Ethan Hawke’s “Born to Be Blue” to open Korea’s Jeonju FestMarch 31, 2016 - 17:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea’s second biggest festival, will open with Robert Budreau’s “Born to Be Blue”, and close with a digitally remastered director’s cut of “Die Bad,” top Korean film maker Ryoo Seung-wan’s 2000 debut film, Variety reports. “Over the past 17 years, Ryoo has grown into a filmmaker to represent Korea, and so has JIFF. Ryoo still has indie spirit. He and the JIFF share the same attitude,” said festival director Lee Chung-jik. “It is very important for a film festival to have freedom of expression. Festivals must be independent (from outside forces),” said Jeonju city mayor Kim Seung-soo, who is also the festival committee’s chairman. That was a clear dig at Busan, where the city‘s better known festival is imploding after interference by local authorities. Jeonju (April 28 – May 7) announced a line-up that spans 163 features and 48 shorts from 45 countries. Its competition section will be judged by a jury that includes Cinematheque Francaise programming director Jean-Francois Rauger, filmmakers Denis Cote, Oh Seung-uk (“The Shameless”), Athina Rachel Tsangari, and Korean actor Jung Jae-young (“Right Now, Wrong Then”). The festival will present special focus sections on French director Philippe Grandrieux, Shakespeare-inspired works, and modern Chilean cinema. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |