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KANO receives ACF support
By Ant Speak | August 18, 2008
Monster Jimenez’s debut full-length documentary Kano: An American and his Women is one of the recipients of the 2008 Asian Cinema Fund support. The project is currently in development and is scheduled to be finished in 2009.
The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) disclosed the selected projects to receive support from the 2008 Asian Cinema Fund (ACF). The fund consists of three categories, namely: Development, Post-production, and documentary. PIFF selected 27 film projects from Korea and other Asian countries.
This year’s ACF boasts "strengthened and widened ACF programs", according to PIFF. The selectees distinguished themselves by thorough preparation and a high potential for becoming a high quality film "with new and unique perspectives".
Among the finalists are projects by Kim Jong-kwan and Noh Kyeong-tae. KIM made his name with short films which have been invited by festivals around the world. KIM’s current project is titled "Seaside". Noh Kyeong-tae crafted the highly original "The Last Dining Table" (Majimak Babsang) which also screened at several international film festivals. Noh Kyeong-tae is working on "Scarecrows".
The 2008 ACF Asian Network of Documentary (AND) includes the Korean documentary Resilience by the Korean adoptee filmmaker Tammy Chu Tolle. The documentary is produced by Koroot, an organisation supporting returning international adoptees. The documentary interviews birthmothers whose children were internationally adopted. The preliminary screenings offered a shocking inside in practices of international adoption agencies such as HOLT.
The 13th Pusan International Film Festival will take place from October 2 until October 10, 2008.
2008 ACF Asian Network of Documentary (AND) Fund Selections
- Korean Projects
"Barbarous Weapon" – LEE Kanggil
"Oasis – Documentary" – TAE Jun-seek
"A Five-way Crossing" – HAN Bum Seung
"Where The Wind Blows" – LEE Mario
"RESILIENCE" – Tammy CHU TOLLE- Asian Projects
Quarter No. 4/11 – Ranu GHOSH – India
Mental – Kazuhiro SODA – Japan, America
Money and Honey – LEE Ching-Hu – Taiwan
Virgin – HASSANZADEH Tahereh – Iran
The Orchard Keeper – YUAN He – China
Now is the Future of the Past – HUANG Weikai – China
Path of Anna – NAOI Riyo – Japan, Thailand
The Passion – BYAMBY Sakhya – Mongol
KANO: An American and His Woman – Monster JIMENEZ – PhilippineSource : www.koreanfilm.or.kr
