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Korean Film Council launches special committee for sustainable growth of Korean cinema

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Official statement New plan
  • The Korean Film Council formed a 10-member committee with industry experts to address challenges facing the film sector.
  • The committee will discuss investment, audience access, finances, regulation and creative working conditions through the end of the year.
  • It will hold a public hearing on new film and video governance in the platform era on the 22nd.

The Korean Film Council has brought industry professionals into a new special committee tasked with finding a way through the crisis facing Korean cinema. The Korean Film Sustainability Committee held its first official meeting on the 1st and will operate through the end of the year.

The committee has six private-sector members and four council members. Han Sang-jun, chair of the Korean Film Council, and filmmaker Kim Jo-kwang-soo, co-head of a film policy group, will serve as co-chairs.

The launch of this special committee is a step toward building a sustainable future for Korean cinema together with filmmakers.

— Han Sang-junThe Korean Film Council chair described the purpose of the committee.

Its agenda covers the film ecosystem from creation and production to investment and distribution. Members will discuss restoring a virtuous cycle in the industry, expanding investment and access to films, improving finances and institutions, and creating better conditions for filmmakers. The council said the group emerged from a push by the council and industry representatives to strengthen communication and develop practical policy alternatives.

We will listen to the voices from the field without alteration and actively reflect them in practical policies to lead the Korean film industry’s renewed takeoff.

— Han Sang-junHan outlined how the committee should shape policy.

The committee’s first public event will be a hearing at the Korean Film Archive on the 22nd, titled “Asking About New Governance for Film and Video in the Platform Era.” It will bring film and video professionals together to discuss ways for Korean cinema to develop in a rapidly changing environment.

Han called the committee’s launch a step toward building a sustainable future for Korean cinema with filmmakers. Kim said he hoped the film industry and the council would once again become “one team” and work together to solve the sector’s problems.

I hope that, with the launch of this special committee, the film industry and the Korean Film Council will once again become one team and think together and solve problems for Korean cinema.

— Kim Jo-kwang-sooThe co-chair called for closer cooperation between industry and government.
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Originally published by Hankyoreh in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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