Film Awards
The 9th Florence Korea Film Fest (2011,Italy)
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festiva (2011,Japan)
The 14th Busan International Film Festival (2009,Korea)
Synopsis
Back in 1905, just before the onset of the Japanese military occupation over Joseon (present day Korea), about 300 people fled to Cuba via Mexico. With hopes of returning home wealthy, they worked tenaciously at henequen farms. They established their own Korean schools and sent money back to finance the independence movements against Japan, and even eventually partaking in the revolution of Che Guevera.
At 2009, the present time, their descendants still reside in Cuba, some as well known painters, musicians and ballerinas, never forgetting their ethnic identity- “Coreano.” Set in Cuba, the home of sensuous Latin music and the Latin Salsa, cha-cha dancing, and the country of the revolution and passion; this film follows the amazing, but heartbreaking stories of the Koreans. The film explores the idea of hope, love and anxiety; and the deep longing of a people removed from their home.
Director's Note
Director's Bio / Filmography
- SONG Il-gon
Majored in Film at Seoul Institute of Art.
Studied at Polish National Film School in Lodz.
1997 [The Dream of the Clowns] 35mm, color, 18min., documentary
1998 [Liver and Potato] 35mm, color, 22min.
1999 [The Picnic] 35mm, color, 18min.
14th Fribourg International Film Festival (2000, Swiss)
6th International Short Film Festival in Drama (2000, Greece)
18th Vancouver International Film Festival (2000, Canada)
29th International Film Festival Rotterdam (2000, The Netherlands)
16th l’Alternativa, Barcelona Independent Film Festival (2000, Spain)
48th Melbourne International Film Festival (1999, Australia)
Opening Film, 5th Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (1999, USA)
4th Pusan International Film Festival (1999, Korea)
Grand Jury Award, Short Competition, 52nd Cannes Film Festival (1999, France)
2001 [Flower Island] 35mm, color, 126min.
Era New Horizons Film Festival (2004, Poland)
Special Mention, Fipresci Award, 16th Fribourg International Film Festival (2002, Swiss)
Closing Film, 6th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (2002, Canada)
4th Buenos Aires International Film Festival (2002, Argentina)
18th Cinema Novo Festival (2002, Belgium)
51st Melbourne Int‘l Film Festival (2002, Australia)
NETPAC Award, 25th Göteborg International Film Festival (2002, Sweden)
31st International Film Festival Rotterdam (2002, The Netherlands)
Best Film Award, 2nd TOKYO FILMeX (2001, Japan)
58th Venice International Film Festival (2001, Italy)
New Currents Award, Fipresci Award, Audience Award, 6th Pusan International Film Festival (2001, Korea)
2004 [Spider Forest] 35mm, color, 113min.
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival (2006, The Netherlands)
23rd Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (2005, Belgium)
Fantasia Film Festival (2005, Canada)
29th Hong Kong International Film Festival (2005, Hong Kong)
54th Melbourne International Film Festival (2005, Australia)
16th Palm Springs International Film Festival (2005, USA)
14th Philadelphia International Film Festival (2005, USA)
52nd San Sebastian International Film Festival (2004, Spain)
15th San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (2004, Spain)
5th Tokyo FilmEx (2004, Japan)
29th Toronto International Film Festival (2004, Canada)
2005 [Feathers in the Wind] 35mm, color, 80min.
41st Pesaro Film Festival (2005, Italy)
2005 [The Magicians] 35mm, color, 96min.
5th New York Asian Film Festival (2006, USA)
Film Festival Locarno (2005, Switzerland)
6th Tokyo FilmEx (2005, Japan)
2009 [Dance of Time] HD, color, 92min.
9th Florence Korea Film Fest (2011, Italy)
14th Pusan Int’l Film Festival (2009, Korea)
2011 [Always] D-Cinema, color, 108min.
Opening film, 16th Busan Int’l Film Festival (2011, Korea)
2012 [Forest of Time] 96min., documentary
Staff
Director : SONG Il-gon
Production : TheunDa Pictures
In cooperation with Prime Entertainment
World Sales : INDIETORY Inc.
Executive Producer : Stanley KWAK, LEE Chun-jae
Co-executive Producer : Francis LIM
Producer : Susan CHAE
Cinematography : PARK Young-jun
Editor : LEE Se-hoon
Music Director/Original Music : BANG Jun-suk
Sound Supervisor : LEE Seung-yup
Scripter/Making Film Editor : PARK Su-jin
Cuba Line Producer : Jose Ariosa Perez
Narrator : LEE Hana, JANG Hyun-sung
Cast
Timoteo Kim Rodríguez
Cristina Chang Kim
Cecilio Pak Kim
Alicia de la Campa Pak
Dianelys Jo Dominguez
Pasiona Pak
Jorge Kim Cho
