October 24-26, 2013 The 7th Korean American Film Festival New York - check this out!

[Juyeon JC Rhee]

Dear dongmuz, family and friends,  

Nodutdol is a community partner for the 7th Korean American Film Festival https://www.facebook.com/events/654847381221631 and will be tabling on the opening night on October 24, 2013, Thursday - for Memory of Forgotten War at Village East Cinema, 189 2nd Ave  New York, NY 10003 (212) 529-6998.  

Notdutdol members can receive a $2 discount off tickets by entering the promo code 'Friend' at checkout here: http://kaffny2013.eventbrite.com/

Especially, we recommend these two films, 

Memory of Forgotten War (October 24, 2013, Thursday, at 8:00 pm) 

Documentary directed by Deann Borshay Liem and Ramsey Liem

https://www.facebook.com/MemoryofForgottenWar & 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXFSGf7FDQI

See show info and buy tix - http://kaffny.com/memory-of-forgotten-war-seeking-haven-opening-night/

From award-winning filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem (First Person Plural; In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee) and Ramsay Liem, professor emeritus at Boston College, comes a powerful new documentary about that watershed event. Memory of Forgotten War follows the stories of four Korean Americans who witnessed firsthand the war’s devastation and its aftermath. Drawing on the oral history collection of Still Present Pasts: Korean Americans and the Forgotten War, a multimedia exhibit directed by Professor Liem, this documentary is the first to tell about the experiences of Korean civilians who later immigrated to the United States. The memories recounted here challenge the historical amnesia that has long characterized America’s popular understanding of the so-deemed unknown war, and serves as a cogent reminder that for survivors and their families, it has remained anything but forgotten.

The Other Side of the Mountain (October 26, 2013, Saturday, at 9:00 pm)

During the Korean War, a young North Korean nurse saves a wounded South Korean soldier who has been left behind during battle, and the two eventually fall in love. The two lovers are separated by war and national division, and the young man spends the rest of his life trying to reunite with his lover. That's the story of "The Other Side of the Mountain" - the first North Korean film ever made by a U.S. citizen - screening at the Korean American Film Festival on Saturday, October 26. APF sat down with producer and co-director Joon Bai about his inspiration and the process of making the film.

Listen to the interview - http://asiapacificforum.org/show-detail.php?show_id=325

See show info and buy tix - http://kaffny.com/the-other-side-of-the-mountain/

Festival highlights for this year include:

-- KAFFNY's inaugural Visual Arts section, featuring artists who work in film, video, and new media in a two-part exhibition at the Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery

-- our one-of-a-kind KAFFNY Incubator Program, featuring the best in upcoming Korean American filmmaking talent

-- our opening night presentation on Oct. 24, featuring the East Coast premiere of SEEKING HAVEN and a special screening of Deann Borshay Liem and Ramsey Liem's MEMORY OF A FORGOTTEN WAR (followed by an opening night party at Fat Buddha)

-- our spotlight Shorts Competition Program to open for CJ Entertainment's PLUTO on Oct. 25

-- our closing night screening of THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN - the first U.S.-North Korean co-production shot entirely in North Korea and featuring a North Korean cast and crew - on Oct. 26 (followed by a closing night party at Le Bar Midi Bistro)

Check out the program and see you there!  

(please share with friends & let us know if you are coming.  We would like to track down how many people on our list are coming) - reply to nodu...@nodutdol.org.)