About
SON Kwang-Ju
b.1970, Filmmaker.
Since 2003 when she received the M.F.A. in Film/Video/New Media from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, SON Kwang-Ju(b.1970) has presented her varied short projects of both film and video, at diverse venues & international film festivals. She recently finished her first feature film Characters.
Filmography
Characters (2011, feature)
Re-Search (2008)
Apparition (2007)
Fragmentary Landscapes (2007)
Yoyogi Park (2006)
Amusement Epitome (2006)
Punk Eek (2004)
The Third Tongue (2003)
Awards & Screenings
2012 Göteborg International Film Festival (SE)
2011 Women Make Waves International Film Festival (TW)
2011 New Horizons International Film Festival (PL)
2011 Jeonju International Film Festival (KR)
2011 Festival International de Films de Creteil (FR))
2011 International Film Festival Rotterdam (NL)
2009 Vancouver International Film Festival(CA)
2009 Visions du Reel International Film Festival(CH)
2009 International Women's Film Festival in Creteil(FR)
2008 Pusan International Film Festival
2008 Jeonju International Film Festival
2008 group "Inner Lines" (Guwahati, IN)
2007 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
2008 group "Documentary Show-Diary"(Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul)
2007 ImageForum: Korean Independent Cinema (JP)
2007 Jeonju International Film Festival
2007 International Film Festival in Rotterdam: Tiger Shorts Competition
2008 group "Beyond Paradise: Performing Images in a Post-Tourism Time"(NL)
2007 Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid
The Epistle of Life
2006 Asian Film Market/NDIF(New Directors in Focus) Project
2008 IndieForum
2008 group "Documentary Show-Diary"(Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul)
2008 Berlin Asian Hot Shots (DE)
2007 Sangsangmadang Opening Festival
2007 group "KölnShow2" (DE)
2006 group "Shared History/Decolonising the Image" (NL)
2006 Syracuse International Film & Video Festival (US)
2005 Vladivostok Internationa Film Festival (RU)
2005 Frankfurt Book Fair: Focus on Korea (DE)
2005 International Short Film Festival in Drama (GR): Honorary Distinction
2005 International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen (DE)
2005 Seoul Net&Film Festival
2005 Lille Short Film Festival (FR)
2005 Image Forum: KOREAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA 2005 (JP)
2005 International Film Festival Rotterdam (NE)
2004 Festival of "Women in Film"
2004 Pusan International Film Festival : Sonje Fund Award
2004 Winner of the Subsidy Program Competition by Eastman Kodak, Korea
2008 group "Documentary Show-Diary"(Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul)
2008 group "Inner Lines" (Guwahati, IN)
2007 Sangsangmadang Opening Festival
2007 Documentair FilmPlatform (BE)
2006 group "Shared History/Decolonising the Image" (NL)
2006 Women of Color Film Festival (Berkeley, US)
2005 Frankfurt Book Fair: Special Screening about Korean Modern History (DE)
2005 Festival International de Films de Creteil (FR)
2005 Image Forum: KOREAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA 2005 (JP)
2004 Women Make Waves (TW)
2004 Seoul Experimental Film Festival
2004 IndieForum
2004 Busan Asian Short Film Festival
2004 Images Festival (CA)
2004 PDX Film Festival (US)
2004 Women's Film Festival in Seoul
2003 Seoul Independent Film Festival
2003 Pusan International Film Festival : Sonje Fund Award
2003 SAIC M.F.A. Show (Chicago, USA)
Residencies
2006-2007
- Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten / Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
- Supported by The Arts Council Korea
Education
2000-2003
- M.F.A., Film, Video and New Media
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC)
- Graduation Film: The Third Tongue
1993-1995
- M.S., Computer Science & Engineering
- Pohang University of Science and Technology(POSTECH)
- Dissertation Title: Korean Syntactic Analysis Using Neural Network and Constraint-Based Algorithm
1989-1993
- B.S., Housing and Interior Design (Minor. Computer Science)
- Yonsei University
Work Experiences
2000-2003
- Teaching Assistant(Film I, II, III, 4D)
- SAIC
1995-2000
- Manager (1998-2000)
- Web programming and administration
- DACOM Corp.
1993-1995
- Teaching Assistant (Artificial Intelligence, Programming Language)
- POSTECH