KOFIC attends 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival (June 11-19) and SIFF Market (June 13-15) KOFIC holds KO-Production in Shanghai (June 13-15)

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KOFIC attends 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival (June 11-19) and SIFF Market (June 13-15) KOFIC holds KO-Production in Shanghai (June 13-15)

Jun 10, 2011

Writerby PARK Hee-sung
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Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman KIM Eui-suk) opens Korean Film Center at 2011 SIFF Film Mart (June 13-15) to promote Korean films and support international sales for Korean films and Korean post-production company's advancing to the Chinese market.

2011 Shanghai Film Mart

KOFIC opens Korean Film Center at 2011 SIFF Film Mart to intensively promote Korean films, support sales business, and build a network by attending Shanghai International Film Festival and CO-FPC.

A total of 13 Korean companies, including international sales companies and post-production companies, will be participating in Korean Film Center and they will promote Korean films (displaying posters, brochures, providing information and more), arrange business meetings for exports and contracts for post-production, and hold meetings regarding to international exchange projects and matching. On top of that, for the pre-business meeting matching program between Korean companies and Chinese companies which worked out very well last year, the center plans to provide a full of supports like arranging professional interpreters on-site. As a number of major companies including Jackie Chan International inc. have already asked meetings, so the center expects to achieve more this year.

KO-Production in Shanghai

KOFIC launches KO-Production section at CO-FPC (Co-production Film Pitch and Catch), one of the side bar events of SIFF, to support Korea-China joint production projects and inviting Chinese capital. 6 projects, selected by respective contests in Korea and China, will be announced on June 14 and individual business meeting will be held during 13-15. Especially, this year, Terence CHANG, a renowned producer of director John WOO, is appointed as a mentor for Korean projects to support.

[KO-Production in Shanghai Participant Film]

Section	Title	Participants
Korea	Fist	Julian JUNG, JUNG Jae-wook
	Legend Hero	Andy YOON, JEON Jae-hoon and more
	Watch Leaper	KIM Tae-hun, LEE Kyung-hee
China	You Never Know	GONG Yan, LIN Quan
	Fox War	SHI Ke, ZHANG Jia Bei
	Cyan Island	Robin Weng

The 14th Shanghai International Film Festival

2011 SIFF will be held from June 11 to 19 and a total of 4 Korean films, such as Come Rain Come Shine by LEE Yoon-ki, The Unjust by RYOO Seoung-wan, No Doubt by PARK Soo-young, and Pretty Romance by KIM Jeong-hoon, will be screened during the festival.

[The List of Korean Films screened at the 14th SIFF]