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SON Tae-gyum

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Graduating from Chung-Ang University, SON Tae-gyum took third place with his short film <Fly by Night> (2011) in Cinéfondation of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. After joining the Korean Academy of Film Arts, he directed <Bicycle Thief> (2012) and <In the Summer> (2012).


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Cinéfondation Selects K’Arts Short CICADA Jun 28, 2021

Yoon Daewon Film Invited to CannesThe Korean short film Cicada, from student filmmaker Yoon Daewon, has been invited to the Cinéfondation section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The short joins two other Korean features already invited to the prestigious film event, Hong Sangsoo’s In Front of Your Face and Han Jaerim’s Emergency Declaration.The 17-minute short film, which was selected from am...
KIM Min-ju’s TWENTY Invited to Cannes Student Short Competition Jul 20, 2020

The Korean short film Twenty from student director KIM Min-ju has been selected as part of the Cinéfondation lineup of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film is one of 17 student shorts invited to the competition this year and was chosen among 1952 entries. KIM’s 22-minute film follows a girl on the eve of her 20th birthday and what happens to her when she is brought to a cheap motel by friend...
BABY BESIDE ME Earns Vesoul Prize Feb 22, 2017

SON Tae-gyum’s debut film Baby Beside Me (2016), a feature length production of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) has earned the Jury Guimet Prize from the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema. The event ended its 23rd edition on Valentine’s Day this year in France. Baby Beside Me, which was the sole Korean film screened in Vesoul’s Competition section this year, debuted at the ...

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KAFA FILMS 2017 Set to Showcase Korea’s Next Generation of Filmmakers Nov 07, 2017

KAFA FILMS 2017, a special program showcasing feature films from the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), is taking place at CGV Apgujeong, CGV Myeongdong and Indieplus in the Busan Cinema Center until November 22nd. Under the slogan ‘Feature Debut Show of Promising Filmmakers’, KAFA FILMS 2017 will screen SONG Tae-gyum’s debut film Baby Beside Me and YOO Ji-young’s comedy drama Duck Town from the ...

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<OUT!> Florence Korea Film Fest (2024) - CORTO, CORTI!
<OUT!> Jeonju International Film Festival : JIFF (2024) - Special Screening: Barrier-free version
<OUT!> Seoul International Pride Film Festival : SIPFF (2023) - Korea Pride Section - Korean Shorts Non-Competition
<OUT!> Seoul Independent Film Festival : SIFF (2023) - Short Competition
<OUT!> Jeonju International Film Festival : JIFF (2023) - Korean Competition for Shorts
<Fly by Night> GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival : GISFF (2020) - Special Program: The 10th Anniversary of CENTRAL PARK FILMS
<In the Summer> Korean Film Festival in Hungary (2018) - Focus
<Baby Beside Me> Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (2017) - Competition fiction feature - Emile Guimet Prize
<Baby Beside Me> Muju Film Festival : MJFF (2017) - Window of Cinema - Jeonbuk Film Critics Forum Award
<Baby Beside Me> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2016) - Korean Cinema Today-Vision
<Baby Beside Me> Seoul Independent Film Festival : SIFF (2016) - New Choice_Invitation Films6
<In the Summer> Jeongdongjin Independent Film Festival : JIFF (2014) - Section 5
<In the Summer> Great Short Film Festival (2014) - Shorts Invitation
<In the Summer> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2013) - Wide Angle: Korean Short Film Competition - Sonje Award Winner
<Incomplete Life : Prequel> Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival : BIFAN (2013) - Vision Express
<In the Summer> Seoul Independent Film Festival : SIFF (2013) - Competition
<Fly by Night> Korea Queer Film Festival : KQFF (2012)
<Fly by Night> Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival (2012)
<Fly by Night> Frameline San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival (2012) - Short
<Fly by Night> Cannes Film Festival (2011) - Cinéfondation
<Fly by Night> Zinebi - Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films (2011) - Fiction - Silver Prize
<Fly by Night> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2011) - Wide Angle

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