MODERN KOREAN WOMEN

Presented by: Korean Film Archive and Leeds Film Quarter

"Leeds Film Quarter is delighted to be the first international partner to present KOFA's new Modern Korean Women retrospective,an intriguing selection of features exploring female roles in a Far Eastern society,"

The most exciting filmmaking nation of the moment, Korea has a phenomenal,mostly unchartered cinema history and the country's national film agency KOFA is working hard to restore and promote some of the several thousand films produced.Leeds Film Quarter is delighted to be the first international partner to present KOFA's new Modern Korean Women retrospective,an intriguing selection of features exploring female roles in a Far Eastern society from six decades.Not until the 1990s was there much positive change in Korean women's social status,or even change for the women appearing in film: witness their demeaned depiction in the early work that contrasts with the societal shakedown in the most recent film A Good Lawyer's Wife.

"Modern Korean Women" is brought to the region by Leeds Film Quarter. Run by Leeds Film, LFQ utilises venues across the city to explore the vast and challenging universe of cinema that lies beyond the known mainstream, often featuring the only UK screenings of selected films and frequently
presenting brand new prints.

In addition to the year-round Leeds Film Quarter and education programmes, it delivers the annual Leeds International Film Festival (10-20 November 2005) and Leeds Young People's Film Festival (Easter 2006)


The complete season of Modern Korean Women films are:

Madame Freedom
Hyde Park Picture House Saturday 7th May 4pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53242

My Mother and the Guest
Hyde Park Picture House Sunday 8th May 3.30pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53243

Girl's Night Out
Ster Century Cinema Monday 9th May 6.15pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53246

Young-ja's Heydays
Hyde Park Picture House Saturday 14th May 4pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53241

Ticket
Hyde Park Picture House Sunday 15th May 3.30pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53244

A Good Lawyer's Wife
Ster Century Cinema Monday 16th May 6.15pm
Ster Century Cinema Wednesday 18th May 8.15pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53248

The Marriage Story
Hyde Park Picture House Saturday 21st May 4pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53245

To You, From Me
Hyde Park Picture House Sunday 22nd May 3.30pm
http://www.leedsfilm.com/2006/lfq/film/53247

THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
LAUNCHES NEW FRIDAY FILM FEATURE

Paris, April 27, 2005: The International Herald Tribune (IHT) announced today the launch of a new weekly feature on world cinema and the international movie industry called Film. Starting this Friday, Film will provide reviews, profiles and feature articles from IHT writers and The New York Times’s award-winning film critics, as well as look at trends and issues driving the business of filmmaking around the world.

Alison Smale, managing editor of the IHT, said: "Movie coverage is already a strong part of our daily cultural offering but this new Film feature allows us to give increased emphasis to this most international of media. The global movie industry is changing on a daily basis, both commercially and in terms of subject matter and the time has come for us take a focused look at the nature of these changes."

The IHT is gearing up to provide special daily coverage of the 58th Cannes International Film Festival (May 11-22). Prominent contributors will include award-winning film critic A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis from The New York Times as well as Joan Dupont, Doreen Carvajal and Thomas Crampton from the IHT.

Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, IHT senior vice president and commercial director, said, "We know that it is important for our international advertisers to reach our high-end readers at their most engaged and that is why exciting new features like Film are great news for our advertisers as well as our readers.”

This weekend the
DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS GROUP
brings you...

FINAL CUT PRO WORKSHOP

Saturday and Sunday 30 April and 1st May 2005

10am - 6pm each day

B3 Media, Brixton, London

£275 + VAT
DFG MEMBER PRICE: £250 + VAT!

Only a couple of places left on this workshop, which is the penultimate in this season's short courses. But don't worry they're back in September.

This great two day course teaches you how to use industry relevant equipment and Final Cut Pro software to edit your own documentaries.

The course is aimed at beginners as an intensive introduction to Final Cut Pro and editing. However if you do have a little editing experience your skills will be greatly improved.

You'll have two whole days worth of precious access to and hands on experience on Apple Mac G4's and FCP under the supervision of a successful and highly knowledgeable trainer and editor.

The course takes you through the basics of Final Cut Pro covering non-linear systems, hardware, basic editing, capturing and digitising.

You'll also investigate and have fun with audio and visual effects.

You will gain a mountain of invaluable hands on experience and learn a great deal in a short space of time.

Max participants 10

Tutor
SUE BROOK Sue also teaches our Grammar of Documentary Editing workshop as well as teaching NFTS courses. Amongst her credits as an editor, she edited LEAVING HOME for LWT, which won a British Academy
Award for Best Arts Programme. She has also edited CUTTING EDGE and FRAGILE EARTH programmes for Channel 4 and a documentary series on Anthropologists directed by Andre Singer for Central TV and THE
COMMISION a three part series for Channel 4. As a Director she has made various independent films including BOY SOLDIERS.

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