In Korea, the age of 19 marks the brink of adolescence – and in the same way, the Seoul Indie-Anifest seemed to be at a crossroads. Its programming this year looked both to the past and to the future. The special guest selection juxtaposed classic American animator Bill Plympton with a much younger contemporary, Jérémy Clapin; the film programming spilled over into more segments and now, web animation; and, in due turn, the festival turnout seemed greater in number than ever before.
Within the Korean selections of Independent Walk and First Flight, then, it is almost fitting to see the tension between past and future present in the awards. “Echo” (Kim Sangjoon), which follows a cannibalism case in the 1990s, took home the coveted “Star of Indie” Grand Prize this year. On the other hand, the speculative future of “How to get your man pregnant” (Noh Gyeong-mu) scooped the Prize for Independent Walk,...
Within the Korean selections of Independent Walk and First Flight, then, it is almost fitting to see the tension between past and future present in the awards. “Echo” (Kim Sangjoon), which follows a cannibalism case in the 1990s, took home the coveted “Star of Indie” Grand Prize this year. On the other hand, the speculative future of “How to get your man pregnant” (Noh Gyeong-mu) scooped the Prize for Independent Walk,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Last year, two animated documentaries kicked off the festival year: Jonas Poher-Rahmussen’s “Flee” at Sundance, and Lei Lei’s “Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish” (2022) a week later, at Rotterdam. It is hard to tell why exactly “Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish” faded to the background so much, however. Perhaps it was the linear storytelling of “Flee”; perhaps it was the timeliness of an Afghan refugee narrative; or, perhaps, it was simply because Sundance happened to premiere their work one week earlier than Rotterdam. Either way, “Silver Bird” has been quietly making its way around the film festival circuit since. After a series of premieres at animation festivals like Annecy and Ottawa, Lei Lei’s latest feature film touched down at Seoul’s Indie-Anifest last month, where it won the Jury Special Prize.
“Silver Bird & Rainbow Fish” screened at Indie-Anifest
“Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish” develops as an inquiry into...
“Silver Bird & Rainbow Fish” screened at Indie-Anifest
“Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish” develops as an inquiry into...
- 10/18/2023
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
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