1ST KOREA FILM FESTIVAL IN NIGERIA 2010
1st Korea Film Festival in Nigeria 2010
Korean Film Screening
Korean Movies will be screened at the Korean Cultural Centre Studio on the 1st and 4th Friday of every month[12-2pm, 4-6pm]
FILM SCHEDULE
1st Film-Take Off
Title: Take Off
Genre: Comedy•Drama •Sports
Director: Kim Yong-hwa
Screenplay : Kim Yong-hwa
Running Time: 137min
Date & Time: Monday 16th August 2010
5:00pm ~ 6:00pm
8:00pm ~ 10:00pm
Venue: Silver bird Cinemas
4th Floor , Plot 1161, Memorial Drive,
By Musa Yar’adua Centre, Central Business District
Abuja
* Admission Free
Release date in South Korea : 2009/07/29
Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
Other title : "Ski Jump"
Synopsis
In 1996 a small Korean town is undergoing a large-scale construction in preparation for Winter Olympics bid. In the middle of the construction, the local committee receives a report that they do not have sufficient athletes to compete. they conclude to form a ski jump team in order to represent the event. Former American Junior alpine athlete Bob is an adoptee who came to Korea in search of his mother. With 4 other non-experienced athletes, he formed the first Korean ski jump team. there’s no turning back, it’s a challenge they committed to.
2nd Film-Rough Cut
Title: Rough Cut
Genre: Action
Director: Jang Hoon
Screenplay : Kim Ki-Duk, Ok Jin-Gon
Running Time: 113min
Date & Time: Tuesday 17th August 2010
6:00pm ~ 8:00pm,
8:00pm ~ 10:00pm
Venue: Silver bird Cinemas
4th Floor , Plot 1161, Memorial Drive,
By Musa Yar’adua Centre, Central Business District
Abuja
* Admission Free
Release date in South Korea : 2008/09/11
Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
Alternative title : "A Movie is a Movie"
Synopsis
Gang-pae, #2 in his organization, is swamped with routine violence, and his dream of becoming an actor never went away. Star actor Soo-ta lives behind a veil, away from public eyes. Over time his behavior becomes increasingly agitated, provoked by paparazzi wanting a piece of him wherever he goes. This behavior puts him in a series of spiraling and uncontrollable situations. Now he begins shooting a new movie playing a gangster. Because of his bad temper, he beats up a fellow actor and forces the production to a halt. Feeling responsible, Soo-ta requests Gang-pae, whom he met by chance, to play alongside him in the movie in order to save the production. Gang-pae agrees with the condition that the violence portrayed in the movie has to be real and not fake acting violence. Soo-ta accepts the condition and they get ready for the real match.
3rd Film-Hwang-Jin-Yi
Title: Hwang-Jin-Yi
Genre: Drama
Director: Jang Yoon Hyeon
Screenplay : Kim Eun-jeong, Kim Hyeon-jeong
Running Time: 141min
Date & Time: Wednesday 18th August 2010
6:00pm ~ 8:00pm,
8:00pm ~ 10:00pm
Venue: Silver bird Cinemas
4th Floor , Plot 1161, Memorial Drive,
By Musa Yar’adua Centre, Central Business District
Abuja
* Admission Free
Release date in South Korea : 2007/06/06
Source
Synopsis
This story is about the life of Joseon-era dancer, musician and poet, Hwang Jin Yi, who seeks perfection in her art relentlessly and the hardship facing women due to their lowly social status.
Hwang Jin Yi (Ha Ji Won) is the illegitimate child of a noble and Heon Keum (Jun Mi Sun), a noted musician gisaeng. The story centers on the four men in her life and her pursuit in the art of dancing. Her first love with a nobleman's son Kim Eun Ho (Jang Geun Suk) ends in tragedy. Her love affair with Kim Jung Han (Kim Jae Won) does not have a happy ending either. Byuk Kye Soo (Yoo Tae Joon) is the Emporer's relative who is obsessed with her and tried every trick but still could not have her. Finally there is her devoted bodyguard Yi Saeng (Lee Shi Hwan) who never deserted her in times of need. Meanwhile, there is Wang Bit Na) who not only is Hwang Ji Yi's rival in dancing but also in love.
4th Film-Le Grand Chef
Title: Le Grand Chef
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeon Yoon-sooScreenplay :Jeon Yoon-soo, Sin Dong-ik
Running Time : 113minDate & Time: Thursday 19th August 2010
6:00pm~8:00pm
8:00pm~10:00pm
Venue: Silver bird Cinemas
4th Floor , Plot 1161, Memorial Drive,
By Musa Yar’adua Centre, Central Business District
Abuja
* Admission Free
Release date in South Korea : 2007/11/01
Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
Synopsis
At a press conference, a cooking knife of a special spirit is being presented to the public. The knife belongs to the last Korean royal chef of the Chosun Dynasty who cut his arms with this knife to show his loyalty to the king and the country. The Japanese bureaucrat at the time was deeply moved by his conviction and returned to Japan with this knife. Now, his son has come to Korea to return the precious knife back to someone who really deserves to own it and announces a cooking contest to find the best cook for this knife. Thus the destined match between the grandsons of the two apprentices of the royal chef has begun…
5th Film-The King and the Clown
Title: The King and The Clown
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee Joon-ikScreenplay :Choi Seok-hwan
Running Time : 119minDate & Time: Friday 20th August 2010
6:00pm~8:00pm
8:00pm~10:00pm
Venue: Silver bird Cinemas
4th Floor , Plot 1161, Memorial Drive,
By Musa Yar’adua Centre, Central Business District
Abuja
* Admission Free
Release date in South Korea : 2005/12/29
Synopsis
Set in the early 16th century during the reign of King Yeonsan, two male street clowns and tightrope walkers, Jang-saeng and Gong-gil, are part of an entertainer troupe. Their manager prostitutes the beautiful Gong-gil to rich customers, and Jang-saeng sickens of this practice. After Gonggil kills the manager in defense of Jang-saeng, the pair flees to Seoul, where they form a new group with three other street performers.
Together the group comes up with a skit mocking some members of the Royal Court, including the king and his new concubine Jang Noksu. After they are arrested for treason, Jang-saeng makes a deal with Choseon, who turns out to be one of the King's servants, to either make the king laugh at their skit or to be executed. They perform their skit for the king, but the three minor performers are too terrified to perform well. Gong-gil and Jang-saeng barely save themselves with one last joke at the king, who laughs and then makes them part of his Court. The King falls for the effeminate Gong-gil, whom he calls to his private chambers often to perform finger puppet shows. Jang-saeng becomes jealous of this relationship. Meanwhile, the King becomes more and more unstable. He makes the clowns perform a skit depicting how his mother, the favorite concubine of the former king, was forced to take poison after being betrayed by other jealous concubines. The King then slaughters these concubines at the end of the play. Jangs-aeng asks Gong-gil to leave with him and the gang at once before the King kills them too during one of his homicidal fits. Gong-gil, who initially sympathized with the King, begs the tyrant to give him his freedom but his pleas fall on deaf ears.
The king's main concubine, Jang Noksu, becomes enraged by the attention the king has been lavishing on Gong-gil. The Counsel Members tries to have him killed during a hunting trip, resulting in the death of one of the members of the street performing team. Days after the hunting trip, there is a kiss between the king and Gong-gil. Then, she tries to have him jailed by having flyers run in Gonggil's handwriting insulting the king severely. Jang-saeng takes the blame for the crime for which Gong-gil has been falsely accused and is imprisoned.
Choseon secretly releases Jang-saeng, telling him that he should forget Gong-gil and leave the palace. But Jang-saeng ignores the advice and returns to walk on his tightrope across palace rooftops, this time openly and loudly mocking the king. The King shoots arrows at him while Gong-gil tries in vain to stop him. Jang-saeng falls and is caught, and has his eyes seared with burning iron as punishment before being thrown into prison again. Gong-gil attempts suicide, but his life is saved by the palace doctors. The king has Jang-saeng walk his tightrope blind. As Jang-saeng tells the story of his and Gong-gil's trials and tribulations while balancing on the rope, Gong-gil runs out to join him. They have a conversation filled with much hidden meaning and significance. Gong-gil asks Jang-saeng what he would like to return as in his next life and Jang-saeng replies that he would still choose to be a clown. Gong-gil answers that he has found his King and he too would return as nothing else but a clown.
Throughout the film, the tyranny of the king and corruption of his Courts is revealed. At the very end there is a popular uprising resulting in an attack on the palace, and as people storm the court, Jang-saeng and Gong-gil jump up from the rope together, and Jang-saeng tosses away his fan, signifying the death of both which is never actually shown in the film. The last scene is a happy one where Jang-saeng and Gong-gil appear to be reunited with their clowning troupe, including the friend who died earlier during the hunting incident. The whole company jokes, sings and dances, as they all walk away cheerfully into the distance.
