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Bus44
(dir Dayyan Eng, 11 min., 35mm)
On
the outskirts of a small town, a bus driver and her passengers encounter
highway bandits. "Bus 44" carries a universal theme that crosses
all boundaries and societies, exploring the best and worst sides of human
behavior.
FESTIVALS
AND AWARDS
Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short, Florida Film Festival (June,
2002)
Competition, Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival (June, 2002, Canada)
Competition, Seattle Intl Film Festival (May, 2002)
Directors' Fortnight, 55th Cannes Film Festival (May, 2002, France)
26th Hong Kong Intl Film Festival (March-April, 2002)
Competition, 14th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival (Feb., 2002, France)
Jury Honorable Mention, Sundance Film Festival (Jan., 2002)19, 2002
Competition, GIJON Intl Film Festival (Nov., 2001, Spain)
Out of competition, Pusan Intl Film Festival (Nov., 2001, Korea)
First screening: Special Jury Award, Venice Film Festival (Sep., 2001,
Italy)
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Eleven
(dir Zhang Lu, 14 min., 35 sec., 35mm)
An
awkward, introverted boy living in a mining town is bullied by a band
of boys who won’t let him play football with them, until the day
they decide they need him.
FESTIVALS
AND AWARDS
Spotlight on China, 8th Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival (June, 2002,
Canada)
14th Clermont-Ferrand Int'l Short Film Festival (Feb., 2002, France)
Short Competition, 58th Venice Int'l Film Festival (Aug.-Sep., 2001, Italy)
Asian Gaze, Pusan Asian Short Film Festival 2001 (May, 2001, Pusan, Korea)
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8849m
(dir GoYoung-min, 11 min, 50 sec., 35mm)
A
man climbs to the top of an 8849m mountain, carrying the Korean flag and
a Polaroid camera. His only goal is to prove that he reached the mountain
peak, but his life is threatened as he battles to overcome fierce winds
and blinding snow.
FESTIVAL
AND AWARDS
8th Palm Springs Int'l Festival of Short Films (Aug., 2002, USA)
51st Melbourne Int'l Film Festival (July, Australia)
Puchon Choice, 6th Puchon Int'l Fantastic Film Festival (July, Korea)
Best Film Award, 27th Korean Independent Film Festival (2001)
Wide Angle, 6th Pusan Int'l Film Festival (2001, Korea)
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Eraser
Wrestling (dir Min Dong-hyun, 18 min., 35 mm)
Through
the eyes of Young-hoon, the tyrant Kang-san becomes larger than life.
His classmates watch on as Young-hoon fights his battle, borrowing his
sister’s eraser and stealing coins from his mother to fight the
evil tyrant.
FESTIVALS
& AWARDS
Korean
Shorts: Critics’ Week, 3rd Jeonju Int’l Film Festival (April-May,
2002, Korea)
Reel
to Real, Int’l Film Festival for Youth & Families (March, 2002,
Canada)
Competition,
The Golden Elephant – 12th Int’l Children’s Film Festival
(Nov., 2001, India)
18th
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (Oct.-Nov., 200,
U.S.A.)
6th
Manchester Int’l Short Film Festival (Oct., 2001, U.K.)
BUSTER-Copenhagen
Int’l Children’s Film Festival (Oct., 2001, Denmark)
Children’s
Program, Rio de Janeiro Int’l Film Festival 2001 (Sept.-Oct., 2001,
Brazil)
New
Korean Cinema, 36th Karlovy Vary Int’l Film Festival (July, 2001,
Czech)
4th
SPROCKETS Toronto International Film Festival for Children (April, 2001,
Toronto)
Int’l
Competition, 13th Clermont-Ferrand Int’l Short Film Festival (Jan-Feb,
2001, France)
15th
Int’l Festival of Film and Video for Children and Young Adults of
Iran (Oct. 2000, Iran)
Jury
Award, 3rd BUFF Int’l Children and Youth Film Festival in Sadnes
(Nov., 2000, Norway)
Children’s
Film Festival, 19th Uppsala Int’l Short Film Festival (Oct. 2000,
Sweden)
2nd
Award in ‘Preludes’ Section, 30th Giffoni Int’l Children’s
Film Festival (July, 2000, Itlay)
Shot
Competition, 49th Melbourne Int’l Film Festival (July-August, 2000,
Australia)
4th
Pusan Int’l Film Festival, Wide Angle, (Oct., 1999, Korea)
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Uncle
Bar at the Barbershop (dir Kwon Jong-kwan, 22 min., 35mm)
During the early eighties in Seoul, sexual prejudice and violence were
common. In a small barbershop on the outskirts of the city, however, a
middle-aged barber treats all of his clients with dignity, until a sexual
innuendo threatens to disrupt the peace in this quiet town.
FESTIVALS
& AWARDS
14th New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (June, 2002)
Korean Shorts: Critics¡¯ Week, 3rd Jeonju Int'l Film Festival
(April-May, 2002, Korea)
Panorama, 17th Turin Int'l Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (April-May, 2002,
Torino, Italy)
16th London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (April, 2002, U.K)
Shorts! International Short Film Festival (2001, The Netherlands)
image+nation : Montréal's International Queer Film + Video Festival
(2001, Canada)
OUTFEST2001-19th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (2001, USA)
Excellent Film Awards, Korea Visual Arts Festival (2001)
IndieForum 2001, Independent Film & Video Makers' Forum
Pusan Asian Short Film Festival 2001 (Korea)
Short Film Award, 38th Daejong Film Festival (2001, Korea)
26th Korean Independent Short Film Festival (2000, Korea)
5th Pusan Int'l Film Festival, Wide Angle (2000, Korea)
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