Author Archives: mcs2014

Memories of Over-Development

Filming started in the early 1980s and it took the director over thirty years to complete the film. Director Kidlat plays the role of Magellan’s slave Enrique, who was with Magellan when the Philippines was first discovered.

Shakespeare Must Die

A dictator sits alone in his dark mansion, grieving for his mad, dead wife, as a mass uprising rages against him. Elsewhere in a theatre, Shakespeare’s Macbeth is being staged; its scenes intercut with his flashbacks to tell the story of an ambitious general who, prompted by witches, kills the king to crown himself.

Thousand Years Old Fox

Director Shin Sang-ok, who made some of the best commercial films in the 1960s, delivers the topics of never-ending stories such as the dynamics of a ruler and subjects, and power and sex through the sentiments of a horror movie.

Utama: Every Name in History is I

A genre-blending mixture of fiction, documentary, filmic tableaus, philosophical meditation, political allegory, mythical fantasy, costume parade, dramatic enactments and film essay, this film sets into motion an inquiry into a subterranean network of issues related to myths, history, origins and power.

Vampire

Somewhere along the border of Thailand and Myanmar lives a creature called Nok Phii (Ghost Bird) or there used to. Nok Phii feeds on other animals’ blood and even attacks human beings.

Exhibition Information

SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2014: Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers Exhibition Information 2 Sep (Tue) ? 23 Nov (Sun) 2014   […]

Screening Information

SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2014: Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers Screening Information Screening Venue KOFA (Korean Film Archive) Cinematheque KOFA B1 […]

Floor Map

SeMA 1F   01 YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES 02 Jesse Jones 03 Haegue Yang 04 Complete Map of the Celestial […]

Opening

Mediacity Seoul 2014 Opening   September 1 (Mon)   Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) 1F Lobby 2pm Performance ‘Seoul Sae-Nam […]