PRESS RELEASE 9/8/04
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Cate Park
E-mail: filmmatters@giantrobot.com
Giant Robot Sponsors the
1st Annual Los Angeles Korean International Film Festival
September 24-25 and October 1-2, 2004
LINK to lakiff.com
PRESS RELEASE 9/08/04
LOS ANGELES September 8, 2004 — Giant Robot magazine is proud to sponsor the Los Angeles Korean International Film Festival (LAKIFF), an annual celebration of films made by and about Korean people. LAKIFF will consist of four feature films at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and fifteen short and feature-length films at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles on September 24-25 and October 1-2, 2004. The festival is co-organized by Jinhee Kim at USC, the Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles (KCCLA), and American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theater.
The festival will open with Park Chan-Wook’s SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE. Recently winning the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes for OLD BOY, Park is one of the principal directors in the Korean New Wave, as renowned for his harsh themes as his innovative filmmaking. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the Park. The festival will also show Kim Ji-Won’s A TALE OF TWO SISTERS, Hong Sang-Soo’s WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN, and Kim Ki-Duk’s SAMARITAN GIRL. SAMARITAN GIRL earned for Kim the Best Director award at the Berlin Film Festival and his latest film, 3-IRON, recently won the Golden Lion award at Venice. “Combining the surreal imagery of fellow painter/director David Lynch, violent themes of Takashi Miike, and elegant style of Wong Kar-Wai, Kim makes the grotesque look gorgeous,” says Giant Robot editor Martin Wong.
In addition, LAKIFF will highlight features, documentaries, and short films made by emerging young artists of Korean descent in order to offer audiences a glimpse of the promising next generation of filmmakers. The most outstanding filmmakers will be recognized with awards in various categories.
On September 23, LAKIFF will also host a one-day conference featuring key artists and scholars to discuss the current state of Korean and Korean American cinema. A detailed schedule of the conference and films featured in the festival are available on the LAKIFF web site.
LAKIFF, one of the largest events dedicated to Korean and Korean American cinema in North America, promises to bring about a greater knowledge and appreciation of the cultural richness and artistic diversity of the Korean and Korean American experience to a worldwide audience. LAKIFF strives to present films, videos, and new media, which educate and entertain media arts lovers—connoisseur or amateur—on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. This festival comes at a time when Korean cinema is achieving record-high domestic box office figures, garnering increasingly high recognition in the international arena, and finding success at prestigious film festivals.
LAKIFF will hold a press conference at the (thesunsetroom.com) in Los Angeles on Friday, September 17th, at 6 PM. For additional information, contact Cate Park at filmmatters@giantrobot.com or visit filmmatters.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Cate Park
E-mail: filmmatters@giantrobot.com
Giant Robot Sponsors the
1st Annual Los Angeles Korean International Film Festival
September 24-25 and October 1-2, 2004
LINK to lakiff.com
PRESS RELEASE 9/08/04
LOS ANGELES September 8, 2004 — Giant Robot magazine is proud to sponsor the Los Angeles Korean International Film Festival (LAKIFF), an annual celebration of films made by and about Korean people. LAKIFF will consist of four feature films at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and fifteen short and feature-length films at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles on September 24-25 and October 1-2, 2004. The festival is co-organized by Jinhee Kim at USC, the Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles (KCCLA), and American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theater.
The festival will open with Park Chan-Wook’s SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE. Recently winning the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes for OLD BOY, Park is one of the principal directors in the Korean New Wave, as renowned for his harsh themes as his innovative filmmaking. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the Park. The festival will also show Kim Ji-Won’s A TALE OF TWO SISTERS, Hong Sang-Soo’s WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN, and Kim Ki-Duk’s SAMARITAN GIRL. SAMARITAN GIRL earned for Kim the Best Director award at the Berlin Film Festival and his latest film, 3-IRON, recently won the Golden Lion award at Venice. “Combining the surreal imagery of fellow painter/director David Lynch, violent themes of Takashi Miike, and elegant style of Wong Kar-Wai, Kim makes the grotesque look gorgeous,” says Giant Robot editor Martin Wong.
In addition, LAKIFF will highlight features, documentaries, and short films made by emerging young artists of Korean descent in order to offer audiences a glimpse of the promising next generation of filmmakers. The most outstanding filmmakers will be recognized with awards in various categories.
On September 23, LAKIFF will also host a one-day conference featuring key artists and scholars to discuss the current state of Korean and Korean American cinema. A detailed schedule of the conference and films featured in the festival are available on the LAKIFF web site.
LAKIFF, one of the largest events dedicated to Korean and Korean American cinema in North America, promises to bring about a greater knowledge and appreciation of the cultural richness and artistic diversity of the Korean and Korean American experience to a worldwide audience. LAKIFF strives to present films, videos, and new media, which educate and entertain media arts lovers—connoisseur or amateur—on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. This festival comes at a time when Korean cinema is achieving record-high domestic box office figures, garnering increasingly high recognition in the international arena, and finding success at prestigious film festivals.
LAKIFF will hold a press conference at the (thesunsetroom.com) in Los Angeles on Friday, September 17th, at 6 PM. For additional information, contact Cate Park at filmmatters@giantrobot.com or visit filmmatters.com.
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