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TORONTO KOREAN
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ON THE FRINGE

2014
TORONTO KOREAN
FILM FESTIVAL
www.tkff.ca
#tkff2014
MAY 27-29 at CINECYCLE (129 Spadina Ave.)
MAY 30,31 at AGO Jackman Hall
(317 Dundas St. W)
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES
SPONSORS/PARTNERS/DONORS
SPONSORS | PARTNERS
MEDIA SPONSORS | DONOR WALL
ABOUT TKFF 2014
ABOUTTKFF | THEME | SLOGAN
TKFFBOARDOFDIRECTORS | TKFFSTAFF
TKFFJURIES | TKFFAWARDS | VENUES
TICKETS: TKFF2014.EVENTBRITE.CA
PROGRAMMES
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FOUNDER / EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS MESSAGE
FOUNDER /
EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR
EUGENEKITAEKHONG
Welcome to the 3rd annual Toronto Korean Film Festival! Founded
in 2012, the Toronto Korean Film Festival aims to present authentic
Korean cinema to the Canadian community. Needless to say, I am
pleased to see the continuous growth and expansion of this film festi-
val. This year, we shifted our attention to underrepresented groups in
Korean society. Our selected films portray the lives of LGBTQ Ko-
reans, Zainichi (Korean residents in Japan), and Korean-Canadians.
These films will no doubt enhance the cultural diversity of Canada.
The Toronto Korean Film Festival would not be possible without our
staff, volunteers, donors, partners, sponsors, and you, our guests and
audience! I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude
and appreciation towards all of you for your support and interest in
Korean cinema and culture.
I hope you enjoy
the festival!
CONGRATULATORY
MESSAGES

Premier of Ontario - Premire ministre de lOntario
May 27, 2014

A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER

On behalf of the Government of Ontario, I am delighted to extend
warm greetings to everyone participating in the third annual Toronto
Korean Film Festival On the Fringe: From Bounds to Bonds. I am
pleased to lend my voice to a festival that promotes diversity through
Korean cinema.

I am always grateful for our provinces tremendous diversity it
makes us stronger and provides a rich source of ideas. Ontarios
vibrant film, television and new media culture is a powerful means of
sharing diverse stories and offering a glimpse into other cultures, lives
and experiences. This festival is an excellent opportunity for
participants to explore Korean culture and witness the authenticity of
Korean cinema here in Toronto.

To participating filmmakers: I offer my congratulations. May this event
be an opportunity to open doors and reach a broader audience. And to
the dedicated staff and volunteers who made this festival possible: I
offer my sincere thanks for your hard work. I also applaud everyone
attending the Toronto Korean Film Festival for their generous support.

Please accept my best wishes for a highly successful film festival.


Kathleen Wynne
Premier

Iampleased toextendmywarmest greetings toeveryone

attending the2014TorontoKoreanFilmFestival.

Now in itsthirdyear, thisfestivalappealstoloversofKorean

cultureandcinephiles alike. Overthecourse ofthenextfivedays,audiences will
haveawonderfulopportunity toview afascinatingmixoffilms by Korean artists.
Iamsurethatthey willcome away educated, enlightened,and entertained.

Iwouldlike tocommendtheorganizers for bringingthis eventto

Torontoand for theireffortstopromoteKoreanculturetothe widercommunity
throughtheartofcinema. With such awealth ofcreativity on display, theeventis
suretobe,once again,atremendoussuccess.

Pleaseacceptmybestwishes for an enjoyable experience.

TheRt.Hon.Stephen Harper,P.C.,M.P.

OTTAWA
2014
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SPONSORS / PARTNERS
/ DONORS
SPONSORS
JOONYONGLEE
SINHYEOKJUNG&JIYONGKIM
SUNGWONYOON
HYUNJONGJUNG
LOUIS YEUM
GRACECHA
DAEKUNHWANG
SUSANNAPARK
CHOONGHOPARK
SAYKIMCHI
SUNGTAIKHONG
THE ZAINICHI KOREANS
ASSOCIATION OF
VANCOUVER
SAY KIMCHI
Language and culture
exchange group
PARTNERS
PARTNERS
MEDIA SPONSORS
DONOR WALL
presented by
CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF KOREA
AT THE ASIAN INSTITUTE
CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF KOREA
AT THE ASIAN INSTITUTE
VINOKIM
HEEJEONGHONG
CHONGWANG
SHANNONSEOK
CYNTHIAKIM
TIMOTHY WU
JIHOKIM
ZI WANG
STEVECHOI
HUIWONKIM
JONGHUNJUNG
ANDY CHO
JEONGCHEOL SEOK
JASONYU
BYRONCHAO
KIMMOON-MOK
SHIYI JIANG
CINDY ZIMMER
NUOCHEN
KYOUNGROKKO
LEEJEONGHWAN
HOTAEKIM
YOUNGJANG
SUNYOUNGMAENG
ANTHONY SPATARO
SOHEEMETZLER
GILADCOHEN
YUSUKETANAKA
JACQUELINEAN
SUSHI BONG
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ABOUT TKFF 2014
ABOUT
TORONTO KOREAN
FILM FESTIVAL
TKFF
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
TKFF STAFF
VENUES
TICKETS
tkff2014.eventbrite.ca
Eugene Kitaek Hong
Daekun Hwang
Cindy Zimmer
Yusuke Tanaka
Louis Yeum
Vino Kim
Bansuk Lee
With the mission To Advance Diversity Through
Korean Cinema, the Toronto Korean Film Festival
is a non-profit organization that aims to present
authentic Korean cinema to the Canadian com-
munity, and to support local Korean filmmakers.
Toronto Korean Film Festival has showcased over
20 features and 30 short films in Toronto since
2012. In 2013, the Toronto Arts Council and TKFF
hosted a workshop on how to receive grants for
Korean-Canadian filmmakers aside from our annu-
al festival. With a more diverse film selection than
ever before, TKFF is proud to continue celebrating
the cultural diversity of Canada.
Department of Communications
Nuo Chen
Bianca Gomez
Jessica May Matheson
Ray Park
Founder/Executive Director
: Eugene Kitaek Hong
Artistic Director
: Vino Kim
Korean society is often represented as entirely ho-
mogeneous. In reality, this is not the case. Various
groups, such as Korean-Canadians, Zainichi (Kore-
an residents in Japan), and the LGBTQ community
are in fact socially and politically underrepresented
and marginalized. This year, TKFF aims to expand
upon this theme through Korean cinema, show-
casing the experiences of people who live within
the fringe. We invite the Canadian community
to engage with this years program, consisting of
various shorts, independent and feature films.
Gye-joong KIMis an
experimental filmmaker and
co-founder/program director
of EXiS (Experimental Film
and Video Festival in Seoul).
Since 2002, after finishing his
BFA and MFA program in Film & Video at CalArts
(California Institute of the Arts), he has been living
Sang-mook LEE,
Korean Canadian Writers
Association
Sang Mook Lee was born in
1940 and received his degree
in Mechanical Engineering from
Seoul National University in
1963, the same year Canada began to open its
doors to Korean immigrants. Since 1969 he has
been in Canada and has published a number of
poetry books and other literary works in Korea
and Toronto. A recognized poet by Korean Literary
Magazine in 1988 and a member of the Korean
Canadian Writers Association, Lee contributes
integrally to Torontos Korean community and the
broader artistic diversity of greater Canada.
Keeping true to our mission to advance diversity
through Korean cinema, we wish to encourage
dialogue on the boundaries created when invisible
experiences within Korean society are over-simpli-
fied or unrecognized. Because of the lack of bonds
between people, through film we want to diffuse
perceived boundaries.
THEME
ON THE FRINGE
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SLOGAN
From Bounds to Bonds
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Department of Operations
Bansuk Lee
Andy Junsuck Cho
Hye Soo You
Hyunjoo Lee
Jinsol Cha
Department of Design
Inyoung Kim
Garam Jeong
Department of Marketing
Steve Sungwon Yoon
James Joonsoo Noh
Andrew Ahn
Eve Won
in Seoul, South Korea, creating experimental
cinematic works as well as trying to expand the
alternative filmmaking community. He is interested
in approaching modern media art, specifically
cinema, as an artistic medium, in terms of fields of
creative production and support for the local artist
community. The genres of his major works vary
from video diary to experimental fiction. The pro-
grams he curated in EXiS include History of Jap-
anese Experimental Film (2004), Tribute to Nam
June Paik (2007), John Cage Special (2008), and
Toronto Media Art Special Focus (2010). He has
worked as part of the jury for film festivals in Toron-
to such as The Images Festival, Regent Park Film
Festival and Grant Jury of Toronto Art Council.
TKFF
JURIES
Gye-joong KIM
Sang-mook LEE
Best
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TKFF
Audience Choice
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TKFF AWARDS
Best
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Randy Hanbyul Lee
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Dahye Bell Kim
Shiyi Sherrie Jiang
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Jaehee Lee
Jaewoo Ahn
Sunyoung Maeng
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Aimless Bullet

Hyeon-mok YOO | Korea 1961 | 106 min

| Korean with English Subtitles
| 7:00 PM Door Opens | 7:30 PM Screening Starts
| CINECYCLE
KOREAN CLASSICS
: THE BEST KOREAN FILM OF ALL TIME
Supported by | Korean Film Archive Co-presenter | Korean Canadian Writers Association
ZAINICHI (KOREAN RESIDENTS IN JAPAN)
SHORTS Japan | 86 min | Japanese with English Subtitles | 7:00 PM Door Opens | 7:30 PM Screening Starts | CINECYCLE
Butterfly D : Mi-fa PARK | 2011 | 3 min 11 sec | Drama
Synopsis :
A little girls mother passes away. On her way back from her mothers funeral, she starts a shadow play, one that her mother used to
do with her. The little girl makes a shadow of a baby fox and all of sudden, that of a mother fox appears next to it.
Directors Bio :
Born in 1985 in Tokyo, Mifa Park graduated with a BA in Film Direction Study and Filmography from the Art School of Nihon
University. Mikawajima Jankenpon was created during her school days, Tokyo Arirang being her graduation piece. These were
screened at several film festivals in Japan and overseas. She participated in the Peach Festival, which exclusively showcases works
by female filmmakers. Mi-fa was an official invitee to the 35th PIA Film Festival (PFF Awards 2013) and the 2013 Aichi International
Womens Film Festivals Short Film Competition.

Aigo! ~My Nationality is in Heaven~
D : Dal-ya LEE | 2011 | 28 min | Drama | Canadian Premiere
Synopsis :
At the Lee family NewYears dinner, Kang Ho asks his father permission to change his North Korean nationality to South Korea in order
to transferred to the branch office in Seoul. Kang Hos sister announces her pregnancy and asks her father to allowher marriage to her
Japanese boyfriend. An avid Communist, their father refuses all requests, placing the future of Lees family at stake.
Directors Bio :
Dalya Lee studied and graduated from Chosen University and Hosei University in Tokyo. Aigo is his first work, and was impressively
awarded the 2nd Grand Prize at the Yamagata International Film Festival (2012), the Bronze Award at the Mexico International Film
Festival (2012), and the Best Film Award at the DaeJeon Independent Film Festival in South Korea (2011).
~!
Galapagos D : Dal-ya LEE | 2013 | 20 min | Experimental | North American Premiere
Synopsis :
The atmosphere of a local cafe goes from cozy to chilly when the topic of Koreans and Japanese arises at two separate tables.
Nozomi talks to her old friend Hiroto about her engagement to her Korean fianc, only to receive negative racist comments. The
conversation of a couple who sits next to them heats up when the man becomes fervidly nationalistic at the idea of Koreans in
Japan.

Clothes D : Yeong-i PARK | 2010 | 35 min | Drama | North American Premiere

Synopsis :
Tomomi, a Japanese high school student, and Chie, a student of Korean academy are good friends. When Tomomi wears Chies
Korean dress at her school fashion show, she realises there is more to this particular piece of cloth. Chie learns the unpleasant truth
about the ethnic dress as she goes through several racist incidents in one day.
Directors Bio :
After graduating from Chosen University in Tokyo in 1997, Yeong-I PARK enrolled himself in the Short Film Studies program at
Vantan School of Film and Video and graduated in 2010. His film Matou was awarded the Grand Prize of the Short Film Division
of the 5th Fukui International Film Festival in 2010. Yong-Is other films include Mirai Wo Akiramenakatta Monotachi (People who did
not give up on their future).

Co-presenter | Vancouver Saving Article 9 Community Partner | The ZAINICHI Koreans Association of Vancouver
#1 - Korean Film Archive Best 100
Song Chul-ho is a clerk in an accounting office in Seoul who lives with his
mentally ill mother, pregnant wife, and two children in a small run-down
house. Chul-ho cannot afford to see the doctor for his severe toothache;
meanwhile, Young-ho, his young veteran brother, attempts to rob the bank;
and his sister becomes a prostitute for the foreigners. As a realist cinematic
portrait, Aimless Bullet reflects the social issues and conflicts of post-war
Korean society, as well as the hardships people have confronted. Aimless
Bullet (Obaltan) is often cited as one of the best Korean classic films of all
time.
Hyeon-mok YOO is the most prominent figure in Korean realist
cinema and is considered the heir to director Lee Gyu-hwans style of realist
nationalism. Many of his films are cinematic commentaries and critiques of
society such as The Extra Mortals (Ing-yeo Ingan) (1964) and The Seizure
of Life (Insaengcha-ab) (1958). Other works, like The Martyrs (Sungyoja)
(1965) and Son of a Man (Salam-ui adeul) (1980), explore themes of God
and salvation. In addition, he has directed films from many genres such as
comedy, horror, period/historical, melodrama, and anti-communist.
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KOREAN QUEER
SHORTS Korea | 116 min | Korean with English Subtitles | 7:00 PM Door Opens | 7:30 PM Screening Starts | CINECYCLE
Act of Affect
D : siren eun yong jung | 2013 | 19 min 34 sec | Documentary, Performing Art | International Premiere
Synopsis :
Yeosung Gukgeuk is a type of Korean traditional opera exclusively for female performers. As a 39-year-old actress and among the
last of the Yeosung Gukgeuk, Eun-jin Nam is in the bitter struggle to survive. A recorded clip of The Act of Affect (2013) reveals this
young female performers transition to a male, in a sense that perhaps goes beyond artistic and symbolic.
Directors Bio :
siren eun young jung received her BFA and MFA from the Department of Painting at Ewha Womens University in Seoul; and moved
to the UK to receive her MA in Feminist Theory and Practice in the Visual Arts at the University of Leeds. Her artistic interest lies in
how the yearning desires of unknown individuals meet with the events of the world, and how these interactions eventually become
moments of resistance, history, and politics.

Fly by Night D : Tae-gyum SON | 2011 | 21 min 14 sec | Drama | Canadian Premiere
Synopsis :
A boy begins a sexual relationship with an older man in exchange for money. Unable to pay his full due, the man promises to pay
the boy the following day. Under the constant watch of his older brother, the boy carefully makes his way back to the mans home
to pick up his pay, a visit that sparks an attraction that was never intended.
Directors Bio :
A graduate of Chung-Ang University, Tae-gyum SON took third place with his short film Fly by Night (2011) in Cinfondation of the
2011 Cannes Film Festival. After joining the Korean Academy of Film Arts, he directed Bicycle Thief (2012) and In the Summer
(2012).

Im Jin-Young D : Sung-eun LEE | 2006 | 18 min 30 sec | Drama | Canadian Premiere

Synopsis :
Jin-young is a fourth-year student in primary school and is quite the model student. She finds herself falling in love at first sight with
Hyun-Ji, a friend of her mother staying in their home. Jin-young explores her confusing feelings about Hyun-ji and questions wheth-
er or not her love is proper. In the end, she decides to confess her emotions to Hyun-ji.
Directors Bio :
Having graduated from Sogang University Graduate School of Media Communication Film & Media, the director Sung-eun Lee
aims to portray the growing pains of being a woman, part of which is the interrogation and exploration of her gender identity. Im
Jin-young was invited to several international film festivals including the Tampere Film Festival (2007). His past works include Road
Runner 4 (1997) and Dasepo Naughty Girl - a saucy joke (2006).

Dol (First Birthday) D : Andrew AHN | 2011 | 11min 11 sec | Drama

Synopsis :
Nick is a gay Korean-American man living in Koreatown, Los Angeles, with his partner Brian and their dog Chloe. When Nick
attends his baby nephews dol, a traditionally celebrated first birthday, he finds himself yearning for a life just out of reach.
Directors Bio :
Andrew Ahn (Writer/Director) is a Korean-American filmmaker born and raised in Los Angeles. His short film Dol (First Birthday)
premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was screened at numerous festivals and venues around the world, including
the Lincoln Center, REDCAT, and the Los Angeles Film Festival. The film received the Outfest Grand Jury Award for Outstanding
Dramatic Short Film.

The Woman D : Mi-hye JO | 2012 | 20 min 07 sec | Drama | International Premiere

Synopsis :
Yoon-hee, who underwent a sex change twenty years ago, lives with her boyfriend, Sang-tae. She applies for a correction to her
family registration, with the intention of being legally recognized as a woman so that she and Sang-tae can get married. One day,
Yoon-hees brother visits to tell her that their mother is fatally ill. It is now up to Yoon-hee to decide whether to revive communication
with her family, whom she had forgotten about years ago.
Directors Bio :
Born in 1979, Mi-hye Jo started her film career with the Cinematheque Busan workshop. A common motif of her films is the
emphasis on personal human trials and the sense of inner loss. The films she has directed include Sense of Life (2008), A Child
Tracking a Taste (2009), and High Hill (2009).

Auld Lang Syne D : Joon-moon SO | 2007 | 26 min | Drama
Synopsis :
Chang-sik and Sung-tae were once two young men in love. After decades of lost contact, they cross paths at the Royal Sanctuary
Park. Having held in memories from their past, they open up to one another, hoping to finally understand what their past love meant
and eventually reach forgiveness. They spend the night together in a motel; and when the sun rises their own separate realities
dawn on them, to which they need to return even if it meant leaving each other once again, this time for good.
Directors Bio :
Born in 1979, Joon-moon So quitted his major in Apparel Studies at Chungang University and joined director LEESONG, Hee-ils
staff . He participated in omnibus queer project Camellia and directed Drifting island. His other works, including Auld Lang Syne,
were invited to many international film festivals, such as the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) and the Clermont-Ferrand Inter-
national Short Film Festival. In 2010, he directed a feature film Road to Itaewon.

Community Partners | Asian Community Aids Service, HOPE 21, Queerean Town
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KOREAN SHORTS
COMPETITION
Korea, Canada | 108 min | Korean with English Subtitles, English | 6:00 PM Door Opens | 6:30 PM Screening Starts | AGO Jackman Hall
D : Seong-hyeok MOON | 2013 | 16 min 58 sec | Drama, Comedy
She
A maid working for a wealthy family is obsessed with her employers life
and secretly lives it every time the house is empty.

D : Eric Jung-hwan PARK (in attendance) | 2011 | 13 min | Drama, Comedy

The Secret
A babysitter is suddenly fired fromher usual employer. Deep in financial
struggles, she brews up a scheme to overcome the situation.

D : Eui-yong ZONG (in attendance) | 2013 | 5 min 04 sec | Experimental

Conceived
Eui Yong confronts his family about the events surrounding his concep-
tion and his mothers planned abortion.
D : Ji-won OH | 2013 | 15 min | Drama, Thriller
Fever
One summer night, Yujin has a weird nightmare. The next day, following
an encounter with a mysterious boy who is strangely familiar, Yujin sud-
denly catches a severe fever.

THERE ARE
THREE
AWARDS :
Best Korean Short Award
Best Korean Canadian Short Award
TKFF Audience Choice Award

D : Ga-eun YOON | 2013 | 19 min 58 sec | Drama

Sprout
Seven-year old Bory insists on buying bean sprouts for her busy mother
on the anniversary of her grandfathers death. She goes on a search for
the marketplace, her first time leaving the house on her own.

D : Jun-yeop JANG | 2014 | 6 min 48 sec | Drama

Like
Obsessed with social networking sites (SNS), a mother uses her child
as a tool to draw mass attention online.
D : Mee-soo LEE | 2004 | 7 min 20 sec | Documentary
Bad Hair Day
A mix between a documentary and a home movie, Bad Hair Day
was shot in the first twenty-four hours of the directors visit to Seoul to
see his parents and explores family dynamics through conflict that is
quintessentially generational and cultural.
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D : Hyung-dong KO | 2013 | 23 min 26 sec | Romance
When September Ends
Ji-yeon is the main culprit in Sun-youngs eyes when her entry for a
design competition goes missing. Caught between his two friends,
Seung-jo ultimately sides with Ji-yeon and makes a sacrifice Ji-yeon
is unable to bear with.
Co-presenter | Reel Asian International Film Festival Community Partner | University of Toronto Korean Students Association
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FEATURE
CANADIAN
PREMIERE
Broken

Jung-ho LEE | Korea 2014
| 122 min | Variety
| Korean with English Subtitles
| AGO Jackman Hall
DAY 4
8:20 PM Door Opens
8:50 PM Screening Starts
DAY 5
12:00 PM Door Opens
12:30 PM Screening Starts
2DAYS
SCREENING!
Synopsis :
The cold body of middle school student Su-jin is found at an abandoned public bathhouse. Her father, Sang-hyeon, refuses to stay helpless in
the face of his daughters death. He sets out in rage to find and kill those who were responsible; and hot on his own trail is officer Eok-gwan,
the same detective in charge of Su-jins case.
Directors bio :
Director Lee Jung-ho defined his own style of directing through his debut piece Bestseller in which he approaches the subjects of plagia-
rism and memory from a unique perspective. Bestseller won him critical acclaim due to his new way of storytelling atop a clichd structure
often found among thrillers; and
Broken brings him back to the silver screen after a four-year hiatus. Taking seven long years of hard work, and involving fifty different versions
before a finalized piece, Lee said he cried while reading the original piece by Keigo Higashino and became impassioned to write it a screen-
play and eventually direct its film. Lee manifested into the film the original novels sharp observations and tight plot structure, but not without
his own interpretations that renders Broken relatable with viewers in Korea and across the globe.
Distribution | CJ E&M Pictures Co-presenter | Reel Asian International Film Festival Community Partner | University of Toronto Korean Students Association
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FEATURE
OUR HOMELAND

Yong-hi YANG | Japan 2012 | 100 min | Drama
| Japaness, Korean with English Subtitles
| 3:00 PM Door Opens | 3:30 PM Screening Starts
| AGO Jackman Hall
My Place

Emmanuel Moon-chil PARK (in attendance) | Korea 2013
| 77 min | Documentary | Korean with English Subtitles
l 5:40 PM Door Opens | 6:10 PM Screening Starts
| AGO Jackman Hall

Synopsis :
Sonho was sent to North Korea twenty-five years ago by his Korean parents
living in Japan, a society that gives its individuals no choice in life. In con-
trast, his little sister Rie has enjoyed the luxuries of freedom while living in To-
kyo with her parents. When Sonho returns to Japan temporarily for the first
time, the family undergoes generational and cultural conflict as they struggle
making up for twenty-five years worth of lost time.
Synopsis :
When his sister announced her decision to become a single mother,
documentary filmmaker Emmanuel Park became concerned. Fueled by
a desire to better understand his sisters motivations, Park undertook My
Place, which eventually evolved into an exploration of reverse migration
and its afflictions, as felt hard by his own family. While unearthing themes of
cross-cultural identity and belonging, My Place is also a testament to the
love and bonds of a family attempting to negotiate bicultural experiences
and find a place in todays ever-changing world.
C.I.C.A.E Award - 62nd Berlin International Film Festival
Heart Winning Film of Blogger Jury - 10th Paris Cinema
Official Selection - 17th Busan International Film Festival
Official Selection - 36th Montreal World Film Festival
Official Selection - 59th Sydney International Film Festival
Official Selection - 33rd Durban International Film Festival
Official Selection - 23rd Stockholm International Film Festival
Official Selection - 12th Nippon Connection
Official Selection - 6th Granada Film Festival Cine Del Sur
Official Selection - 4th International Festival East & West. Classics and
Avant-Garde
Official Selection - 2014 Hot Docs International Canadian International
Film Festival
Audience Award - 13th Seoul Independent Documentary Film Festival
Audience Critics Prize - 14th Jeonju International Film
Festival, Audience Critics Prize
Official Selection - 18th Seoul Human Rights Film Festival
Official Selection - 15th International Womens Film Festival in Seoul
Audience Award - 15th Jeongdongjin Independent Film Festival
Jury Prize - 39th Seoul Independent Film Festival
Director Bio :
YANG Yong-hi was born on November 11, 1964 in Osaka, Japan, as a second-generation Korean resident known as Zainichi. Her film career started in 1995
with mostly documentaries; and in 1997, she moved to New York for six years, documenting the lives and cultures of various ethnic communities while working
towards her MA in Media Studies at New School University Graduate School. After returning to Japan in 2003, she worked for several TV news programs and
directed two documentary films Dear Pyongyang (2005) and Sona, the Other Myself (2009).
Director Bio :
Emmanuel Moon-chil Park was born in Toronto, Canada; and relocated with his family to South Korea when he was eleven years old. After graduating from
university and working at an internet-provider company in Korea, he decided to pursue his dream of making films. He started with shorts and was employed as
staff for various independent film productions. He then continued on to pursue a Master of Fine Arts in documentary production at the Korean National School of
Arts, finishing off with the production of this seven-year-long personal documentary My Place.
Distribution | Star Sands Co-presenter | Jayu: North Korean Human Rights Film Festival Community Partner | Peace Philosophy Center Presenting Sponsor | Korean Canadian Scholarship Foundation Co-presenter | Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Community Partner | KOWIN Toronto Chapter
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FEATURE
CLOSING NIGHT | AWARD CEREMONY
Night Flight

Hee-il LEESONG l Korea 2014 l 144 min l Drama, Noir

| Korean with English Subtitles
| 8:00 PM Door Opens | 8:30 PM Screening Starts
| AGO Jackman Hall
Synopsis :
Three teenage boys who were once close friends grow apart when they go
on to high school. Gi-woong becomes the leader of the school gang, Gi-
taek turns into an obsessive comic book fan, and Yong-ju lives on hiding his
true sexual identity. Tired of the constant malicious bullying by Gi-woongs
gang, Gi-taek betrays them by disclosing that Yong-ju has been in love with
Gi-woong for years. Surrounded by the insecure boundary of school and
wounded by betrayals, these boys are driven into catastrophe.
Director Bio :
Having made a box office record unusual for South Korean indie movies in
2006 with No Regret, the countrys first feature-length queer melodrama,
director Hee-il LEESONG went on to present in 2012 the gay-themed trilogy
White Night, Suddenly, Last Summer, and Going South. On the other
hand, his latest work Night Flight explores not only the lives of sexual mi-
norities but also South Korean society and education, reflecting Lees own
advocacy for education reform and student rights.
Official Selection - The 29th Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Official Selection - The 15th Jeonju International Film Festival
Official Selection - The 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival
Official Selection - 2014 CinemAsia Film Festival
Official Selection - Panorama Section, 2014 Berlin International Film Festival
Distribution | FINECUT Presenting Sponsor | Centre for the Study of Korea Co-presenter | Reel Asian International Film Festival
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