New Currents
- Opening Film
- International Feature Competition
- Korean Feature Competition
- Asian Shorts Competition
- I-Teens Competition
- New Currents
- Polemics: Sexual Politics of 'Room'
- Special Screening of Polish Women's Cinema
- Memorial Screening for Agnès Varda & Barbara Hammer
- Queer Rainbow
- Korean Film 100 Years: Women’s Faces in Korean Cinema
- 30th Anniversary of Parituh: the First Korean Women Filmmakers' Collective
- 10th Anniversary of Pitch&Catch
- Documentary Ock Rang Award Film
- Barrier Free Screening
- Feminist Activism Workshop
The New Currents section showcases films made by female filmmakers made in the past 1-2 years to explore the current status of women’s films and to predict future trends. This year’s lineup champions diversity. Patricia ROZEMA, a first generation director in queer cinema whose prior work has been screened at SIWFF, presents Mouthpiece, a musical comedy that centers on a lesbian couple’s preparation for a mother’s funeral. Meanwhile Marie KREUTZER’s The Ground Beneath My Feet exhibits the Austrian filmmaker’s cinematic prowess.
One of the noteworthy trends is the great progress being made by up-and-coming filmmakers who are equipping their narratives with an array of feminist discourses. Aren’t You Happy? approaches the male-oriented gaze in conventional narratives in an oppositional and reflective fashion, Searching Eva is an exploration of the multiple roles occupied by women in postmodern society, while Jessica Forever is the story of a strong leader among a group of young misfits, will all win the hearts of audiences through their new, experimental film language and bold, provocative perspectives.
Among recent feminist documentaries, one prominent characteristic is the focus on examining the medium of cinema and its history through a feminist perspective. Two notable documentaries that exemplify this trend are Delphine & Carole and Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché. Both films reveal pioneering filmmakers who don’t appear in the male-centered version of film history.
Korean female feature and documentary films are also well represented, depicting the results of the nation’s division and the history of modernization, human rights issues, and female relationships. They show the current status of women’s films in Korea.
KWON Eunsun / Deputy Director, Chairperson of Film Selection Committee
One of the noteworthy trends is the great progress being made by up-and-coming filmmakers who are equipping their narratives with an array of feminist discourses. Aren’t You Happy? approaches the male-oriented gaze in conventional narratives in an oppositional and reflective fashion, Searching Eva is an exploration of the multiple roles occupied by women in postmodern society, while Jessica Forever is the story of a strong leader among a group of young misfits, will all win the hearts of audiences through their new, experimental film language and bold, provocative perspectives.
Among recent feminist documentaries, one prominent characteristic is the focus on examining the medium of cinema and its history through a feminist perspective. Two notable documentaries that exemplify this trend are Delphine & Carole and Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché. Both films reveal pioneering filmmakers who don’t appear in the male-centered version of film history.
Korean female feature and documentary films are also well represented, depicting the results of the nation’s division and the history of modernization, human rights issues, and female relationships. They show the current status of women’s films in Korea.
KWON Eunsun / Deputy Director, Chairperson of Film Selection Committee
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YAMATO Yuki, YAMANAKA Yoko, KATO Ayaka, KANEKO Yurina, EDA Yuka, HIGASHI Kanae, IGASHI Aya, TAKEUCHI Risa, FUKUDA Momoko, YASUKAWA Yuka, SHUTO Rin, NATSUTO Aimi, SAKAMOTO Yukari, MATSUMOTO Hana, TAMAGAWA Sakura
Japan2019117DCPcolor
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Pamela B. GREEN
USA2018Korean Premiere103DCPcolor, b&w
