WFFIS 2013: Muse With A Movie Camera and Queer Rainbow
The 15th International Women’s Film Festival in Seoul With a focus on exploring female issues through cinema, the Women’s Film Festival in Seoul has constructed several different categories in which to...
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The 15th International Women’s Film Festival in Seoul With so many exciting films centered around the representation of women in cinema and women’s issues, the International Women’s Film Festival in...
View ArticleWFFIS 2013: Quick Fire Reviews 1
The first in a series of quick-fire reviews from the 15th Seoul Women’s Film Festival, 2013: You Are More Than Beautiful (그녀의 연기) You Are More Than Beautiful (그녀의 연기) – 8/10 Director Kim Tae-yong’s...
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The quick-fire reviews featured here are from the Polemics: The Constellation of the Violence Against Women (쟁점: 보이지 않는 – 폭력의 관계구조) section: Bad Scene (배드신) Bad Scene (배드신) – 6/10 Bad Scene depicts the...
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The quick-fire reviews featured here are from the Asian Short Film and Video Competition (아시아 단편경선): BRA (브라자) BRA (브라자) – 7/10 Director Won Jan-di’s (원잔디) coming-of-age drama is a lovely and...
View ArticleTour of Duty (거미의 땅) –★★★☆☆
Tour of Duty (거미의 땅) The sexual slavery inflicted upon the women of Korea during the Japanese occupation is an oft-discussed topic in Korean culture, with the euphemistically labelled ‘comfort women’...
View ArticleMy Place (마이 플레이스) –★★★★☆
My Place (마이 플레이스) The best kinds of documentary are the ones where the audience and those within the film itself undertake the same journey of discovery, sharing revelations and introspections about a...
View ArticlePluto (명왕성) –★★★★☆
Pluto (명왕성) The Korean education system is infamous for it’s grueling and oppressive culture, and the stress imposed on youngsters has often been the subject of film. Typically such themes appear in...
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