FILM PROGRAM
 
World Music Film Today
Cine Symphony
  Music In Sight
  Theme & Variation
  Korean Music Film Today
  Jecheon Film Music Award Special
  Family Fest
  Music Short On Track
   
 
* Family Fest
 
The‘Family Fest’is perhaps the section which truly reflects JIMFF’s vision to create a family friendly recreation film festival. Accordingly, popular films that can be enjoyed by all generations are selected for the showcase. Films such as JIMFF’s Festival Director and music director himself, Cho Sung-woo’s Japanese collaboration, 10 Promises to My Dog and The Friends in which veteran actor, Oh Hyun-kyung gives a superb performance are among the line-up that will make this summer an entertaining and memorable one for all families visiting the festival.

 
The Friends
South Korea  l 2007 l 104min l Feature  l Lee Young-jae
Ye-joon, Dong-hee and Young-tan are six-graders who share the desire of seeing a dead body. They begin a stake out outside the house of an elderly man who is rumored to die soon. Ten days pass but the old man shows no signs of dying and to make matters worse, he orders the boys around. But through this exchange, the boys become close with the old man. The day before the boys return from soccer camp, they call the old man who asks them what they would like to eat. Filled with the anticipation of seeing the old man and eating grapes they said they wanted to eat, they head for the old man’s house...
 
 
 
Mozart in China
Austria , Germany, China l 2008 l 90min l Feature  l Bernd Neuburger, Nadja Seelich
Two young boys discover an ancient Chinese art shadow play during a summer holiday from Austria to the Hainan Island on the southern tip of China. A puppet called Mozart tags along. With the help of her granddaughter Lin Lin, Grandfather restores his shadow theater. A friendship develops between Danny and Lin Lin, and Mozart falls in love with the beautiful shadow princess. Every day is exotic and adventurous for the kids as they wait for a shadow play to be staged, however, a catastrophe arrives when the loan shark comes knock at Grandfather’s door.
 
 
 
Summer Days with Coo
Japan  l 2007 l 138min l Feature Animation l Hara Keiichi
One day, Koichi picks up a large stone which turns out to be a baby “Kappa”(A Japanese mythical water creature), and names it “Coo”. Koichi and Coo become good friends and Coo starts living with Koichi’s family. However, Coo could not adjust to the life style in Tokyo and misses his own kind. On a hot summer day, Koichi and Coo decide to go on an adventurous road trip to find more Kappas.
 
 
 
10 Promises to my Dog
Japan  l 2008 l 117min l Feature  l Motoki Katsuhide
One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it“ Socks”after the paws which looked like they had white socks on. Wherever Akari would go, Socks will follow. Akari would take care of Socks, and also Socks heeled Akari’s sadness to recover from her mother’s death.