ACF
Asian Cinema Fund
Asian Network of Documentary(AND) Fund
2006 Asian Network of Documentary (AND) Fund
LIST Unnie
| Category | Dong-Eui Cinema Fund |
|---|---|
| Project | Unnie |
| Director | KYE Un-Kyoung |
| Country | Korea |
| Director's Profile | In 1994, KYE made a 16mm short film titled [I Am in the Mirror]. For a year from 1996, she directed a number of programs including [Stereotype of Asian] for PBS. With [Pansy & Ivy] (2001), she received Best Documentary Award at the Annual Daejong Film Festival, NETPAC Award at Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, `Woman Filmmaker of the Year` in the field of documentary, Best Film Award at Korean Independent Short Film Festival(current Seoul Independent Film Festival), and was aired on KBS Independent Film Theater, a national TV program. Recently made with a grant from the Ministry of Gender Equality & Family, [My Choice, Family] was the Closing Film at Independent Film Festival MADE IN BUSAN and was invited to Seoul Independent Documentary Festival and Pusan Human Rights Film Festival. |
- Synopsis
- The year of 2006 marks the second year since the sex-trafficking and prostitution prevention law came into effect. What has become of the enormous sex industry in Korean society? Where are the women inside the industry? Having been a red-light district from the days under the rule of Japanese imperialism, Wanwol-dong is Busan`s biggest gathering place of sex-trafficking and prostitution. Right next to it, there are women who reach out to the women in sex-trafficking and prostitution. Along with the activists of `Sallim,` a support NGO for the women in sex-trafficking and prostitution, these `unnies(sisters)` have started their long marathon toward no sex-trafficking and prostitution. Made possible with the existence of sex-trafficking and prostitution prevention law, we carefully ask these unnies who have been hidden behind our society about their side of the story.
- Director's Note
- [Unnie] hopes to induce a change in the public mind for prevention of sex-trafficking and prostitution and in the public awareness of women in sex-trafficking and prostitution. I will persuasively assert on why sex-trafficking and prostitution should be prevented by presenting plausible grounds through the voices of women in sex-trafficking and prostitution as well as the consulting activists who work at the very place of sex-trafficking and prostitution. Furthermore, with the combination of real-life images with animations, a sophisticated artistic effect will be attempted by expanding the form of documentary.
- Festivals
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2007 Busan International Film Festival - Wide Angle
2008 Seoul Independent Documentary Film Festival
- Still Cut
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