The Busan International Film Festival will be a homecoming of sorts for Zhang Lu. The celebrated art-house director was born in China, but is of Korean ethnicity, and has enjoyed many of his successes in Busan, at the festival or through the project market.
Zhang’s new film “Yanagawa” has its world premiere in Busan’s Icons section and will next travel to the Pingyao festival where it is set as the opening title. His past track record suggests that further globe-trotting is likely: “Grain in Ear,” “Fukuoka,” “Dooman River,” “Desert Dream” and “Gyeongju,” have gone on to win prizes in Cannes, Berlin and Locarno.
For what is his first Chinese-made picture after a decade making films in Korea, Zhang has secured the services of top actors Ni Ni, Zhang Luyi and Sosuke Ikematsu. The film nevertheless continues Zhang’s exploration of cultural, political and emotional spaces.
“Yanagawa” again allows...
Zhang’s new film “Yanagawa” has its world premiere in Busan’s Icons section and will next travel to the Pingyao festival where it is set as the opening title. His past track record suggests that further globe-trotting is likely: “Grain in Ear,” “Fukuoka,” “Dooman River,” “Desert Dream” and “Gyeongju,” have gone on to win prizes in Cannes, Berlin and Locarno.
For what is his first Chinese-made picture after a decade making films in Korea, Zhang has secured the services of top actors Ni Ni, Zhang Luyi and Sosuke Ikematsu. The film nevertheless continues Zhang’s exploration of cultural, political and emotional spaces.
“Yanagawa” again allows...
- 10/13/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Lee Choon-yun’s Whispering Corridors horror series helped launch the renaissance of Korean cinema.
Veteran South Korean producer Lee Choon-yun, whose Whispering Corridors horror series helped launch the renaissance of Korean cinema, died last night (May 11) in Seoul of heart failure.
Born October 21, 1951, Lee was 69 years old.
The local film industry has mobilised to organize his funeral as an “industry funeral” on May 15. In addition to being a prolific producer, Lee was known as a stalwart “elder brother” to the community, fostering careers and spearheaded causes such as the defense of cultural diversity in the Screen Quota movement and of...
Veteran South Korean producer Lee Choon-yun, whose Whispering Corridors horror series helped launch the renaissance of Korean cinema, died last night (May 11) in Seoul of heart failure.
Born October 21, 1951, Lee was 69 years old.
The local film industry has mobilised to organize his funeral as an “industry funeral” on May 15. In addition to being a prolific producer, Lee was known as a stalwart “elder brother” to the community, fostering careers and spearheaded causes such as the defense of cultural diversity in the Screen Quota movement and of...
- 5/12/2021
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
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