The film Time of Cinema has been invited to the Moscow International Film Festival.
On the 6th, the film Time of Cinema (directors Lee Jong-pil, Yoon Ga-eun, Jang Gun-jae; provided/produced/distributed by tcast) said it has been invited to the 48th Moscow International Film Festival's François Truffaut retrospective 'Roots' section.
Time of Cinema is an anthology film made up of three short films by directors Lee Jong-pil, Yoon Ga-eun and Jang Gun-jae, a cinema love letter to theaters and films that have always been steadfast friends, laughing, crying and dreaming together. It premiered for domestic audiences after being invited to last year's Busan International Film Festival, the Seoul Independent Film Festival and the Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival, and notably, during its screening at the Busan International Film Festival, President Lee Jae-myung and his spouse watched Time of Cinema and promised support for the Korean film industry, drawing attention.
The Moscow International Film Festival, held from the 16th to the 23rd, began in 1935 and is the second-oldest film festival in the world; it is Russia's largest film festival and was once counted among the world's major festivals along with Cannes, Berlin and Venice. Each year about 60,000 viewers attend and more than 300 films from over 50 countries are screened, serving as a bridgehead for the Eurasian region. Last year, director Min Kyu-dong's The Old Woman with the Knife, director Jin Mo-young's My Love, Don't Cross That River in 2015 and director Jang Joon-hwan's Save the Green Planet! in 2003—Korean films that combined artistic merit and popular appeal—were invited, and in 2017 actor Son Hyunjoo won the best actor award for Ordinary Person, gaining major attention at home.
Among them, Time of Cinema was invited to the 'Roots' section, a retrospective of François Truffaut, the French New Wave director. Nikita Mikhalkov, chairman of the Moscow International Film Festival, said, "This film, reminiscent of François Truffaut's Jules and Jim, is a notable example of contemporary directors brilliantly carrying on the traditions of film history," explaining the invitation.
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