Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We are excited to announce our line-up for the upcoming AFM and would be pleased to meet with you to discuss our titles in detail. To arrange a meeting with us at AFM, please complete the blank below with two suggested meeting times and send it back to us via email or fax. We will get back to you shortly to confirm.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Nelly Chang
Int’l Division, Mirovision Inc.
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Mirovision at AFM 2004
AFM Office: Room No. #439, 441 Loews Hotel
Tel: + 310 260 0956~7 MOBILE: +714 496 4039
In attendance: Jason Chae, President
Mina Suh, Sales Manager
SEOUL Office: 1-151 Shinmunro-2Ga, Chongro-Gu, Seoul 110-062, Korea
Tel: +82-2-737-1185/6 Fax: +82-2-737-1184
Website: http://www.mirovision.com/ www.mirovision.com
E-mail: sales@mirovision.com
(*Screenings at AFM)
Sam's Lake
Directed by Andrew Christopher ERIN TBA / 2005 / Adventure Thriller / U.S.A.
Cast: Fay Masterson (‘Rancid’), William Fregory LEE (‘Dark Angel ’)
In the quaint area near the lake, an escaped psychiatric patient makes his way through the surroundings wilderness, back to his childhood home, slaughtering his family in their sleep, and disappearing into the woods never to be found. Many years later the horrifying massacre has turned legend as disappearances haunt the surrounding towns. Sam(Fay Masterson), a young woman who, every summer, returns home to the secluded lakeside cottage where she grew up. There she reconnects with her traditions, old friends and memories of the past. This year, a group of hip, young urbanites, Kate(Sandrine Holt), Franklin(Stephen Bishop), Melanie(Megan Fahlenbock) and Dominik(Salvatore Antonio) join Sam on her annual trip. But when Sam and her friend Jesse(William Gregory Lee), a local to the area, take the group on an adventure to revisit the site of the murder they all come face to face with the terrifying legend of 'Sam's Lake'.
Green Chair
Directed by PARK Chul-soo 101 min. / 2004 / Drama / Korea
Cast: Suh Jung (‘The Isle’), SHIM Ji-ho
From the acclaimed director <301, 302>
An ordinary housewife, Moon-hee, gets convicted for conducting sexual assaults on a minor, Hyun, and sentenced for 100 hours of social work. However, from the moment getting released from the prison, Moon-hee and Hyun head for a hotel, and indulge in sex day and night. They both believe they’re in love deeply, more than anybody, but at the same time, Moon-hee can’t help doubting Hyun’ love. Where does their reckless love end, or will they accomplish their love at the end?
Antarctic Journal
Directed by YIM Phil-sung TBA / 2005 / Adventure Thriller / Korea
Cast: SONG Kang-ho(‘Memories of Murder’) , YU Ji-tae(‘Old Boy’)
Point of Impossibility, Where the Antarctic becomes Madness
Led by a charismatic team leader, CHOI Do-hyung(SONG Kang-ho), a six-men expedition team tries to reach the unreachable point in the Antarctic. Marching through the endless snow, they come across with an ANTARCTIC JOURNAL, written by a British 80 years ago. From the moment they find the journal, strange things start to happen to them, and end up with losing 2 members and equipment not working. However, with the leader’s obsession, an exhausting expedition continues to conquering the unreachable. and they begin to experience the same things described in the journal….
Loft (Working Title)
Directed By KUROSAWA Kiyoshi (‘Cure’, ‘Bright Future’) TBA / 2005 / Thriller / Korea, Japan
Cast: NAKATANI Miki(‘Ring’), TOYOKAWA Etsushi(‘Love Letter’)
PPP Pusan Award at Pusan International Film Festival
The place where secrets of death are hidden….Loft
A prize-winning writer, Leiko(NAKATANI Miki), moves to a quiet sub-urban house to finish up her new novel with a help of the editor. That night while sleeping, she sees a man in the storage room transporting an object that is wrapped in cloth. She soon finds out that he is a renowned archaeologist, Professor Yoshioka(TOYOKAWA Etsushi), researching ancient mummies, and that object was a recently discovered mummy. Working late on her book, Leiko witnesses a ghost and finds out that her room once belonged to a woman who had been missing for a while. This brings unexplainable fear to Leiko as she starts to uncover more stories from the past.
Red Eye
Directed by KIM Dong-bin(‘Ring’ Korea) TBA / 2005 / Horror / Korea
Cast: JANG Shin-young(‘Springtime’), SONG Il-kuk
A ride to your unforgettable tragedy. Life is a train heading to the last station called Death.
On July 16, 1988, a train accident which drives 100 hundred people to death occurs. Without knowing the cause, the case becomes a mystery and soon gets forgotten.
After 16 years, a train attendant Mi-sun is on board first time at work. The train leaves its platform as scheduled and rapidly gains the full speed. All of sudden, it stops for 10 minutes without any reason, and restarts. However, when it begins to run, all Mi-sun can see is from the 80’s and old newspaper with the date written July 16, 1988. What happened during the 10 minutes when the train stopped and where are they going?
Bunshinsaba - Ouija Board
Directed by AHN Byung-ki(‘Nightmare’, ‘Phone’) 92 min. / 2004 / Horror / Korea
Cast: KIM Kyu-ri(‘Whispering Corridor’), LEE Yu-ri, LEE Se-eun
*Screenings on Nov.3 11:00 Mann Criterion Screen #5
Nov.4 11:00 Mann Criterion Screen #4
“Bunshinsaba, bunshinsaba, Oite Gudasai…” A death spell from the director of <Phone>
Yoo-jin(LEE Se-eun) and her family move to a small village from Seoul. On her first day at the new school, Yoo-jin gets picked on by her classmates. Along with other victims of hatred, Yoo-jin puts a curse on the four girls tormenting them through the “Ouija Board.” on a long deserted chair where the long forgotten secret stays. On her second day at school, one of the spellbound bursts into flames and dies just as she sits down where Yoo-jin used the board. The next day, another victim burns to death, and now the school is enclosed by horror.
The Big Swindle
Directed by CHOI Dong-hun 117 min. / 2004 / Action Thriller / Korea Cast: PARK Shin-yang (‘The Uninvited’), YUM Jung-a (‘A Tale of Two Sisters’)
*Screenings on Nov.5 13:00 Laemmle Monica Screen #4
Never bet on a losing game. A heist that’s a wet dream for any swindler!
The best five thieves come together planning the biggest swindle in history. Starting with CHOI Chang-hyuk(PARK Shin-yang), the brain behind the perfect plan; Master KIM, the godfather of swindlers; Big Mouth, a con who can talk people into anything; Swallow, a remarkable lady-killer; and Gasoline the miraculous counterfeiter. But the only drawback is that they all can’t trust each other. They have only one goal - to rob the Bank of Korea of $5 million - but each one of them has their own little plan in mind.
Will they succeed in and who will be the winner of this deceiving game?
A Wacky Switch
Directed by JUNG Youn-won 105 min. / 2004 / Comic Action / Korea
Cast: JUNG Jun-ho (‘Marrying the Mafia’), SOHN Chang-min (‘Father and Son:- The Story of Mencius’)
Dong-hwa(JUNG Jun-ho) is a complete loser with a nagging wife. His first novel made the publishing company go bankrupt but to bring home the bacon, he tries everything but only ends up in vain. One day Dong-hwa gets his big break by writing a biography for Man-chul(SOHN Chang-min), boss of the biggest criminal syndicate in Korea. However, things in life don’t always go as planned and this encounter brings a life-changing experience for both of them, bringing their real vocation. They are not who they are!
Road
Directed by BAE Chang-ho(‘Last Witness’,’ ‘My Heart’, ‘Deep Blue Night’)
98 min. / 2004 / Drama / Korea
Cast: BAE Chang-ho, KANG Ki-hwa(‘Bunshinsaba’)
"Road" takes a path less traveled in harder-hitting, contempo Korean cinema but one well worth the ride for auds responsive to well-honed, unflashy filmmaking.
- Variety by Derek Elley
Vagabond Tae-suk(BAE Chang-ho) is an old-fashioned blacksmith moving from one local market to another for over 20 years. One day, he comes upon a young girl heading for her father’s funeral in a heavy snow storm. Tae-suk soon finds out she is the daughter of his old friend Duk-soo, the very person who had ruined his whole life. Memories resurface as they continue with their destinations…
Possible Changes
Directed by MIN Byung-kook 114 min. / 2004 / Drama / Korea
Cast: JUNG Chan (‘Road Movie’), KIM Yoo-suk (‘The Isle’)
Moscow Int’l Film Festival
Tokyo Int’l Film Festival - Winds of Asia Section
Two childhood friends, Moon-ho(JUNG Chan) and Jong-kyu(KIM Yoo-suk), in their mid-thirties, feel the acute loss of their younger years as time goes by. They together commit spontaneous, unusual acts in order to try to fill their sense of emptiness. Moon-ho pursues in vain for an extramarital sexual affair while Jong-kyu meets his first love, Soo-hyun, for the first time in ten years and head for a hotel.
But the movie goes on as if the two couples had never met, and the stories of the two couple mingles with each other.