The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 27th edition with a whiplashing program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 20 through August 9, 2023, taking place at the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée.
The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia is excited to reveal a selected first wave of titles and happenings.
Bright Spotlights On South Korean Cinema Illuminate Fantasia’s 27th Edition
Since the selection of Kang Je-gyu’s Gingko Bed at Fantasia’s 1998 edition, the festival has become one of the premiere destinations for South Korean cinema. Over the years, Fantasia’s audience has had the opportunity to discover several essential Korean auteurs: Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite), Park Chan-wook (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance), Kim Ji-woon (The Quiet Family), Hwang Dong-hyuk (Miss Granny), and Yeon Sang-ho (The King Of Pigs) among many others.
The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia is excited to reveal a selected first wave of titles and happenings.
Bright Spotlights On South Korean Cinema Illuminate Fantasia’s 27th Edition
Since the selection of Kang Je-gyu’s Gingko Bed at Fantasia’s 1998 edition, the festival has become one of the premiere destinations for South Korean cinema. Over the years, Fantasia’s audience has had the opportunity to discover several essential Korean auteurs: Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite), Park Chan-wook (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance), Kim Ji-woon (The Quiet Family), Hwang Dong-hyuk (Miss Granny), and Yeon Sang-ho (The King Of Pigs) among many others.
- 5/12/2023
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The 27th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 20th through August 9th at the Concordia Hall Cinema in Montreal, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée – and today the festival announced the first wave of titles that will be screening there this year! The festival runners promise this edition of the show will deliver “a whiplashing program of screenings, workshops, and launch events”, with a spotlight on South Korean cinema, a Canadian trailblazer Award being presented to Larry Kent, and World Premiere screenings of new films from the likes of Larry Fessenden, Xavier Gens, Jenn Wexler, The Adams Family, and Victor Ginzburg. They’ll also be hosting the International Premieres of Tsutomu Hanabusa’s blockbusters Tokyo Revengers 2 – Part 1 & 2.
2023 marks 60 years of diplomatic relations between Canada and the Republic of Korea, so Fantasia is teaming up with the Korean...
2023 marks 60 years of diplomatic relations between Canada and the Republic of Korea, so Fantasia is teaming up with the Korean...
- 5/11/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 27th edition with a whiplashing program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 20 through August 9, 2023, taking place at the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée.
The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia reveals a selected first wave of titles and happenings.
Here’s the press release:
Bright Spotlights On South Korean Cinema Illuminate Fantasia’s 27th Edition
Since the selection of Kang Je-gyu’s Gingko Bed at Fantasia’s 1998 edition, the festival has become one of the premiere destinations for South Korean cinema. Over the years, Fantasia’s audience has had the opportunity to discover several essential Korean auteurs: Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite), Park Chan-wook (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance), Kim Ji-woon (The Quiet Family), Hwang Dong-hyuk (Miss Granny), and Yeon Sang-ho...
The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia reveals a selected first wave of titles and happenings.
Here’s the press release:
Bright Spotlights On South Korean Cinema Illuminate Fantasia’s 27th Edition
Since the selection of Kang Je-gyu’s Gingko Bed at Fantasia’s 1998 edition, the festival has become one of the premiere destinations for South Korean cinema. Over the years, Fantasia’s audience has had the opportunity to discover several essential Korean auteurs: Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite), Park Chan-wook (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance), Kim Ji-woon (The Quiet Family), Hwang Dong-hyuk (Miss Granny), and Yeon Sang-ho...
- 5/11/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Fantasia International Film Festival announces today the first wave of programming for its forthcoming 27th edition, to take place in Montreal, Québec from July 20 through August 9. An initial highlight from this year’s slate includes a spotlight on South Korean cinema, which will feature several retrospective titles and a handful of premieres. Jung Bum-shik’s (Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum) The New Normal will have its North American premiere, and there will be Canadian premieres of An Tae-jin’s The Night Owl, Lee Sang-yong’s The Roundup: No Way Out and the 4K restoration of Jeong Jae-un’s Take Care of My Cat (2001). […]
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- 5/11/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Fantasia International Film Festival announces today the first wave of programming for its forthcoming 27th edition, to take place in Montreal, Québec from July 20 through August 9. An initial highlight from this year’s slate includes a spotlight on South Korean cinema, which will feature several retrospective titles and a handful of premieres. Jung Bum-shik’s (Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum) The New Normal will have its North American premiere, and there will be Canadian premieres of An Tae-jin’s The Night Owl, Lee Sang-yong’s The Roundup: No Way Out and the 4K restoration of Jeong Jae-un’s Take Care of My Cat (2001). […]
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- 5/11/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Cat person or not, there’s something we can all agree on: Universal Pictures’ live-action (or is it more CGI?) adaptation Cats was definitely… not what we wanted to see. We at Amp believe, however, that there are plenty of great cat-related movies out there — Asian ones, specifically — that can represent our feline friends in a less grotesque light. We’ve compiled below a list of comedies and horror, of the trippy and documentary, of the adorable and the heartwarming, all in honor of the original homebody champs. Get cozy, because these films will definitely warrant some snuggle-time with our favorite furballs.
1. Take Care of My Cat
Jeong’s themes are universal and not just the anxieties of young women in South Korea: they can be applied to many countries in the world and to many people. “Take Care of my Cat”, therefore, is relatively gimmick-free for a coming-of-age drama...
1. Take Care of My Cat
Jeong’s themes are universal and not just the anxieties of young women in South Korea: they can be applied to many countries in the world and to many people. “Take Care of my Cat”, therefore, is relatively gimmick-free for a coming-of-age drama...
- 5/2/2020
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
A sensual May-December romance between a popular romance writer and her student-turned-assistant takes a tragic turn when her early onset Alzheimer’s asserts itself in Butterfly Sleep, the surprisingly insipid, long-time-coming sophomore feature by Jeong Jae-eun. Jeong made a splash in 2001 with the coming-of-age film Take Care of My Cat, which pivoted on a group of five female friends transitioning from high school to adulthood and featured Bae Doona’s (The Host, Sense8) breakout performance. In Butterfly Sleep, Jeong switches gears to work with an established pan-Asian star — Nakayama Miho — in a far less enlightening and culturally specific terminal-illness...
- 10/22/2017
- by Elizabeth Kerr
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's been a full 12 years since director Jeong Jae-eun helmed a narrative feature and the Japan-set Butterfly Sleep is a welcome return, if not a patch on her 2001 debut Take Care of My Cat, still her best work. Her latest may not break any new ground, but this thoughtful melodrama glides with poise through a simple story of an impossible love and Jeong weans a graceful performance out of Love Letter star Miho Nakayama in the lead. In fact, Jeong has two projects in Busan this year, along with her documentary Ecology in Concrete. Royko is a popular novelist who takes on a new job as a university lecturer in Tokyo. One night at dinner with students and colleagues, she meets Chan-hae, a...
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- 10/14/2017
- Screen Anarchy
The Busan International Film Festival returns on the 12th of next month with its 22nd edition, which will kick off with the world premiere of Glass Garden, the latest film from Madonna and Pluto director Shin Su-won. For the first time in the festival's history both the opening and closing selections hail from women filmmakers as director Sylvia Chang (Murmur of the Hearts) will close the event with her latest work Love Education. Darren Aronofsky's mother!, John Woo's Manhunt and Koreeda Hirokazu's The Third Murder are among the hot Gala screenings this year, along with Butterfly Sleep, a new Japan-set melodrama from Jeong Jae-eun (Take Care of My Cat) and Yukisada Isao's Narratage. Other major selections include Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square and Guillermo del...
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- 9/14/2017
- Screen Anarchy
The 11th annual London Korean Film Festival (Lkff) is gearing up for an impressive year with a very exciting lineup. The festival is scheduled to run from November 3-17 with a tour around the UK ending on the 27th, the longest running Lkff to date.
The schedule this year starts out strong with a screening of “The Truth Beneath” by director Lee Kyoung-Mi, followed by a Q&A lead the director herself. The theme of this year’s festival is “women in Korean cinema,” so it is more than fitting that such a strong entry will start off the event. Later in the lineup, the Lkff will also be showcasing Kyoung-Mi’s critically acclaimed film, “Crush and Blush,” which was co-produced by one of Korea’s leading director’s, Park Chan-Wook.
“The Truth Beneath” movie poster
The remaining films to be shown are just as strong: “Inside Men: The...
The schedule this year starts out strong with a screening of “The Truth Beneath” by director Lee Kyoung-Mi, followed by a Q&A lead the director herself. The theme of this year’s festival is “women in Korean cinema,” so it is more than fitting that such a strong entry will start off the event. Later in the lineup, the Lkff will also be showcasing Kyoung-Mi’s critically acclaimed film, “Crush and Blush,” which was co-produced by one of Korea’s leading director’s, Park Chan-Wook.
“The Truth Beneath” movie poster
The remaining films to be shown are just as strong: “Inside Men: The...
- 10/16/2016
- by Lydia Spanier
- AsianMoviePulse
The London Korean Film Festival (Lkff) 2016 celebrates it’s 11th year of bringing the best of Korean cinema to the UK. The festival will be in London from November 3 to 17 followed by a tour of UK cinemas.
Lkff will head out to Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham and Belfast. Fans can expect an excellent line up of films highlighting the best of South Korean cinema.
The Truth Beneath
For this year’s Opening Gala the festival is pleased to unveil the European Premiere of director Lee Kyoung-mi’s powerful thriller The Truth Beneath. Actress Son Ye-jin (The Pirates, A Moment to Remember) gives her finest performance to date in the role of Yeon-hong, wife of politician Jong-chan (Kim Ju-hyuk – Yourself and Yours) who’s about to embark on the biggest campaign of his career. Joined by their daughter, Min-jin, the trio appears to be a picture-perfect family until their world...
Lkff will head out to Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham and Belfast. Fans can expect an excellent line up of films highlighting the best of South Korean cinema.
The Truth Beneath
For this year’s Opening Gala the festival is pleased to unveil the European Premiere of director Lee Kyoung-mi’s powerful thriller The Truth Beneath. Actress Son Ye-jin (The Pirates, A Moment to Remember) gives her finest performance to date in the role of Yeon-hong, wife of politician Jong-chan (Kim Ju-hyuk – Yourself and Yours) who’s about to embark on the biggest campaign of his career. Joined by their daughter, Min-jin, the trio appears to be a picture-perfect family until their world...
- 9/14/2016
- by JRBandillo
- AsianMoviePulse
Let it not be said that Hollywood doesn't look elsewhere for talent to utilize in its big budget movies. In this case it's South Korea and actress Bae Doona. According to news site Sports Chosun (via Soompi) the actress is said to be joining the cast of the big-screen adaptation of Cloud Atlas, which will be co-directed by the Wachowskis (The Matrix) and Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run).The actress reportedly "had meetings with Hollywood producers recently, and they are believed to have finalized her casting." Although known in her native Korea for such films as Barking Dogs Never Bite, Take Care of My Cat and Tube, she is probably more recognizable to international audiences from Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and The Host, both of which...
- 7/19/2011
- Screen Anarchy
At the first look Goyangileul butaghae might look like a formulaic coming-of-age dramedy. However, if we look at a bigger picture, Take Care of My Cat has some charms in its light script. Indeed, despite a few flaws, the film manages to ring true.
The story of this South Korean film takes place in Incheon, a city of the Seoul metropolitan area. We follow a group of five close friends - five girls - a year after their graduation from high school. Now that they're gradually moving towards adulthood, these girls deal with the changes in their life and the pressure to enter South Korea's workforce.
Hye-ju (Lee Yu-won) works as an office clerk at a brokerage company in Seoul, plans to move to Seoul and tries hard to find time to see her four friends. Bi-ryu (Lee Eung-sil) and Ohn-jo (Lee Eung-ju), two twin sisters, cheerfully sell object on...
The story of this South Korean film takes place in Incheon, a city of the Seoul metropolitan area. We follow a group of five close friends - five girls - a year after their graduation from high school. Now that they're gradually moving towards adulthood, these girls deal with the changes in their life and the pressure to enter South Korea's workforce.
Hye-ju (Lee Yu-won) works as an office clerk at a brokerage company in Seoul, plans to move to Seoul and tries hard to find time to see her four friends. Bi-ryu (Lee Eung-sil) and Ohn-jo (Lee Eung-ju), two twin sisters, cheerfully sell object on...
- 6/20/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Drawing Paper
Pusan International Film Festival
BUSAN, South Korea -- Director Kim Hee-Sun's graduate project plays out just like that. Neither narratively innovative nor thematically cutting edge, Drawing Paper is a competent but ultimately forgettable drama in the vein of the superior Swing Girls or Take Care of My Cat. Kim's girl-focused film is more a missed opportunity than a complete feature.
Drawing Paper looks and feels like a debut feature. The HD photography is functional and straightforward, and the performances are respectable given the character sketches the actors must work with. But neither of those is likely to earn the film a theatrical release outside of Korea, if even there. There is limited festival potential here, and relying on the musical aspect of the film would also be misguided, as there isn't enough of it to register, and what's there is weak.
Song-Won (Kang Eun-Bi) is a high school senior who wants to join a band. She and her best friend So-Yi (So Yi) sign up for Magnolia, the school's version of the Go-Gos, with an eye toward entering a college band competition. Also in the band is Soo-Ah (Lee Seol-A), the reserved bassist with a secretive outside life. For a poorly explained reason, they have to work with an all-boy band that includes singer is Dong-Yoon (Kim Dong-Youn), who takes a shine to Song-Won, and bassist Joon-Ki (Kim Jun-Gi), who becomes enamored with Soo-Ah. From here, the story goes exactly where one would expect it to, replete with love triangle, secrets, shame and band disintegration. The film's most notable aspect is the glimpse of what appears to be a David Hasselhoff record cover in the background.
"Drawing Paper's" biggest fault is its lack of illumination: Nothing is ever explained or left for interpretation or inference. What little rationalization there is comes in the form of short speeches that sound as though they are the result of years of personal introspection. Girl power as a relatively new concept in Korea could do with some cinematic exposure, and that's Kim's initial thrust. Sadly, the film devolves into rote trials and tribulations that wind up saying very little about the choices young Korean women are forced to make right now.
DRAWING PAPER
A Happy Pictures production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Kim Sun-Hee
Producers: Kim Jae-Joong, Kim Kyung-Jun
\Director of photography: Lee Yong-Hoon
Production designer: Lee Hye-Jin
Music: Bang Jun-Seok
Editors: You Seong-Yup, Min Tae-Young
Cast:
Song-Won: Kang Eun-Bi
So-Yi: So Yi
Soo-Ah: Lee Seol-A
Eun-Sup: Woo Seung-Min
Joon-Ki: Kim Jun-Gi
Dong-Yoon: Kim Dong-Youn
Ji-Min: Han Su-Yeon
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 93 minutes...
BUSAN, South Korea -- Director Kim Hee-Sun's graduate project plays out just like that. Neither narratively innovative nor thematically cutting edge, Drawing Paper is a competent but ultimately forgettable drama in the vein of the superior Swing Girls or Take Care of My Cat. Kim's girl-focused film is more a missed opportunity than a complete feature.
Drawing Paper looks and feels like a debut feature. The HD photography is functional and straightforward, and the performances are respectable given the character sketches the actors must work with. But neither of those is likely to earn the film a theatrical release outside of Korea, if even there. There is limited festival potential here, and relying on the musical aspect of the film would also be misguided, as there isn't enough of it to register, and what's there is weak.
Song-Won (Kang Eun-Bi) is a high school senior who wants to join a band. She and her best friend So-Yi (So Yi) sign up for Magnolia, the school's version of the Go-Gos, with an eye toward entering a college band competition. Also in the band is Soo-Ah (Lee Seol-A), the reserved bassist with a secretive outside life. For a poorly explained reason, they have to work with an all-boy band that includes singer is Dong-Yoon (Kim Dong-Youn), who takes a shine to Song-Won, and bassist Joon-Ki (Kim Jun-Gi), who becomes enamored with Soo-Ah. From here, the story goes exactly where one would expect it to, replete with love triangle, secrets, shame and band disintegration. The film's most notable aspect is the glimpse of what appears to be a David Hasselhoff record cover in the background.
"Drawing Paper's" biggest fault is its lack of illumination: Nothing is ever explained or left for interpretation or inference. What little rationalization there is comes in the form of short speeches that sound as though they are the result of years of personal introspection. Girl power as a relatively new concept in Korea could do with some cinematic exposure, and that's Kim's initial thrust. Sadly, the film devolves into rote trials and tribulations that wind up saying very little about the choices young Korean women are forced to make right now.
DRAWING PAPER
A Happy Pictures production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Kim Sun-Hee
Producers: Kim Jae-Joong, Kim Kyung-Jun
\Director of photography: Lee Yong-Hoon
Production designer: Lee Hye-Jin
Music: Bang Jun-Seok
Editors: You Seong-Yup, Min Tae-Young
Cast:
Song-Won: Kang Eun-Bi
So-Yi: So Yi
Soo-Ah: Lee Seol-A
Eun-Sup: Woo Seung-Min
Joon-Ki: Kim Jun-Gi
Dong-Yoon: Kim Dong-Youn
Ji-Min: Han Su-Yeon
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 93 minutes...
- 10/9/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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