30Jun
Jeonju IFF 2025 KCrush Interview with ‘Ulysses’ Filmmaker Uwagawa Hikaru
Is there any singular moment in our lives that is ever truly without meaning? In his debut feature film Ulysses, Japanese filmmaker Uwagawa Hikari seeks to find this out through seemingly random improvised sequence of events and discussions... Read More
9Jun
Jeonju IFF 2025 – KCrush Interview with ‘Sumbisori’ Filmmaker Lee Eun-jung
For her debut feature film Sumbisori, writer and director Lee Eun-jung uses the unique culture and community of Korea’s famed Haenyeo, to explore the strained relationship between a daughter, Hae-jin (Lee Sun-bin), and her mother Ok-ran (Seo... Read More
26May
Jeonju IFF 2025 – KCrush Interview with ‘Winter in Sockho’ Director Koya Kamura
Based on the 2016 award-winning novel “Winter in Sokcho” by Elisa Shua Dusapin, filmmaker Koya Kamura’s adaption and debut feature film, is a quiet introspection on what identity, beauty, and self-confidence looks like in modern day South... Read More
12May
Jeonju IFF 2025 – KCrush Interview with ‘Mistress Dispeller’ Director Elizabeth Lo
For her second feature length film Mistress Dispeller, documentarian Elizabeth Lo follows a wife, her husband, his mistress, and the dispeller, the woman hired to cast out the mistress like a spell created to break the fragile bonds of marriage.... Read More
27Nov
REEL Asian 2024 – KCrush Interview with ‘Pierce’ Filmmaker Nelicia Low
For her debut feature film Pierce, writer and director Nelicia Low (Freeze, Let Her Eat Cake) took a look back to her past a member of the national Singapore fencing team, and her curiosity at the complicated relationship between her and her... Read More
25Nov
Ulju Mountain Film Festival 2024 (“UMFF’) 2024 – KCrush Interview with ‘All the Days’ Filmmaker Heo Sung-wan.
Written and directed by Heo Sung-wan, All the Days feels like a series of snapshots of the ordinary days in the lives of three 20-something young people trying to figure out what the next steps in their lives are. All the Days which had its world... Read More
19Nov
Reel Asian 2024 – KCrush Interview with ‘Lucky Star’ Filmmaker Gillian McKercher and Actor Andrew Phung
“Luck is what you make of it” is a saying that has been around for generations to describe the work people have to put into to turn situations in their favor, and perfectly encapsulates the dilemma father and reformed... Read More
16Nov
Reel Asian 2024 – KCrush Interview with ‘Exclusion: Beyond the Silence’ Filmmaker Keira Loughran
Toronto Reel Asian 2024 KCrush Interview With ‘Exclusion: Beyond The Silence’ Filmmaker Keira Loughran On July 1st, 1923, the Mackenzie King, the current Prime Minister of Canada signed into law the Chinese Immigration Act of... Read More
11Nov
Minikino 2024 KCrush Interview With ‘Sukoun, (Amplified)’ Filmaker Dina Naser
In her short film Sukoun (Amplified) which screened in the Boundaries program of the 2024 Minikino Film Week 10 of the Bali International Film Festival, Palestinian-Jordinian filmmaker Dina Naser brings draws attention to the... Read More
11Nov
Minikino 2024 KCrush Interview With ‘Purusa: Wedding Sacred’ Filmaker I Made Suniartika
‘The more society progresses, the more it seems to stay the same and even regress, and always at the expense of girls and women’, is just one of the many observations Indonesian student filmmaker I Made Suniartika makes in... Read More
30Oct
TIFF 2024 KCrush Interview with ‘The Gesuidouz’ Filmmaker Kenichi Ugana
Why is this so frustrating?!” is a question I ask myself every time I sit down to write a piece for publication. The angst of the creative process is exasperating, energy consuming and… well, fun. Once you’ve gotten into... Read More
8Jun
JeonjuIFF 24 – Interview with Namkoong Sun Director of ‘Time to Be Strong’
“All that glitters isn’t gold” Is a phrase I often heard growing up to describe how people can project an outward appearance of perfection while behind closed doors their lives would be anything but perfect. In her second feature film Time... Read More
28May
JeonjuIFF 24 ‘Voices’ Interview with Filmmaker Jee Hye Won
There is strength in silence when the silence becomes your testimony of what is too difficult to speak aloud. In director Jee Hyewon’s latest documentary VOICES, which screened in the Korean Cinema program of the 2024 25th Jeonju International... Read More
20Oct
KCrush BIFF23 – Interview with Park Sun Young Programmer for Asian Cinema, Busan International Film Festival
In this interview, Carolyn speaks with Park Sun Young, Programmer of Asian Cinema at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), about the importance of promoting Asian cinema at international festivals for local and visiting international... Read More
24Apr
