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Shorts Program 1 & 2
August 25, Monday @ Cinema Village
7:30 - Shorts Program 1
9:00 - Shorts Program 2

Buy tickets at theater or at CinemaVillage.com (online surcharge may apply)

Competition Shorts 1

 Ku Klux Kornea
Directed by Ki-young Kim

8:00, DigiBeta, color

Aaron thinks all his minority co-workers look alike, but help is on the way.

*Filmmaker Q&A scheduled

   

 Passionate People
Directed by Seung-jo Yoo
16:00, DigiBeta, color

A delicious black comedy that takes a satirical look at the film industry, inflated egos, and political correctness.
   

 The Toilet Invitation
Directed by Thomas (Hyungkyun) Kim

7:00, DigiBeta, color

The mens' room may not be the best place to invite the boss to dinner—but maintenance-man Gavin has no idea just how inopportune the moment really is.

*Filmmaker Q&A scheduled

   

 A Millennium Giraffe
Directed by Jong-shik Won

18:00, animation,color

Inspired voice acting animates this surrealist computer-generated fable of filial piety.

   

 Let Us Go
Directed by Li-woong Park
13:00, DigiBeta, color

An elderly couple face bulldozers, bereavement, and the destruction of their home to make room for the expansion of a nearby U.S. military base.


Competition Shorts 2

 A Thousand Words
Directed by Ted Chung
4:40, DigiBeta, color

Two strangers on a train, a furtive glance, and the poetry of brief encounters.

*Filmmaker Q&A scheduled
   

 Stop
Directed by Jea-ok Park
06:00, 35mm animation, black & white

A car crash jolts a devoted son and his elderly mother into a state of suspended animation.
   

 
Your World
Directed by Jae-kyung Suh
13:40, HD, color

A young athlete struggles to outrun a debilitating disease.
   

 Missed
Directed by Young-gil Kim

8:40, HD, black & white

Between mourning and memory, an old man's emotions flow out of control.

   

 Wianbu—Comfort Woman
Directed by James Bang

11:00, DigiBeta, color

An uncompromising and claustrophobic study of a woman's brutal ordeal in Japan's infamous network of WWII military brothels.

*Q&A scheduled

   

 
Dance of a Free Bird
Directed by Ruslan Pak

13:00, 35mm, color

Raju dances away the indignities of life.

   

 
Weekend  
Directed by Paula Kim  
9:00, HD, color
Two perspectives on solitude, as a woman spends a weekend on the town.

Guest Jurors for Short Film competition program, New York Korean Film Festival 2008 include Michael Kang (filmmaker), John Mhiripiri (Director of Administration and Exhibitions, Anthology Film Archives), Cindi Rowell (Producer, New Yorker Films), and Bill Woods (Programmer, New Filmmakers Series at Anthology Film Archives).

Read on for more on our guest judges.

Guest Jurors for Short Film competition program, New York Korean Film Festival 2008


Michael Kang
Filmmaker
 
Michael Kang made his directorial debut with The Motel, an independent feature that premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. The film went on to win the Humanitas Prize, a nomination for “Best First Feature” at the Independent Spirit awards, and top jury prizes from the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, the San Diego Asian Film Festival and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Kang’s second feature, West 32nd, was screened at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.


John Mhiripiri
Director of Administration and Exhibitions
Anthology Film Archives

 
John Mhiripiri is the director of administration and exhibitions at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City. He also serves as the director of the Temenos Archive and is on the board of directors of the Film-Makers’ Cooperative. Mhiripiri has sat on numerous film and media-grant panels and film-festival juries, including the Student Academy Awards.


Cindi Rowell
Producer
New Yorker Films

 
Cindi Rowell is a producer for New Yorker Films, and is currently working on DVD development for Hong Sang-soo’s upcoming Woman on the Beach. Rowell began her career in film at the Museum of Modern Art and the George Eastman House. She came to New Yorker Films after stints with the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema and Milestone Film and Video.


Bill Woods
Programmer
New Filmmakers Series at Anthology Film Archives


A native New Yorker, Bill Woods began FilmFest Reloaded, Staten Island’s first weekly independent film series, in 2001. Since 2005, Woods has curated and hosted the New Filmmakers series every Wednesday night at Anthology Film Archives.