Future Shorts Seoul Autumn Season 2013
FUTURE SHORTS IS BACK!!! “Leaves are falling, and the Future Shorts Festival Autumn Season 2013 has arrived. This season we have 7 films from around the world and will be screening them at Platoon Kunsthalle, Gangnam, at 7:30pm on Nov. 16. From India comes Andrew Hinton’s documentary Amar (2011), which follows a 14-year old boy through his...
Global Seoul, Global Lives
Global Lives will soon launch a 24-hour-long film following a day in the life of a Seoul odd-job man, as part of a worldwide project aiming to bring a wider cultural understanding to its viewers. Chincha speaks to Sam J. Queen, director of the locally-shot documentary, as he talks projects, goals and some rather interesting...
Chincha Presents: Summer 2013 Future Shorts Pop-up Film Festival
So summer is here in monsoon-soaked Seoul, bringing with it flashes of lightning bolts and thunderous rapture. But not to worry. The sunshine will be back permanently soon, and if it doesn’t return we’ll be celebrating summer anyway on Platoon Kunsthalle’s fake grassy floor, while watching the newest selection of films pop-up festival Future Shorts...
6 Gripping Films from PiFan 2013 Worth Watching
This year’s Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan), in its 17th year, served up an eclectic mix of new and classic films by auteurs from varied nationalities and walks of life. Featured film series like “Urban Cult: Dark Side of the City” and “The Catcher in Korean Film: KAFA in 30 Years” confronted the audience...
At Search for Spirits on the Island of Rocks, Wind and Women
At Search for Spirits on the Island of Rocks, Wind and Women is a feature-length documentary currently in its post-production stage, created by long-term Jeju resident Giuseppe (Joey) Rossitano. The director was inspired to document the lives of local shamans, known as Jeju musok, when his original film focusing on the island’s ghost stories took...
In Pictures: Future Shorts Seoul
Our sold-out Future Shorts event happened over the weekend. We screened seven short films, chosen by the original creators of the international pop-up film festival in London. In order of appearance these were: Fishing Without Nets, The S From Hell, Marcel King of Tervuren, We’re Leaving, Candy Girl, Love Birds, and Seeds of the Fall...
Chincha Presents: Future Shorts Film Festival
If you follow Chincha on Facebook you’re probably already aware that we’ll be hosting this season’s Seoul Future Shorts Film Festival at Platoon Kunsthalle. On Saturday the 30th of March, 2013 we’ll be showing a selection of short films at the Gangnam venue, chosen by the original London-based film distributors, Future Shorts. We will screen seven...
Chincha Films: VLUF House of VANS
Here’s another addition to the Chincha Films event series: a video of the recent party crew VLUF and skate brand VANS collaboration at Daerim Warehouse near Seongsu. We filmed the event, which showcased the skate skills of some newly-sponsored South Korean boarders (plus anyone else who wanted a go), and caught some of the party...
