(KPL) Some 32 films including the FLY short films and alumni’s short and feature films screened at FLY film festival to commemorate the 2017 ASEAN –ROK (Republic of Korea) Cultural Exchange Year.
A free event was organized at the Busan Community Media Centre in Busan, R. Korea from Oct 13-15 for three full days by the Busan Metropolitan City and Busan Film Commission (BFC).
The first edition of the festival showed 32 films including 10 short films produced in the past five years by the ASEAN-ROK Film Leaders Incubator: FLY’ and 22 short and feature films selected and produced by 113 alumni from 14 countries who have been acknowledged at the prominent film festivals throughout the world with their unique films.
Beyond the screening of these films, at the Round Table themed “Life after FLY, and ASEAN Film Community”, stories will be shared after the FLY and the imbalance and problems in the film industries among ASEAN countries have been discussed.
There was also an exchange of points of view on the Case Study of ‘International Co-Production Case Study & Search for Activation’.
The festival took place at the same time as the Busan International Film Festival and the remarkable activities and development of the FLY alumni were displayed along with filmdom in the world.
Simultaneously, while introducing the project of FLY to the world, the capability and future of ASEAN films will be discussed through the screening of the works of promising filmdom from
ASEAN countries.
In his opening remarks, Director of the BFC Mr Choi Yoon said that Busan Metropolitan City and BFC have been working on the Fly project since 2012 to expand cultural exchanges between and R. Korea through film, and lay groundwork for mutual economic growth.
“With tremendous support and effort from Busan, the Sean Culture House opened last September and we were able to open Busan Asian Film School last year, and 20 fellows including from ASEAN are currently studying there,” said Mr Choi Yoon.
The Fly project is also well known as one of the successful cultural exchange projects between R. Korea and ASEAN.
“Over last five years, it has been held in the Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia and Cambodia and we will have a workshop in Yogyakarta, Indonesia this November. This Fly film festival could be a great opportunity to stimulate international co-production with R. Korea, and support the mutual growth of each country’s film industry in this era of a rapidly changing world film industry, and expanding cultural exchanges between ASEAN and Korea,”
Mr Choi Yoon said.
KPL
