On May 16, a conversation was held under the title ‘Bold Movie Directors: Tell the Basic Rights of Video Authors Across the Border’ at Cinematheque Korean Film Archive (KOFA). As part of the regular general meeting of the AVACI (Audiovisual Authors International Confederation), Horacio Maldonado, AVACI Chairperson and General Secretary for Argentinian Film Directors (DAC), JK Youn and Min Kyudong,...
Directors Guild of Korea Shines a Light on Gender RepresentationLast week, the Directors Guild of Korea (DGK) published a list of ten titles that a jury had found to have successfully met the requirements of the Bechdel Test, in addition to several other guidelines. The exercise was carried out to bring attention to the lack of equal gender representation in Korean screen content.The titles on the...
YUN Dan-bi Wins NYAFF’s Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film YUN Dan-bi’s acclaimed debut film Moving On has picked up yet another prize on the festival circuit, this time at the recently concluded New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). The indie drama picked up the Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film, for which debut or sophomore films were eligible. Moving Onfollows a young girl and her younger b...