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E J-yong
Executive Producer, Director, , Screenwriter
E J-yong is known to be one of the representative stylists in the Korean film industry, who boasts a diverse array of works in his filmography that freely cross over the boundary between controlled and beautiful visuals and chic presentation of original ideas. He won awards at many major short film festivals such as Clermont-ferrand International Short Film Festival with <Homo Videocus>(1990), which he co-directed with [Daniel BYUN] during his years at [Korean Academy o...More
E J-yong is known to be one of the representative stylists in the Korean film industry, who boasts a diverse array of works in his filmography that freely cross over the boundary between controlled and beautiful visuals and chic presentation of original ideas. He won awards at many major short film festivals such as Clermont-ferrand International Short Film Festival with <Homo Videocus>(1990), which he co-directed with [Daniel BYUN] during his years at [Korean Academy of Film Arts]. His feature debut, <An Affair>(1998), was a unique melodrama that introduced minimalism in visual, lines, and emotions, which was unheard of until then. Modern melodrama, adaptation of a French classic novel as a Chosun Dynasty story, a story of high school student filed with cartoon-like imagination. The subject matters and themes of E J-yong’s films run from one extreme to another. Nevertheless, his films are all beautiful, chic, and sensuous. Almost all of his films have been shown at many international film festivals to rave reviews. <The Actresses>(2009), a new form of film that blurred the boundary of fiction and nonfiction that he worked on with six of Korea’s representative actresses, such as [YOUN Yuh-jung], [LEE Mi-sook], [KO Hyun-jung], and [CHOI Ji-woo], was also screened the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival. E J-yong returns with <Behind the Camera>, capturing a director’s unprecedented attempt to direct a film entirely from an off-set location. <Behind the Camera> reveals the true behind-the-scenes nature of actors who find themselves without a director to guide them on set, as well as the chaotic and unforeseeable circumstances that arise as a result. E subsequently returned to fiction filmmaking, bringing his honed talents to the well-reviewed commercial melodrama <My Brilliant Life> in 2014. Featuring top stars GANG Dong-won and SONG Hye-kyo, the film details the struggles of a young couple whose son suffers from progeria, a rare disease causing him to age quickly. Switching up styles once again, E teamed up for the third time with YOUN Yuh-jung for <The Bacchus Lady>. The film, which debuted once again at the Berlin International Film Festival, featured YOUN as an elderly prostitute in central Seoul who strikes up relationships with a young Korean-Filipino boy, a transexual and an amputee.Less
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The film <The Apartment with Two Women> has been officially invited to the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), which will be held in February 2022. The film is a graduation work from Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), and it is the first time in six years that a film produced by KAFA will go to the Berlin Film Festival since Director Lee Jaeyong...
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ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU and HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS to Bookend LKFFThe London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) is returning for its 16th edition this year, which will run from November 4 to 19. This year’s event will feature a Special Focus on recent Academy Award-winner Youn Yuhjung and will open with Ryoo Seungwan’s acclaimed action hit Escape from Mogadishu.The festival will then close with H...
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KOFA to Present 18 Works from Academy Award Winner’s Illustrious CareerYOUN Yuh-jung, who made history last month as the first Korean performer to earn an Oscar at the Academy Awards, where she picked up Best Supporting Actress Award for Lee Isaac CHUNG’s Minari, will become the subject of a comprehensive retrospective this month. The Korean Film Archive (KOFA) will present a program comprising 18...
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Clermont-Ferrand Stages KAFA Showcase Feb 06, 2017The internationally renowned Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival will for the first time stage a retrospective on the works of a Korean film school. A section dedicated to the works of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) will examine both the past and present of Korean filmmaking. The section will be broken down into two sections: "Old Boys" (OB) and "Young Boys" (YB). The “Old...
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KOFIC Stages Korean Film Night in Berlin Feb 23, 2016The Korean Film Council hosted its annual Korean Film Night, in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Centre in Germany, during the 66th Berlin International Film Festival on February 13th in Potsdamer Platz. KOFIC Chairman KIM Sae-hoon and Korean Cultural Centre in Germany Chairman KWON Sae-hoon welcomed guests, which included festival delegates from Korea and overseas, as well as the filmmakers...
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Berlinale Panorama Adds Two from Korea Feb 01, 2016With the Panorama section now complete, the 66th Berlin International Film Festival will now welcome two more Korean films, in addition to YOON Ga-eun’s Generations selection The World of Us. E J-yong’s latest film The Bacchus Lady and LEE Dong-ha’s documentary Weekends will make the trip to Germany next month. Produced by the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), The Bacchus Lady features legendar...
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MISS PEREGRINE Rises to First Oct 12, 2016Fortunes were reversed at the box office as last week’s top two films had very different responses and a new US horror film had a surprisingly strong debut. Nevertheless, business cooled off 25% to 1.85 million admissions and Hollywood scored its first market share win in months, with 73%, as local films were pushed down to 25%. Growing 10% in its sophomore frame following good word of mouth and a...
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<Asako In Ruby Shoes> Florence Korea Film Fest (2022)
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<An Affair> Florence Korea Film Fest (2022)
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<Asako In Ruby Shoes> Fajr International Film Festival ()
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<An Affair> Fajr International Film Festival ()
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<The Bacchus Lady> London Korean Film Festival (2021) - Special Focus: Youn Yuh-jung
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<The Bacchus Lady> Vancouver Korean Film Festival (2021)
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<The Actresses> Vancouver Korean Film Festival (2021)
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<The Bacchus Lady> Buenos Aires Korean Film Festival (2021)
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<The Bacchus Lady> Seoul International Pride Film Festival : SIPFF (2020) - Special Pride Section
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<Tale of a City> Seoul Independent Film Festival : SIFF (2019) - Special Invitation - Shorts
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<ANO AND HUYGA> Marie Claire Film Festival (2018)
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<Homo Videocus> Brussels Short Film Festival (2018) - Korean Retrospective : Famous Director's School Films
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<The Bacchus Lady> Korean Film Festival in Hungary (2018) - Faces
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<Homo Videocus> Kaohsiung Film Festival (2018) - KAFA: Old Boys
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<The Bacchus Lady> London Korean Film Festival (2018) - Special Focus: A Slice of Everyday Life
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<My Brilliant Life> Korean Film Festival in Hungary (2018) - Faces
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<Untold Scandal> Korean Film Festival in Hungary (2018) - Faces
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<The Actresses> Korean Film Festival in Hungary (2018) - Faces
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<My Brilliant Life> Korean Film Festival in Singapore (2018)
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<Untold Scandal> Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival : BIFAN (2017) - Special Programs
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<The Bacchus Lady> Women's Film Festival in Gwangju (2017)
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<The Bacchus Lady> Buil Film Awards (2017)
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<The Bacchus Lady> Silk Screen Asian American Festival (2017)
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<The Bacchus Lady> Korean Film Festival in Australia (2017)
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<The Bacchus Lady> Florence Korea Film Fest (2017)
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<The Bacchus Lady> Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (2017) - Preview
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<Untold Scandal> Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (2016) - South Korea: Cinema and Litterature
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<The Bacchus Lady> Paris Korean Film Festival (2016) - Avant-Premières
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<The Bacchus Lady> Women in Film Korea Festival (2016) - Woman in Film of the Year
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<The Bacchus Lady> Berlin International Film Festival (2016) - Panorama
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<The Bacchus Lady> Hong Kong International Film Festival (2016) - Gala Premieres
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<The Bacchus Lady> Seattle International Film Festival (2016) - Asian Crossroads
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<The Bacchus Lady> New York Asian Film Festival (2016)
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<The Bacchus Lady> Taipei Film Festival (2016) - Sensations
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<The Bacchus Lady> Fantasia International Film Festival (2016) - CANADIAN PREMIERE
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<The Bacchus Lady> Vancouver International Film Festival (2016) - Dragons & Tigers
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<The Bacchus Lady> BFI London Film Festival (2016)
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<The Bacchus Lady> Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (2016) - Expectations
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<The Bacchus Lady> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2016) - Korean Cinema Today-Panorama
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<The Bacchus Lady> Mill Valley Film Festival (2016) - World Cinema
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<The Bacchus Lady> Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival (2016) - The Colours of Asia Pacific
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<The Bacchus Lady> International Film Festival of India (2016) - Cinema Of The World
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<The Bacchus Lady> Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (2016) - Feature Presentation
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<The Bacchus Lady> San Diego Asian Film Festival (2016) - Asia Pop!
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<Untold Scandal> CinemAsia Film Festival (2015) - In Focus
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<My Brilliant Life> Hawaii International Film Festival (2014) - Spotlight on Korea
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<Behind the Camera> Berlin International Film Festival (2013) - Panorama
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<Behind the Camera> Osaka Asian Film Festival (2013) - Competition
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<Untold Scandal> Florence Korea Film Fest (2013)
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<Behind the Camera> New York Asian Film Festival (2013)
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<Behind the Camera> Melbourne International Film Festival (2013) - Accent on Asia
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<Behind the Camera> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2012) - Korean Cinema Today-Panorama
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> FILM LIVE: KT&G Sangsangmadang Music Film Festa (2012)
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<The Actresses> Filmfest DC - Washington, DC International Film Festival (2011) - NEW SOUTH KOREAN CINEMA
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<The Actresses> San Diego Asian Film Festival (2010)
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<The Actresses> Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2010) - Monton Presents: Fashion on Film
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<The Actresses> Busan Film Critics Association Awards (2010)
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<The Actresses> International Film Festival of Asian-Pacific Countries in Vladivostok (2010) - Panorama
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<The Actresses> Melbourne International Film Festival (2010) - Feature Films
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<The Actresses> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2010) - Korean Cinema Today
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<The Actresses> Berlin International Film Festival (2010) - Panorama
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<The Actresses> Hong Kong International Film Festival (2010) - Asian Digital Competiton
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<The Actresses> Udine Far East Film Festival (2010) - korean films
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<The Actresses> Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (2010) - Special Sneak-Preview
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<The Actresses> Seattle International Film Festival (2010) - Contemporary World Cinema
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<The Actresses> New York Asian Film Festival (2010) - The Korean Line-Up / New York Premiere
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> CinemAsia Film Festival (2008)
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> Tromsø International Film Festival (2008)
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> Palm Springs International Film Festival (2008) - World Cinema Now
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> Asia Filmfest (2007)
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2007) - Focus on South Korea, Susi
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy (2007)
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> Fantasia International Film Festival (2007)
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> New York Asian Film Festival (2007) - Feature Film Program
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> Berlin International Film Festival (2007) - Panorama
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<Untold Scandal> Berlin International Film Festival (2007)
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo ARCO (Arte Contemporaneo) (2007) - .
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> Hong Kong International Film Festival (2007) - I See It My Way
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> Udine Far East Film Festival (2007) - Competition
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<Untold Scandal> Chennai International Film Festival (2006) - Country Focus -Korea
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<Dasepo Naughty Girls> Asian Summer Film Festival in Barcelona, Vic (2007)
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<Untold Scandal> Cinemanila International Film Festival (2005) - Opening Film/ KOREAN FOCUS
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<Untold Scandal> Alba Regia International Film Festival (2005) - MaPics: South Korea
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<Untold Scandal> Istanbul Film Festival (2005) - International Competition
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<Untold Scandal> Paeksang Arts Awards (2004) - Film Awards - Best New Actor
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<Untold Scandal> Verona Film Festival(Schermi d'Amore) (2004) - Love in Competition - Stefano Reggiani Prize
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<Untold Scandal> Anchorage International Film Festival (2004)
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<Untold Scandal> Leeds International Film Festival (2004)
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<Tale of a City> Seoul International Eco Film Festival : SIEFF (2004)
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<Untold Scandal> Edinburgh International Film Festival (2004)
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<Untold Scandal> Osian's - Cinefan, Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema (2004)
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<Untold Scandal> Berlin International Film Festival (2004)
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<Untold Scandal> Deauville Asian Film Festival (2004)
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<Untold Scandal> New Directors/New Films Festival (2004)
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<Untold Scandal> Seattle International Film Festival (2004) - Contemporary World Cinema
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<Untold Scandal> Shanghai International Film & TV Festival (2004)
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<Untold Scandal> Sydney Film Festival (2004) - Contemporary World Cinema
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<Untold Scandal> The Blue Dragon Awards (2003)
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<Untold Scandal> The Blue Dragon Awards (2003)
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<Untold Scandal> The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (2003) - Best Actress
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<Untold Scandal> The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (2003) - Best Music
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<Asako In Ruby Shoes> Kaohsiung Film Festival (2001)
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<An Affair> Chunsa Film Festival (1999) - Best Actress