Cheonggyechoen Medley (2010)

Director/DP/Editor  Kelvin Kyung Kun Park                                 Composer  Paulo Vivacqua     Producer  Kim Kyungmi   Lee Hwa-young       Production Company  Flying Studio  Sound Mixer Chang Chul-Ho (Lead Sound) Animator Cho Hye-young  

79 min, Digital Betacam , 6mm DV, STEREO, 4:3, Color with B/W, South Korea

The existential and the industrial meet head-on in experimental docu “Cheonggyecheon Medley.” Wrapping confessional narration about his family’s history in the iron and steel business around archival footage of South Korea’s rapid industrialization program of the 1960s and contempo images of metalworkers in Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon district, first-time helmer Kelvin Kyung Kun Park has forged an arresting essay on the intersection between personal and national identity. Prospects outside niche broadcasters are minimal, but fests should take a look…… - Film Review by Richard Kuipers, Variety

[Festival]

2011 Forum, Berlin Int’l Film Festival, Berlin, Germany 2011 Hot Docs Canadian Int’l Documentary Festival, Toronto, Canada 2011 Documentary Competition, LA Int’l Film Festival, LA 2011 Planete Doc Film Festival competition, Poland 2010 Wide Angle Competition, Busan Int’l FF, Busan, South Korea

Jenn Wilson talks about
Cheonggyecheon Medley

Jenn Wilson, Programming Coordinator of LA Film Festival gives the scoop on a documentary that is both beautiful and involving; from Korea “Cheonggyecheon Medley” - featured in the documentary competition.