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Ling U

Ling U

Ling U

Ling U

Ling U

The Origins of the South Korean Film Renaissance Conference

2-4 November 2023
Lingnan@WestKowloon & M+ Cinema


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Schedule


2 November 2023 (Thursday)
10:00-10:20

Opening Remarks

Rachel LUNG (Lingnan University)
Yomi BRAESTER (University of Washington, Seattle)
Sangjoon LEE (Lingnan University)
Ungsan KIM (University of Washington, Seattle)

10:20-12:00

I. The Emergence of Global Auteurs

Chair:
Sangjoon LEE (Lingnan University)

Creating Globally-Recognized Auteurs from South Korea
Darcy PAQUET (Busan Asian Film School)

Ahead of its Time: Barking Dogs Never Bite Breaks the Rules and Upends Social Commentary
Jason BECHERVAISE (Kyungdong University)

Beyond the Aporia of Boundaries
Shengzhen HUANG (Seoul National University)

Korean Auteurism at the Forefront of Global Cinema
Hyangjin LEE (Rikkyo University)

12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:40

II. The Age of Cinephilia

Chair:
Yomi BRAESTER (University of Washington, Seattle)

South Korean Videotheques in the 1980s-1990s and the South Korean film Renaissance
Andrew David JACKSON (Monash University)

Compressed Cinephilia and Videophilia: Video and the Korean Cinephile Culture in the 1990s
Jihoon KIM (Chung Ang University)
Sun Joo LEE (Pusan National University)

Curation as Cultural Practice: Exploring Korean Film Archive as a Public Cinematheque in the 1990s
Chonghwa CHUNG (Korean Film Archive)

Revisiting the Korean Film Renaissance through the 40-year History of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA)
Dong-ryung KIM (Film Director)

15:10-16:00
 		III. Redefining New Korean Cinema

Chair:
Ungsan KIM (University of Washington, Seattle)

The Emerging New Elite in 1990s South Korean Cinema: Creation of a New Cultural Capital
Sora HONG (La Rochelle University, France)

The Genealogical Matrix of Post-New Wave Korean Film Aesthetics
Seung-hoon JEONG (California State University, Long Beach)
16:00-18:00
 		Korean Film Conference Keynote

2003: In the Mood for Korean Cinema
Hong-Joon KIM (Korean Film Archive)

19:00-21:00
 		Reception


3 November 2023 (Friday)
09:30-10:50

IV. Industry and Policy

Chair:
Yiyang HOU (Lingnan University)

Expanding the Territorial Scope of Korean Cinema
Hye Jean CHUNG (Kyung Hee University)

Between Piracy and 10 Million Ticket Sales: The Cultural Practices of Film Viewing in South Korea
Keung Yoon BAE (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Media Ratings: The End of Film Censorship or a New Beginning?
Hye Seung CHUNG (Colorado State University)

11:00-11:50

V. Language, Media, and Translation

Chair:
Chris HAMM (University of Washington, Seattle)

The Somatic-Linguistic Turn in Korean Cinema
Jinsoo AN (University of California, Berkeley)

Transmedia Translation: From Comics to Film
Heekyoung CHO (University of Washington, Seattle)

12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:20
 		VI. Women’s Cinema, Queer Cinema, and Independent Filmmaking

Chair:
So Hye KIM (University of Hong Kong)

Faceless Cinema: Crisis and the Emergence of Critical Queer Cinema in the 1990s and Beyond
Ungsan KIM (University of Washington, Seattle)

Korean Feminist Documentary: Merging Tradition with Progress through Independent Filmmaking
Angeliki KATSAROU (Yonsei University)

From JSA (2000) to Parasite (2019): Women Producers, the Unsung Heroines of the South Korean Film Renaissance
Nam LEE (Chapman University)
14:30-15:00

Coffee Break

15:00-15:50
 		VII. Revisiting Shiri

Chair:
Heekyoung CHO (University of Washington, Seattle)

Constructing the “Shiri” Myth: The Role of Korean Film Journals in the 1990s
Shenglai JIN (Sungkyunkwan University)

Imagining the Border(less) through a Korean American Connection in Shiri
Joo Young LEE (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
19:30-21:30
 		VIII. Special Screening and Post-screening Discussion with M+ Cinema

American Alley (Dir. Dong-ryung KIM, 2008)
Moderator:
Ungsan KIM (University of Washington, Seattle)


4 November 2023 (Saturday)
10:30-11:50

IX. Festivals, Journalism, and Media Diversification

Chair:
Jinhee PARK (Lingnan University)

Decoding the Untranslatable: International Film Journalism and Film Festivals and the Spread of the Renaissance of Korean Cinema
Nemo KIM (Film Critic)

Film Festivals and the Reception of Korean Cinema in Europe
Hyunseon LEE (SOAS, University of London/ University of Siegen)

Save the Green Planet as a Response to the Diversification of South Korean Media
Yomi BRAESTER (University of Washington, Seattle)

12:00-12:30

Planning Meeting

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30 X. Looking Back: New Korean Cinema and Asia, A Critics Session
Presented by M+ Cinema and the Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong

Moderator:
Wesley JACKS (Lingnan University)

Maggie LEE, Film Critic
Ross CHEN, Film Critic
Darcy PAQUET, Film Critic
Nemo KIM, Film Critic

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