The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival History
Puchon Choice Jury (Feature)
Yasuo Furuhata (The Chairman
of Jury)
Born in Nagano 1934.
He graduated from Tokyo
University department of
French literature. After
graduation, began working
for Toei as an assistant
director, and made his debut
as a director with <Yoko,
A Juvenile Delinquent>
in 1966. With his unique
production technique, he
has made several actors
leap
into big fame, especially
like Ken Takakura, now one
of the biggest actors in
Japan, with the films like
<Flower of Winter>,
<Station>, <Choji
of the Tevern>, <Yasha>,
<Poppoya-Railroad Man>.
In 2001, <Hotaru>was
filmed in Andong's Hahye
village.
Lloyd Kaufman
One of the most influential
man in American low budget
film making. He is also
a graduate of Yale University.
He made his debut as a director
in 1969, and in 1974 with
his college friend Michael
Herz, founded the famous,
Troma Productions. He works
as a producer, actor, and
scriptwriter. His most famous
films are the
<Toxic Avenger Series>,
the first episode making
its debut in 1985.
Mario Dorminsky
Mario Dorminsky was born
in Porto, Portugal in 1955.
Currently managing 'Cinema
Novo', president of Portugal's
'Fantasporto' festivals,
and works as the manager
and editor for the film
magazine, Estreia. Also
wrote books on Zagreb animation
school, films of Roger Corman,
and history of cinema. Works
diligently
in Portugal for distribution
of films, and is involved
in process of financing
films for production. He
worked as a jury in many
distinguished film festivals,
including the Cannes film
festival.
Majid Majidi
Born in Iran 1959. Started
working in the film industry
after the 1978 revolution.
Filmed such short films
as <Hudaj>(84), and
<Examination Day>(1988).
Also worked as an actor
in the early eighties. His
first feature film <Baduk>(92)
was invited to the Cannes
Film Festival Director's
Week. In 1996 he gained
spotlight
when his film <The
Father> won the Grand
Prix at Pagers International
Film Festival, and awards
at San Sebastian Film Festival
and San Paulo Film Festival.
Won international acclaim
with his film <The Children
of Heaven>(1997), which
landed him three awards
from the Montreal Film Festival,
and nomination at the Academy
Awards. <The Color of
Paradise> is his fourth
work which was made in 1999.
CHOI Ji-hee
Born in Osaka Japan,
1940. She made her acting
debut in director LEE Kang-cheon's
<A Beautiful Wicked Woman>.
Became famous in the sixties
with her unpolished, yet
glamorous style. After attending
the New York Neighborhood
Play House Total Art School
in 1961, she returned to
Korea. After retiring in
1973, she
has continued to work
as a producer. Her famous
films are <Daughters
of Kim's Pharmacy>, <Malttisinbu>,
<8240 K.L.O>.
Puchon Choice Jury (Shorts)
YIM Soon-rye (The Chairman
of Jury)
YIM Soon-rye was born
in Incheon in 1960. She
majored in English at Hanyang
University and finished
her major in Drama and Film
Studies at the Graduate
School of Hanyang University.
She received an MA from
8th University, in Paris.
She worked on <Out to
the World>(directed by
YUO Gyun-dong), and directed
a
short film, <Promenade
in the Rain>(the grand
prize winner of the First
Seoul Short Film Festival).
In 1996, she directed her
first feature film, <Three
Friends>. She has released
her second feature film,
<Waikiki Brothers>
in 2001.
LEE Sung-gang
Born in 1963. Graduate
of Yonsei Univ. majored
in Psychology. He's been
working on art until he
started making animations.
He has completed <Small
Moon> and <Two Rooms>
in 1995 and <Lover>
which was screened at Pusan
International Film Festival
back in 1996. <Soul>
and <Umbrella> were
shown at the
Puchon International
Fantastic Film Festival
in 1997. He has made an
animation short film the
<Thieves>, which has
been inserted in <Bad
Film>(directed by JANG
Seon-woo). In 1998 he directed
<Ashes in the Thicket>.
LIM Chang-jae
Born in 1964. Graduate
of Yonsei Univ. majored
in Theology. Afterwards
he studied at Film Chungang
Graduate School. At present
he is the member of the
board of directors of Korea
Independent Film Association.
At the same time he is the
chairman of Indie Forum
Writers Meeting. He started
his career as a
film director by making
<Org>, which is a
black and white experimental
movie made in 1994. He subsequently
made <Over Me>(1996),
<Larchrymal>(1998)
and <Aqua Requiem>(1999).
In 2000, he shot a digital
experimental work <Mimi>,
16mm film <A Night Being
Purged>. He released
<X> in 2001. He directed
a thriller drama <Unborn
but Forgotten> in 2002.
YUN Ye-ryung
Graduated from Chungang
University Dept. of Theatre
and Film, studied at Chungang
Graduate School Dept. of
Performance & Visual
Media. While working as
an actress, she went to
the States, finished Professional
Makeup Course. In France
completed Special Effects
Make-Up Course. Afterwards
studied under Gil Mosco,
Dick Smith in Hollywood.
She worked in various features
among them, <The Legend
of Gingko>, <Ghost
in Love>, <Shiri>,
<Spring in My Hometown>,
<Attack the Gas Station>,
<Ring>, etc. She has
cut a conspicuous figures
in this field as well as
in media, plays, musicals,
commercials.
MOON So-ri
Graduated from Sungkyunkwan
University Department of
Education in 1999. Her debut
film was <Peppermint
Candy>(1999), in which
she played the role of YOON
Soon-im. Worked in the theater
group 'Hangang' in 95 and
97, jointly creating the
feature, <Classroom Idea>.
She is mainly participating
in short films these days.
Appearances in short
films include; <Black
Cut>, <Plan 19 from
Outer Space>, and <Icecream>.
The Film <Oasis>,
she received Marcello
Mastroianni Award for Best
Actress in Venice Film Festival
in 2002.