International Women's Film Festival 12 Year in Seoul April 18

The International Women's Film Festival in Seoul kicks off its 12th edition April 8 with German drama The Day Will Come, directed by Susanne Schneider. Running for eight days at the Artreon Theater in Sinchon, west-central Seoul, the fest will screen 102 films from 27 countries under the banner “See the World Through Women’s Eyes.”


Main section New Currents presents 26 features representing the latest trends in women’s films. Included are three by Korean female directors, KWON Woo-jung’s documentary Earth’s Women, PARK Chan-ok’s award-winning second feature Paju, and KIM Jeong’s experimental drama Viewfinder.

Special highlight sections include Post-‘98 Indonesian Women’s Cinema, the newly-added Polemics section which this year focuses on ‘Maternity in Question’, a competitive Asian Short Film and Video section, and 13 new films in its annual Queer Rainbow section.

The festival will close April 15 with a screening of the winning short film. All films will be subtitled in English unless otherwise noted. The festival's website can be found at: http://www.wffis.or.kr/

Women in Film Korea, an association of female film professionals named Paju director PARK Chan-ok their choice for Female Cineaste of the Year. PARK’s sophomore feature drew wide critical acclaim when it premiered at the Pusan International Film Festival this October, winning the NETPAC prize.


Paju went on to be selected as the opening film of the upcoming International Film Festival Rotterdam, taking place Jan 27, 2010. PARK’s second feature was a labor of love that came seven years after her highly praised debut, Jealousy is My Middle Name (2002).

The award ceremony took place Dec 15 in conjunction with the two-day 2009 Women in Film Korea festival, which highlights Korean films in which women listed in the closing credits had a strong creative presence. The event was held at the Cine Cube specialty multiplex in central Seoul.

Females in Anime

Here's a new blog on the subject of Women in Cinema...Females in Anime by Mikey-San.  Maybe Hollywood could get some ideas for some new female roles reading this. "The Cheerleader", "The Genki Girl"...or maybe Hollywood already knows these.  Hear what the Japanese blogger (I hope she's a female!) has to say:

As the title says, welcome to Females in Anime! This is a blog that will take a look at the treatment of females ranging from young girls to women in many different animes. I am going to take a look at different character roles and stereotypes that females commonly take in animes through a series of different blog posts for the next couple of weeks.

Audience Award Winner at Palm Springs International ShortFest

"Dandelion Dharma", a Veronica DiPippo/Marc Aramian film, won the award for Audience Favorite Live Action Short at the 2009 Palm Springs International Shortfest. The film, written and directed by Women In Film MemberVeronica DiPippo, was a production of DiPippo's Crunch Entertainment. WIF Member Christine La Monte received credits as Producer and Executive Producer. The 2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Film Market was held from June 23-29, and is the largest short film festival and market in North America. 315 short films screened throughout the Festival along with more than 2,200 filmmaker submissions available in the film market. CLICK HERE to view the trailer. Congratulations to Veronica and Christine!