as a boy, and is thus very touching.
Panda Media
Minjung Son / Sales Manager
Please contact us
sales@pandamedia.eu
info@pandamedia.eu
Office +82 (0)70 8840 1946
www.pandamedia.eu...
"Our films have a significant cinematographic edge, and we believe that we can make them commercially successful. Panda Media aims to harmoniously coordinate international co-production. By doing this, we believe we’ll actively contribute to the 7th art development in Korea and the rest of the world. Panda Media is working on new business models, ways and methods of bringing films to its audiences, since there will always be a craving for meaningful movies."- Minjung Son -Sales Manager
Dance Town 2010 HD 95min color 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer : Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Rha Mi-ran,Oh Seong-tae, Lee Jun-hyeok, Ju Yu-rang , Lee Yong-ju Jung-Nim
A North Korean middle class worker, defects from the North following the accusation of watching a porn video. Her husband barely gets Jung-Nim out of the country but is arrested by the North Korean security forces. Jung-Nim lives in South Korea under the surveillance of Kim Soo-Jin, who was assigned to do this by the government. Jung-Nim feels lonely, and then meets Oh Sung-Tae, a patrolman. But as time goes by, it's her husband that Jung-Nim misses and worries about more and more. It is then that she hears news about her imprisoned husband through her watchdog Soo-Jin.
Festivals
2010- Pusan International Film Festival – Netpac Award
Special Mention Korean Cinema Today
Vision The Best Actress Award
2011 Berlin International Film Festival –Panorama Section
Animal Town 2009 HD 97min color 1.85:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer: Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Lee Jun-hyeok, Oh Seong-tae Seong Chul
Chul, who earns his life by doing manual work, lives in an old apartment, which is scheduled to be torn down. He usually survives by moving around from one construction site to another, but it happens that he does not receive his pay. He lives permanently with an electronic bracelet due to charge of rape, or “sexual dysfunction”. He has to start another kind of activity in order to make a living, but the animal inside him is brought to explosion.
Festivals
2009 57th San Sebastian Iff – New Directors Competition
11th Osians Cinefan
20th Stockholm Int.l Film Festival
13th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2010
16th Vesoul Int.l Film Festival de Asie - International Jury Special, Netpac Award
19th Black Movie Geneva – Le Prix du Public : The Audience Award
11th Jeonju Int.l Film Festival
4th Cinema Digital Seoul – Butterfly Competition ; The Movie Collage Award
4th Chungmuro Int.l Film Festival
34th Sao Paulo International Film Festival
9th Third Eye Asian Film Festival
28th Torino Film Festival
12th Cinemanila International Film Festival
15th Kerala International Film Festival
8th Chennai International Film Festival
Mozart Town 2008 HD 90min color 16:9 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Production company: Treefilm
Producer: Choi Mi-Ae
Cast: Oh Seong-tae, Ju Yu-rang, Sonia Klinger, Blaise Gbato, Ange Gbato, Moon Hyung-ju
Sara, a pianist, has a short trip to Seoul. This city looks clean and peaceful. The sadness and loneliness of the city is not perceived by her. She just enjoys her happy trip with the eye of a traveler. On the other hand, the native people, who were born and have grown up in the city, as well as the workers who moved and have been living there for a long time, struggle and fight with their own extreme loneliness and sadness in order to survive.
Festivals
2008 10th Osians Cinefan – Main Competition
21st Tokyo Int.l Film Festival – Winds of Asia Middle East Competition
12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – Main Competition
Philadelphia Iff – Main Competition
Killing Time 2009 HD 95min color, 2.35:1 Thriller
Director & Screenplay : Park Sung-Su
Production company : Day Dream Seoul
Cast : Lee Jee-Hye, Jung Ae-Yeun, Kim Sung-Jun
There is a lot of dark feelings and bad blood, between Sujin and Hyelim who used to get along well with each other because of a man. This issue is soon to be solved, when unexpected events, as well as unthinkable characters, get in the way, all together transforming the girls dispute into a run for their life in a forest echoing of their screams and dripping with blood.
A.U.D.I.T.Io.N 2009 HD 99min color, 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Kim Seong-Jun, Lee Je-Cheol
Production company: Namu Film
Producer: Seo Young-Jun
Cast: Kim Young-Yong, Jeon Su-Yeon, Yang Ji-Woong, Han Se-Hee
Won-Jun, B-boy dancer, is young and selfish, not compromising with his colleagues but only pursuing his own dream. Hyun-Ji, a neighbour hearing-impaired girl, spends her time alone due of her mother.s absence and her father.s indifference, and is kind of fascinated by the B-boys break dance. One day Hyun-Ji, shyly watching the B-boys. dancing, gets into a dispute with Won-Jun. Upset, Hyun-Ji speaks to him using the sign language. Inspired by her sign language for choreographies, Won-Jun tries to learn the sign language. Won-Jun helps Hyun-Ji to join his team in going for an audition. Won-Jun persuades his colleagues who oppose to it, and he is confident in Hyun-Ji. A.U.D.I.T.I.O.N is a bright film about growth, dreams, and trust.
Festivals
The 10th Jeonju International Film Festival Korean Feature Films Competition
The Railroad 2006 35mm 107min color, 2.35:1 Drama
Director & Screenplay: Park Heung-Sik
Production company: Km Culture Co. Min Film Co.
Producer: Park Gok-Ji
Cast: Kim Kang-Woo, Son Tae-Yeong
Man Soo (Kang-woo Kim) is a train conductor. Every day he performs the same old routines, and gradually his days begin to feel as uneventful and predictable as the ongoing rotation of the wheels on his train. One day, his train gets caught in a messy accident involving a passenger.s suicide, and he is forced to take leave from work. He gets on the last train. Hanna (Tae-yeong Son) is an attractive college instructor who is having an affair with a married professor. Her world is turned upside down when his wife confronts her. Abandoned and betrayed by her lover, Hanna is forced to face her own demons. She quits her job, and hops onto the last train. A train conductor and a college instructor seem to share nothing in common. But for Man Soo and Hanna, brought together by fate, finding solace in the companion of a stranger has never been better.
Festivals
2007 Torino International Film Festival (Tiff) - International Critics & Best Actor Award
2008 6th Florence Korea Film Fest (Kff) –Best Feature Film
Approved For Adoption / in production 100min color 1.85:1 Docufiction - Animation
Director & Screenplay : Laurent Boileau, Jung Henin
Coproduction with France, South Korea, Belgium
After two years of preparation of the project by director Laurent Boileau, Panda Media eventually entered Approved for Adoption as the Korean co-producer in Korea, with Artemis in Belgium, and with Mosaique Films in France. The film will be 1/3 live action and 2/3 animation, and is based on comic writer Jung Henin's Skin Colour : Honey albums (also released in Korea), and on his first trip back to Korea, almost 40 years after having been adopted by a Belgian family. The live action has been shot in August 2010, and the film is due to be released in 2011. Much like the comic, the movie is partly based on the character representing Jung as a boy, and is thus very touching.
Panda Media
Minjung Son / Sales Manager
Please contact us
sales@pandamedia.eu
info@pandamedia.eu
Office +82 (0)70 8840 1946
www.pandamedia.eu...
- 2/24/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Berlinale's announced today that 20 films are now lined up for its Panorama program. All in all, around 50 titles will make up the main program, Panorama Special and Panorama Dokumente.
10+10 by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wang Toon, Wu Nien-Jen, Sylvia Chang, Chen Guo-Fu, Wei Te-Sheng, Chung Meng-Hung, Chang Tso-Chi, Arvin Chen, Yang Ya-Che and others, Taiwan — see a full report from the Taipei Film Commission: "Funded by the Golden Horse Film Festival and the Republic of China Centenary Foundation, 10+10 [is] a movie comprised of 20 short films by 10 renowned and 10 emerging Taiwanese filmmakers."
Death For Sale by Faouzi Bensaïdi, France
With Fehd Benchemsi, Fouad Labiad, Mouhcine Malzi, Imane Elmechrafi, Faouzi Bensaïdi
Die Wand (The Wall) by Julian Roman Pölsler, Austria/Germany
With Martina Gedeck — Synopsis from The Match Factory: "(1.) The wall is a highly unusual exploration of solitude and survival. (2.) It is the story of a woman who is separated from the...
10+10 by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wang Toon, Wu Nien-Jen, Sylvia Chang, Chen Guo-Fu, Wei Te-Sheng, Chung Meng-Hung, Chang Tso-Chi, Arvin Chen, Yang Ya-Che and others, Taiwan — see a full report from the Taipei Film Commission: "Funded by the Golden Horse Film Festival and the Republic of China Centenary Foundation, 10+10 [is] a movie comprised of 20 short films by 10 renowned and 10 emerging Taiwanese filmmakers."
Death For Sale by Faouzi Bensaïdi, France
With Fehd Benchemsi, Fouad Labiad, Mouhcine Malzi, Imane Elmechrafi, Faouzi Bensaïdi
Die Wand (The Wall) by Julian Roman Pölsler, Austria/Germany
With Martina Gedeck — Synopsis from The Match Factory: "(1.) The wall is a highly unusual exploration of solitude and survival. (2.) It is the story of a woman who is separated from the...
- 1/4/2012
- MUBI
Though it slipped past us somehow the 2011 Berlin Film Festival released the first block of titles from their Panorama section yesterday and there are some very familiar names in there, among them Ryoo Seung-Wan's The Unjust, Jorge Padilha's Elite Squad 2, Angelique Bosio's The Advocate For Fagdom and Hugo Olsson's The Black Power Mixtape - all of which have received coverage here in the pages of Twitch. You want the complete list? Here it is:
Panorama Main Programme + Panorama Special Bu-dang-geo-rae (The Unjust) by Seung-wan Ryoo, Republic of Koreawith Jung-min Hwang, Seung-bum Ryoo, Hae-jin Yoo Chang-Pi-Hae (Ashamed) by Soo-hyun Kim, Republic of Koreawith Hyo-jin Kim, Kkobbi Kim Dance Town by Kyu-hwan Jeon, Republic of Koreawith Mir-an Ra, Seong-tae Oh The Devil's Double by Lee Tamahori, Belgiumwith Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier Dirty Girl by Abe Sylvia, USAwith Juno Temple, Milla Jovovich, William H. Macy, Dwight Yoakam, Mary Steenburgen, Jeremy Dozier...
Panorama Main Programme + Panorama Special Bu-dang-geo-rae (The Unjust) by Seung-wan Ryoo, Republic of Koreawith Jung-min Hwang, Seung-bum Ryoo, Hae-jin Yoo Chang-Pi-Hae (Ashamed) by Soo-hyun Kim, Republic of Koreawith Hyo-jin Kim, Kkobbi Kim Dance Town by Kyu-hwan Jeon, Republic of Koreawith Mir-an Ra, Seong-tae Oh The Devil's Double by Lee Tamahori, Belgiumwith Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier Dirty Girl by Abe Sylvia, USAwith Juno Temple, Milla Jovovich, William H. Macy, Dwight Yoakam, Mary Steenburgen, Jeremy Dozier...
- 1/4/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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