On Feb. 1, the Korean Cultural Center inwards Arab Republic of Egypt (KCC) arranged to host its showtime Korean animation show, which presented the Egyptian audience amongst nine animated brusque movies, most of which had won prizes at the Seoul International Cartoon together with Animation Festival (SICAF) over the past times 3 years or so.
Under the mention SICAF inwards Standard Arabic together with amongst an audience made upwardly of Laila Fakhry, the caput of cartoon together with animation at the Higher Cinema Institute of Egypt, together with Park Jae Yang, managing director of the KCC, the resultant began past times watching the nine brusque movies. Then the audience had a small-scale opened upwardly give-and-take amongst Fakhry together with Park virtually what they mean value virtually the Korean animation manufacture together with the divergence betwixt it together with the Egyptian one.
The fence was rattling interesting together with at that spot was a lot of interaction betwixt the audience, Fakhry together with Park, who explained the importance of animated films today equally a link betwixt dissimilar countries.
Among the audience was also Attia Adel Khairy, an Egyptian managing director of animated films, who had the next question.
"We know that animation films are rattling special where each managing director expresses their feelings. Where attain they divulge them inwards Korea? Do they get got a large audience? Finally, who produces them: cultural centers, production companies, special companies?"
Park was the ane who answered this question, maxim that immature people today no longer get got much involvement inwards the traditional sciences, similar political scientific discipline or the humanities, but inwards technological sciences. That's why they get studying IT, online comic strips together with animation. These "sciences" tin forcefulness out instruct them ideas, styles together with dissimilar techniques. As for these techniques, specially inwards animation, inwards Korea at that spot are specialized schools, such equally universities, where people tin forcefulness out larn these techniques that usually accept betwixt ii or 3 years.
One fellow member of the audience asked Fakhry, "Why attain Korean animation films non get got a unique style, similar American movies or Japanese anime?"
The respond was, "The large schools inwards the U.S. together with French Republic get got rattling large distribution companies, together with then they must all hold upwardly of the same style. The role of these companies is non-artistic, but commercial. Therefore, the agency to sell them, to a greater extent than oftentimes than non commercial measures, must hold upwardly the same. While Korean animation is to a greater extent than artistic together with creative, together with equally its directors are non obliged to follow the same patterns, experience gratis to expect for proficient function inwards this surroundings together with present it to other people."
As nosotros pointed out earlier, the KCC has chosen nine films to opened upwardly the door to the globe of animation inwards front end of the Egyptian public. The films don't get got similar styles or designs, but aim to instruct the populace virtually diverseness together with to satisfy all tastes.
The films are listed below.
"The Forks With Spiky Hands." Director Kim Tak-hoon. Audience Choice at SICAF Online category. SICAF 2015
"The Empty." Director Jeong Dahee. Grand Prize at Short Films category. SICAF 2016
"Afternoon Class." Director Oh Sea-Ro. Jury Special Prize at Student Films. SICAF 2015
"The Struggle." Director Han Byeol Kang. SICAF Audience Prize at Special Competition category. SICAF 2016
"Johnny Express." Director Woo Gyeong-min. SICAF Choice at Special Competition category. SICAF 2015
"The Hot Rain is Falling Down." Director Kim Bom. Best Korean Film at Special Competition category. SICAF 2016
"Man on the Chair." Director Jeong Dahee. Grand Prize at Short Films category. SICAF 2015
"Edward." Director Byun Soo-Young. Netizen Choice at SICAF Online category. SICAF 2014
"Camping Cook." Director Luna Ji Min. SICAF 2014
The Seoul International Cartoon together with Animation Festival (SICAF) is a special resultant held inwards Seoul together with representing Asia. In 1995, it began equally a small-scale resultant for animation together with inwards 2005 received certification equally an official fellow member of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA). Its program, which consists of a contest together with an invitation program, has been introducing a kind of plant that expand the land of animation.
Films at the festival are divided into the next categories.
Feature Films
Short Films
Student Films
SICAF Kids
SICAF Online
Special Competition
By Wessam Attia, Yara Elesh
Korea.net Honorary Reporters
Photos: Wessam Attia
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