Film Awards
The 7th Iraina Young Cinema Society shor film festival (2002,Iran)
The 1st Seoul Short Animation Festival (2000,Korea)
The 5th Busan International Film Festival (2000,Korea)
The 5th Independent Film & Video Makers' Forum (2000,Korea)
Synopsis
A man is sitting in front of his computer.
Floppy-disks are flying by him outside, and he feels bored.
A human brain with wings glides within his imagination.
Soon, he gets up chased and runs away.
Director's Note
This work is the first episode of omnibus animation [MIMESIS TV]
It represent the fantasy about relationship between media and human.
Man made the media for better life, but he could be the slave of it.
Director's Bio / Filmography
- CHON Seung-il
Born 1965 in Seoul, Korea
Graduated from Fine Arts College at Seoul National University
Graduated from Graduate School of Culture and Fine Arts Dong-guk University
Chief Director of Studio MIMESIS
Professor of Dong-nuk University
1994 [Tomorrow Human] short animation
Special Prize, Seoul Int'l Cartoon & Animation Festival (1995, Korea)
1995 [Pencil Story 1, 2] short animation
Seoul Int'l Cartoon & Animation Festival (1995, Korea)
1995 [Conscientious Prisoners in South Korea] short animation
Special Exhibition Program of Gwang-ju Biennale (1995, Korea)
1st Seoul Int'l Human Rights Film Festival (1996, Korea)
1996 [Circulation] short animation
Special Prize, Seoul Int'l Cartoon & Animation Festival (1996, Korea)
1st Pusan Int'l Film Festival (1996, Korea)
43rd Int'l Short Film Festival Oberhausen (1997, Germany)
Singapore Animation Fiesta (1998, Singapore)
1997 [We Love You] short animation
IndieForum, Independent Film & Video Makers' Forum (1998, Korea)
3rd Seoul Int'l Human Rights Film Festival (1997, Korea)
2000 [Mimesis TV - Episode 1]
Focus on Korea, 7th Int'l Short Film Festival of Iranian Young Cinema Society (2002, Iran)
IndieForum, Korean Independent Film & Video Makers’ Forum (2000, Korea)
Wide Angle, 5th Pusan Int’l Film Festival (2000, Korea)
Seoul Short Animation Festival (2000, Korea)
American Digital Arts Festival (2000, Korea)
2003 [Cosmic Tree] short animation
2004 [Cold Blood] music video
2006 [Where Did Poo Go?] short animation
2007 [Memory of May] DV 6mm, color/b&w, 26’14”
Wide Angle, 13th Busan Int’l Film Festival (2008, Korea)
10th Seoul Int’l Youth Film Festival (2008, Korea)
Opening Film, 33rd Seoul Independent Film Festival (2007, Korea)
2009 [Yesanjok Animation Project] DV 6mm, color, 13min.
10th Seoul International NewMedia Festival (2010, Korea)
Competition, 10th Syracuse Int'l Film Festival (2010, USA)
IndieForum, Independent Film & Video Makers’ Forum (2010, Korea)
Competition, 35th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2009, Korea)
5th Indie-AniFest (2009, Korea)
Staff
Director: CHON Seung-il
Production: Studio MIMESIS
Animator: JANG Young-ja, JIN Hee-yeon,CHANG Hyung-yun, CHUNG Hye-yoon
Sound:YOO Doo-sung
