KWAK Yong-soo is the CEO of Korea’s premier indie film distributor Indiestory. As a core member of the non-profit group Cinematheuque Seoul Art Cinema in the early-1990s, KWAK helped give birth to the culture of cinephiles in Korea and kept introducing foreign-made masterpieces that had not found a path to Korea. His company, Indiestory, which he established in the late-1990s, was responsible for introducing Korean indie films to foreign markets and managed their copyright...More

KWAK Yong-soo is the CEO of Korea’s premier indie film distributor Indiestory. As a core member of the non-profit group Cinematheuque Seoul Art Cinema in the early-1990s, KWAK helped give birth to the culture of cinephiles in Korea and kept introducing foreign-made masterpieces that had not found a path to Korea. His company, Indiestory, which he established in the late-1990s, was responsible for introducing Korean indie films to foreign markets and managed their copyrights on other media platforms such as TV and Internet portals. Since the mid-2000s, he has produced digital omnibus feature film projects and HD feature films. He also distributed the documentary <Old Partner>, which attracted three million viewers. In 2010, he introduced the innovative indie sitcom <Read My Lips> on the Internet. Originally adapted from director YOON Sung-ho’s indie feature of the same name, the internet-sitcom was also developed into TV series which was aired through local cable network MBC Plus Media in 2012. KWAK has been attached to various film projects including <The King of Pigs>, <Penny Pinchers> and <Come, Closer>. Currently, Indiestory is in post-production of <I'm Jin-young>, an extended feature romantic comedy of a short film bearing the same name. Until now, Indiestory is still the most influential indie feature film and documentary distributor in Korea. The company is in charge of the international distribution of director O Muel’s <Jiseul>, the recipient of World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.Less