JEONJU Intl. Film Festival

10th

Opening Film

Show Me the Money

Director_ KWON Jong-kwan, KIM Sung-ho, KIM Young-nam, Kim Eun-kyung, NAM Dajeung, YANG Hea-hoon, Yoon Seong-ho, LEESONG Heeil, Chegy, CHOE Equan

Korea 2009 110min HD Color feature Fiction

Review

[COIN BOY] Directed by KWON JONG KWAN

This film is led by a secondary school boy who collects coins in a huge glass jar. He collects coins while whishing his naive dreams to be true. However, he fails to get what he was hoping to buy, and he uses the coin jar as killing method.

[PENNY LOVER] Directed by KIM SUNG HO

A woman in her 30´s receives a cent from her sex-partner who is younger than she is. After having to hear from him that he is seeing someone, she is going to end this relationship. What should she do with the cent given?

[HUNDRED NAILS AND A DEER ANTLER] Directed by KIM YOUNG NAM

To get paid in arrears, a female factory laborer visits a president of a factory which has been closed down for months. All of a sudden, their conversation starts to face where it didn´t intend to; the one who to get paid and another one who to pay humorously unveil an appealing present situation.

[SAW] Directed by KIM EUN KYOUNG

Hardware store guy about to close the store after such a long day, but a woman just happens to enter the store and look for a saw.

[A TIP FOR CIGARETTES] Directed by NAM DA JEUNG

A news reporter came to the park to cover the teenagers asking homeless people to buy them cigarettes. The reporter asks a favor to a smoker teenage girl, and she does not seem to reject….

[SITCOM] Directed by YANG HAE HOON
In a booth at the dub, two men dressed in Indian costumes enjoy ‘the last supper’ as they planned. In the next booth, Moon Kyeong-mi, the blue-blooded girl is playing with action heroes. As everyone gather around behind stories and the wirepuller reveal.

[NEO LIBERAL MAN] Directed by YOON SEONG HO

Gosiwon (low-priced apartment type building in Korea) manager Lim Kyeong-up wins lottery over a year in a row, earning 4000 billion won. Tremendous amount of money that Lim just obtained starts to cause trouble.

[ANXIETY] Directed by LEESONG HEE IL
Desperate lives of a family who just lost jobs and 100 million won for stock market crash...

[FASTEST MAN IN THE WORLD] Directed by CHEGY
The useless and useful day in the life of a homeless person, the fastest walker without even putting his feet on the ground.

[LIVE OUR LAST WORDS, LIVE] Directed by CHOE EQUAN

Two guys air the video of them committing suicide to let the world realize their innocence.

CREDIT

DirectorKWON JONG KWAN

DIRECTOR

KWON Jong-kwan

Born in 1972. Graduated from Kyung Hee University, and majored in Korean literature. He also was part of film research society
Shadow Play. His feature films are Sad Movie(2005), S Diary(2004) and his short films are Secret Tears(2000), 28th October
1979, A Sunny Sunday(1999)

KIM Sung-ho

Born in 1970, Korea. Studied Architectural Design at Yonsei University in Korea. Film Production at Brooklyn College / City of
University of New York and Master of Arts in Media Studies at New School University in New York, USA. His feature films are
Into The Mirror(2003), Happy Birthday in Fantastic Parasuicides(2007), Treasure Island in One Shining Day(2005) and short films
are Chase(2001), Home Video(2000), I the Eye(1999), Mirror(1998), Ketchup Story(1997).

KIM Young-nam

He graduated from Ajou University majoring in computer Science before film school. And he also earned his BFA in filmmaking/
directing at the Korean National University of Arts (KNUA). His feature film Boat(2009) is opening soon nation wide in
Korea and he also directed Don’t look back(2006) and his short pieces are A Bowl of Tea (2005, short) I Can Fly To You But You...
(2001, short) Down Memory Lane (2000, short)

Kim Eun-kyung

Graduated from Japanese Department of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Acted in Japanese NHK documentary Korea-Japan cultural exchange mission in Joseon Dynasty(2002)and Korea-Tsushima Strait(2003). After coming back to Korea, she directed independent films and documentary as well. She is famous for many netizens with The Death of a Newspaperman(2008), which reveals the hidden side of
some giant press company in the candlelight demonstration.

NAM Dajeung

Born in 1980. She graduated from School of Film, TV and Multimedia in Korea National University Of Arts. Her films including Where Has My Sooni Gone (2003), Good-Bye Daddy (2005), and Children Of Old Days (2007) have been presented in many international film festivals including Tempere, Greece, Chile, Pusan Film Festivals.

YANG Hea-hoon

Born in 1979. Graduated from Seoul Institue of the Arts. He directed shorts The Swaying Boat(2004), Missing People(2005). His short film My Dear Rosseta(2007) was invited to Cannes in competition. His first feature film Who’s That Knocking at My
Door?(2007) got attention from both critics and viewers.

YOON Seongho

He directed films such as Milkyway Liberation Front (2007), Read My Lips (2010), Dr. Jump (2010), Lily Fever (2016), Top Management (2018), and Political Fever (2021).

LEESONG Heeil

Born in 1971. Short film, Leesong Heeil has directed lots of films including Sugar Hill(2000) and Good Romance(2001), the omnibus film, La Traviata(2004), and so forth. His feature films, No Regret(2006) and White Night(2012) has been invited in many international film festivals. In 2009, he participated in Short!Short!Short! project in JIFF.

Chegy

Born in 1971. He studied physics in Kyung Hee University and got BA. Year 2004 he directed feature film Fade Into You. He also directed many short films Index4-Honghakcybernetics (2006), Index3 - A Tongue, Not To Get Rigid (2003), Index2 - Into Your Eyes My Faith Remains (2003), Into Your Eyes My Faith Remains (2003), Rest In The Light (2002), Index1- Stained (2001).

CHOE Equan

He began his film career in 1994. He directed Whispering Corridors 4 (2005), Life is Cool (2008), Show Me The Money (2009), Mama (2011), If I were You (2016), and roooom (2018).