The Chicago Film Society Presents: Celluloid Now Program 5 — Celluloid City Seoul
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Sunday, October 12th, at 2:30PM
Tickets: $13 at the door or in advance
The Chicago Film Society is proud to welcome you to the third edition of Celluloid Now: four days of screenings, workshops, and other events showcasing the work of analog filmmakers and artists, alongside archival rediscoveries and restorations.
Celluloid Now 2025 will take place October 9 – 12.
Program 5 — Celluloid City Seoul co-programmed by Chae Yu.
1998 (2002, Sungsuk Suk, 5 min.) — 16mm
The Dark Room (2001, Minyong Jang, 5 min.) — 16mm
The Breath (2007, Minyong Jang, 10 min.) — 16mm
Tide (2007, Jang Eunju, 8 min.) — 16mm
Footage (2015, Minjung Kim, 3 min.) — 16mm
(100ft) (2016, Minjung Kim, 3 min.) — 16mm
Count Footage (2016, Minjung Kim, 3 min.) — 16mm
Study for Three Streams (silent version) (2024, Park Kyujae, 5 min.) — 16mm
Chang Gyeong (2024, Jangwook Lee, 17 min.) — 16mm
Runtime: Approx. 60 minutes
The 21st century has witnessed the rise of small, cooperatively run film labs, and dedicated showcases for working artists still exhibiting on film (like Celluloid Now). Korean artists have been making experimental films since at least the 1960s, but for the last twenty years especially, Seoul has been home to one of the most exciting analog filmmaking scenes in the entire world. The Experimental Film & Video Festival in Seoul (widely known as EXiS) was founded in 2004, significantly expanding exhibition opportunities for artists in the city and bringing their work into conversation with the greater international film community. The same year, filmmaker Jangwook Lee opened Space Cell, a site initially designed to accommodate experimental filmmaking workshops and related screenings, which expanded in 2006 to include an artist-run film lab. These developments have been transformative for film in Seoul, providing the spaces necessary for a community to form around analog filmmaking and facilitating access to the resources necessary for artists to learn, exercise, and share related technical skills. This program brings together a sampler of 16mm films by Korean filmmakers made across this still-young century, illustrating how each wave of young artists in this scene has benefitted from the work of their analog predecessors, and subsequently built upon this foundation for the benefit of the next generation.
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