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- A DREAM OF IRON and A GIRL AT MY DOOR Screening in Chicago
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 13, 2014
- Invited to 50th Edition of Chicago International Film Festival
For its half centenary anniversary, the Chicago International Film Festival invited a pair of acclaimed Korean films. Debuting earlier this year at the Berlin International Film Festival and in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard lineup, respectively, the documentary A Dream of Iron and the feature debut A Girl at My Door made the trip the Illinois this week as the festival kicked off on Thursday, the 8th.After picking up the NETPAC Award, which it shared with fellow Korean doc Non Fiction Dairy, Kelvin Kyung Kun PARK’s A Dream of Iron, an artful look at the steel and shipbuilding industries of Korea, has been screened at numerous high profile events such as the Toronto, Seattle and Jeonju International Film Festivals, as well as in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.Produced by LEE Chang-dong and his brother LEE Joon-dong, and directed by first-timer July JUNG, A Girl at My Door has been praised for its strong performances by KIM Sae-ron, BAE Doo-na and SONG Sae-byeok since its Cannes bow in spring. The critically acclaimed drama has screened at the Melbourne, Toronto and Busan International Film Festivals, in addition to securing a number of distribution deals to the UK and other territories.Meanwhile, the Korean short Frame Walk by JEON Ha-young will screen as part of the ‘Life Is Short’ program. The longest running film festival in the United States of America, the Chicago International Film Festival will present around 200 films until it closes the doors to its 50th edition later this month on the 23rd.
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