Mon, Apr 14, 2025 | 7:30pm PT
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Ted Mann Theater
As a community partner for this screening, GYOPO was given the opportunity to invite Director Justin Kim WooSǒk to introduce Barking Dogs Never Die and offer audiences context and background on the film and director.
Bong Joon Ho’s feature debut is the perfect gateway into the director’s cinematic imagination, which is realized by his rigorous examination of every character and his exploration of the numerous possibilities and encounters presented in the narrative. Barking Dogs Never Bite is centered around an unemployed academic and his satirical battle against barking dogs in his apartment building. In the film, dogs serve as a metaphor for the director’s exploration of human nature, by unearthing the characters’ true emotions and moral dilemmas while exposing their inherent darkness and absurdity.
2000 | 110 min | South Korea | Color | Korean | 35mm
DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho
WRITTEN BY: Bong Joon Ho, Son Tae-woong, Song Ji-ho
WITH: Lee Sung-jae, Bae Doona, Byun Hee-bong, Go Soo-hee
Guidance by Dokkaebi Fire and Other Works by Justin Jinsoo Kim followed by conversation moderated by Hyesung ii
Monday, November 11, 2024
REDCAT
631 W 2ND ST
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
8:00 PM – 9:30 PM PST
A series of four short films by emerging filmmaker Justin Jinsoo Kim employing experimental animation to collide memories, mediums, and myths. His recent film 귀화전도 / Guidance by Dokkaebi Fire engages the varied resonances of the Japanese occupation era of Korea with archival photos of scientific studies of Koreans and their physical attributes, severed Buddha statues, and ancient mythical references. The Far and Near / 멀고 가까운 곳 interlaces two historical anecdotes: the 1995 astronomical project of the Hubble Telescope and the 1447 painting by Ahn Gyeon that captured the mystical dream of Prince Anpyeong from the Chosun Dynasty. Kim examines the “the far and near” images through printing, transforming, and distorting the photos from the NASA Image and Video Library. The Exhausted / 소진된 인간 explores the concept of “exhausting the possible” within the time and space in stop-motion animation form. Personality Test / 심리테스트 departs from a standard personality test found on the internet and private memories, reconstructed through photographs and sound manipulation.
The program includes a post-screening conversation with Justin Jinsoo Kim and Hyesung ii, Manager of Film Program at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
List of Films
Guidance by Dokkaebi Fire (2024), 19 min.
The Far and Near (2023), 10 min.
The Exhausted (2021), 7 min.
Personality Test (2021), 8 min.
Jumping Moments (2020), 3 min.
Healing Intergenerational Trauma through Collective Mourning in Jeju
Thursday, May 30, 2024
GYOPO
801 S. Vermont Avenue. #210
Los Angeles, CA 90005
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PST
Join us for an evening with psychotherapist and Somatic Experiencing Trauma Practitioner, Heesun Kim (PhD, LCSW, SEP), and filmmaker and writer, Grant Hyun, who are collaborating on a documentary feature film that traces the connections between practices of shamanism on Jeju Island and intergenerational trauma stemming from the Jeju 4.3 massacre.
They will share footage and speak about their process of filming on Jeju Island this Spring where they interviewed first and second generation survivors, journalists, scholars, and writers who helped uncover long-suppressed truths, and shamans who have been instrumental in processing the grief and trauma that continues to affect the island and its people to this day.
The Jeju Massacre, referred to in Korea as 사삼 (4.3), resulted in the killing of 30,000 civilians from April 3rd, 1948 until 1954. The massacre was followed by decades of government denial and severe repression of the victims and their families. Heesun and Grant will engage the audience in an interactive conversation about their experience of the Jeju shamanic culture, which provides a portal of community healing by unearthing long-suppressed grief and fostering spiritual connections with ancestors through collective mourning.
Please be advised that this event will be photographed and filmed and that GYOPO may use such photos and videos in print and online, including in social media. By RSVPing and attending this program, it signifies your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded.
Hayoun Kwon: Virtually Real
Presented by Los Angeles Filmforum and GYOPO
Sunday, December 10, 2023
7:30 PM PST
2220 Arts + Archives
2220 W. Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Filmforum and GYOPO are thrilled to welcome internationally acclaimed media artist Hayoun Kwon to present her immersive digital animation work in her first solo screening in Southern California. Originally from South Korea, Paris-based Kwon employs numerous tools – including first-person game engines, VR, and various forms of CG – to conjure worlds both real and imagined in a startling documentary mode that blurs the lines between evidence and speculation. Kwon is a rare artist whose dazzling visuals and technological engagement are fully matched and dimensionalized by her powerfully critical perspective and subtle conceptualizing and framing of her subject matter.
Her early breakout film Lack of Evidence (2011), conjures landscapes and spaces of uncertain stability in telling the dramatic story of a young Nigerian’s application for asylum in France. In three remarkable pieces from 2013-2015, Kwon examines the border and DMZ between North and South Korea, allowing three very different technical and aesthetic strategies to enable deep critical and poetic investigation of the implications of this highly politicized frontier. In her more recent work, her subjective and vivid documentary mode of inquiry has employed VR and interactivity as the spectator inhabits fantastic but complex landscapes of unexpected social and political resonance.
With support from the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Filmforum has been honored to commission a new work from Hayoun Kwon, and this film,The Butterfly Dream, will have its premiere in our screening, followed by an in-person discussion with Kwon and filmmaker, curator, and film preservationist, Mark Toscano.
Special Screening of Past Lives followed by a conversation with writer and director Celine Song, Greta Lee, and Teo Yoo moderated by Christine Y. Kim
Co-presented with GYOPO, A24, CAPE, and Lions Share
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
7:00 PM PST
CGV Cinemas
621 S Western Ave
Los Angeles CA
We are excited to announce that we have partnered with A24, CAPE, and Lions Share to present a private screening of Past Lives, the debut film written and directed by Celine Song. The screening will be followed by a conversation with Celine Song and actors Greta Lee and Teo Yoo, moderated by our very own GYOPO Board Director, Christine Y. Kim.
Screening 1: Friday, April 7th, 2023
7:10 PM PDT
Laemmle Royal
The Screening will begin with an introduction by Steven Yeun, followed by a Q&A with director Amanda Kim, moderated by producer Christine Oh.
Post Screening Party hosted by GYOPO and actor Steven Yeun
Screening 2: Saturday, April 8th, 2023
7:10 PM PDT
Laemmle Royal
Hosted by GYOPO, followed by Q&A with director Amanda Kim, moderated by artist Na Mira
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV traces the life and work of the avant-garde artist best known as the father of video art. Narrated by Oscar® nominee Steven Yeun. The film explores the chronicle of the life and times of Nam June Paik, a pillar of the American avant-garde in the 20th century. Widely regarded as the father of video art, who coined the phrase “Electronic Superhighway,” Paik is arguably the most famous Korean artist in modern history. Feature readings of the artist’s writings by executive producer Steven Yeun (Minari, Nope).
“Coming To You” Screening and Discussion
Co-presented with GYOPO, Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC)/Koreatown Storytelling Program, San Gabriel Valley API PFLAG, and UCLA community including Gender Studies, Center for the Study of Women/Barbra Streisand Center, Center for Korean Studies, International Institute EDI Committee, and LGBT Studies
Saturday, May 6, 2023
NAVEL
1611 S Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Coming to You (2021) is coming to Southern California in May 2023. It is a powerful, groundbreaking documentary film about two women confronting bigotry and redefining their relationship with their gay and transgender (adult) kids, made by a filmmaker working with the acclaimed queer feminist film collective, PINKS (연분홍치마). The film thoughtfully represents the work of PFLAG Korea (Parents and Families of LGBTAIQ People in Korea), an important chapter in LGBTQ activism in South Korea and beyond.
Coming to You has fostered critical conversations through international film festivals and community screenings in South Korea, though it has not yet been widely screened in the U.S. The film makes an important contribution to equity, diversity, and social justice, and it will resonate with queer and trans youth, families and allies, students, activists, and community builders and advocates throughout Southern California. For more information, see:
“I love as you are,” a short video from 2016 Korea Queer Culture Festival.
“A letter from a Korean mother to all the mothers with LGBT children” (2017)
“Parents fight for their LGBTQ children’s rights” (2020)
Join us for a screening of the film, followed by a panel discussion with guests Byun Gyu-ri, director; Nabi (Jeong Eun-ae); Vivian (Kang Sun-hwa), Sung Tse from SGV API PFLAG; KSP Youth Participant Chloe Kim Manilay, moderated by Ju Hui Judy Han, UCLA Gender Studies.
ASL interpretation and Korean/ English translation will be provided.
Information on other scrrenings here.
The Margins of Dream Language: Experimental Korean Female Filmmakers curated by Seokyoung Yang
Co-presented by Filmforum, GYOPO, and LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division)
2220 Arts + Archives
2220 W. Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90057
ASL interpretation will be provided.
Before the recent global popularity of South Korean films and dramas, the 1950s and 1960s saw the emergence of some of the most dynamic cinematic auteurs who produced such classics as Madame Freedom (1956), The Housemaid (1960), Mother and a Guest (1961), and Aimless Bullet (1961). Join us for a two-day symposium at UCLA and the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, to learn about this era, its directors, and the films that have influenced generations of Korean filmmakers thereafter.
Featured film scholars, writers, and movie critics include Christina Klein, Steven Chung, Kyung Hyun Kim, Irhe Sohn, the author Paul Fischer and legendary movie critic and translator Darcy Paquet. Nahmee Lee, Laura Ha Reizman,and Kathleen McHugh will moderate roundtable discussions. The symposium is free and takes place in person. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) tickets to the exhibition The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art will include admission to the symposium.
Day 2 Speakers: Steven Chung, Paul Fischer, Darcy Paquet, Kyung Hyunn Kim, Irhe Sohn, and Laura Ha Reizman.
Location: Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles
5505 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90036
KCCLA has a free parking lot on site.
ASL Interpretation will be available throughout the entire symposium. Please be in touch (artgyopo@gmail.com) with any accessibility needs.
All of the films that will be discussed at the symposium are available for viewing on the Korean Classic Film Youtube Channel.
This event is organized by GYOPO and co-presented with the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, UCLA Center for Korean Studies, UCLA Center for the Study of Women | Barbra Streisand Center, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Thank you to our sponsors Susan Baik and Prem Manjooran, and Document Coffee.
Before the recent global popularity of South Korean films and dramas, the 1950s and 1960s saw the emergence of some of the most dynamic cinematic auteurs who produced such classics as Madame Freedom (1956), The Housemaid (1960), Mother and a Guest (1961), and Aimless Bullet (1961). Join us for a two-day symposium at UCLA and the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, to learn about this era, its directors, and the films that have influenced generations of Korean filmmakers thereafter.
Featured film scholars, writers, and movie critics include Christina Klein, Steven Chung, Kyung Hyun Kim, Irhe Sohn, the author Paul Fischer and legendary movie critic and translator Darcy Paquet. Nahmee Lee, Laura Ha Reizman, and Kathleen McHugh will moderate roundtable discussions. The symposium is free and takes place in person. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) tickets to the exhibition The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art will include admission to the symposium.
Day 1 Speakers: Christina Klein, Travis Workman, David Scott Diffrient, Virginia Moon, Namhee Lee, Kathleen McHugh
Location: UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library
280 Charles E Young Drive North Los Angeles, CA 90095
Paid self parking is available at UCLA at Parking Structures 3 and 5.
ASL Interpretation will be available throughout the entire symposium. Please be in touch (artgyopo@gmail.com) with any accessibility needs.
All of the films that will be discussed at the symposium are available for viewing on the Korean Classic Film Youtube Channel.
This event is organized by GYOPO and co-presented with the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, UCLA Center for Korean Studies, UCLA Center for the Study of Women | Barbra Streisand Center, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Thank you to our sponsors Susan Baik and Prem Manjooran, and Document Coffee.
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