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| Company type | Non-profit Organization |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | |
| Owner | Mi-Jeong Lee |
| Website | cineasie.ca cineasiecreatives.com |
Ciné-Asie is a Montréal-based, non-profit Film and Media Company that seeks to explore the unique identity of Asian-Canadian media arts and artists. Its mission is to develop and create cinema that empowers people who are marginalized by [[mass media and to introduce the Asian cult and genre films to the wider public. Ciné-Asie is involved in many different projects including film contests, exhibitions and film screenings at the Cinémathèque québécoise.
In 2008, the company Ciné-Asie Creatives was established under the umbrella of Ciné-Asie. This division of the company is dedicated to the international co-production of Canadian and Asian films as well as sales and distribution of films between Canada and Asia. Ciné-Asie Creatives is currently developing a co-production feature film in cooperation with six Asian directors. In addition, Ciné-Asie Creatives acquired the Canadian distribution rights to the Korean films Breathless by Yang Ik-june and My Dear Enemy by Lee Yoon-ki.
History
Founded in 1996 as a registered company, Ciné-Asie started its activities in 1997 with the “Three Korean Master Filmmakers” event in Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver in collaboration with cinémathèques in Canada and the New York Cultural Center. Between 1998 and 2000 Ciné-Asie hosted monthly Asian and Asian-American film screenings and seminars in partnership with the Cinémathèque Québécoise in Montréal. During this time Ciné-Asie also organized Asian film events at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and published the bilingual monthly local film newsletter “QuiFaitQuoi” on Asian film and filmmakers from Canada and abroad.
In 1999, Ciné-Asie was incorporated and co-organized “Chinese Cinema, 1933-49” together with Concordia University as part of the Film Society of Lincoln. That same year Ciné Asie organized the “Amérasia International Film and Video Festival” in Montréal and started to host monthly social events for the Asian Film and Video Art Society, a support group of Asian-Canadian artists.
After a six year break Ciné-Asie resumed its work by programming and coordinating Asian-Canadian film screenings at the Asian Heritage Festival for Acces-Asie, a non-profit organization in Montréal. In addition, Ciné-Asie intensified its collaboration with the Cinémathèque Quebecoise in Montréal by organizing a retrospective of Korean Films in 2006 and of director Hong Sang-soo’s films in 2007. In 2008 Ciné-Asie also resumed its monthly Asian-Canadian film screenings presented at the Cinémathèque Québécois.
Ciné-Asie Projects
Screenings
Ciné-Asie organizes regular film screenings of Asian and Asian-Canadian films at the Cinémathèque Québécoise.
List of Screenings:
March 2009 - Chungking Express (Chongqing senlin) [1994]
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle and Wai-keung Lau
Winner of the 1997 Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign film
April 2009 - Life on a String (Bian zou bian chang) [1991]
Director: Chen Kaige
Nominated for the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Golden Tulip Award at the Istanbul International Film Festival
May 2009 - Irezumi – Spirit of Tattoo (Sekka Tomurai Zashi) [1982]
Director: Yoichi Tokabayashi
July 2009 - L’Empire Du Désir, Films Érotiques Japonais[1]
Showcase of erotic films from the genre of pinku eiga (Pink film) including films from Tetsuji Takechi, Kan Mukai, and Noboru Tanaka in partnership with Fantasia Festival
National Video Portrait Contest
Since 2008, Ciné-Asie hosts an annual Video Portrait Contest[2]. The contest is an event that provides emerging Asian and Canadian visual media artists with an opportunity to show their short films in public. The films are judged by a panel of five jury members from the professional filmmaking and visual media arts industry. In 2009, the participating jury members were:
Yung Chang , director of Up the Yangtze (2007); Germaine Ying Gee Wong, producer of Up the Yangtze (2007); Malcolm Guy, producer, director, and president of Productions Multi-Monde; Liz Ferguson, film critic for the Montreal Gazette; and François Laurent, director and president of the Cinema Students Association (CSA) of Concordia University.
The winning short films of Ciné-Asie’s second National Portrait Contest in 2009 were: Nguyen-Anh Nguyen with Mon nom est Tuan (2008); Jason Karman with State of Yo (2007); Kelly-Anne Riess with A Tall Tale (2009); and Mina Vladimir with Harvest Moon (2009.[3]
Conference on co-production
In November 2009, Ciné-Asie will host a conference on Asian-Canadian co-production that will take place in Montréal. The conference will focus on film co-production between Asia and Canada and the general promotion of international independent films. The program of the conference includes screenings, seminars, round table discussions, and Question & Answer sessions with participating film professionals.
Jeon Soo-il retrspective tour
Ciné-Asie, in cooperation with the Cinémathéque Québecoise in Montréal, will show a retrospective of South Korean director Jeon Soo-il’s feature films, including his latest film With a Girl of Black Soil (2007). The entire retrospective will be screened from November 2009 until January 2010, starting in Montréal, with stops in Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Los Angeles.
Ciné-Asie Creatives
In 2008, Ciné-Asie Creatives was established as a sister company of Ciné-Asie. The newly founded company is dedicated to sales and distribution of Asian films in Canada and Canadian films in Asia, as well as international co-production and location scouting in Quebec, Canada.
Currently Ciné-Asie Creatives is in possession of the Canadian distribution rights to three Korean Films: With a Girl of Black Soil (2007) by Jeon Soo-il, My Dear Enemy (2008) by Lee Yoon-ki and Breathless (2009) by Yang Ik-june.My Dear Enemy is set for theatrical release in March 2010, With a Girl of Black Soil will be released in January 2010 and Breathless is set for release in November 2009. Ciné-Asie Creatives is also working on two feature film co-production projects: Midnight to Four AM, and Whale. In addition, Ciné-Asie Creatives has established a cooperation with HanCinema, the largest and most comprehensive digital English database on the Korean TV and movie industry.
Ciné-Asie Creatives Projects
Sales and Distribution
Ciné-Asie Creatives started its activity in sales and distribution with the acquisition of fourteen Canadian short films intended for the circulation in Asian territories. Early 2009, Ciné-Asie Creatives acquired the North American distribution rights to South Korean director Jeon Soo-il’s fourth feature film, With a Girl of Black Soil.The film will screen in Montreal in November 2009 as part of a retrospective of Jeon’s work.
In June 2009, Ciné-Asie Creatives acquired its second film for Canadian distribution, My Dear Enemy, a feature film from the Korean director Lee Yoon-ki (Love Talks, This Charming Girl). Ciné-Asie Creatives has also acquired the Canadian rights to its third distribution title, Breathless, by first-time director Yang Ik-june.[4]
Co-Production Activities: Omnibus Feature film (Completion date: Fall 2010)
Ciné-Asie Creatives’s first co-production project is an omnibus feature film, composed of six short films each shot by six different directors from Asia or of Asian origin. Countries currently participating include Canada, Korea, and Japan.
Location Scouting
Ciné-Asie Creatives provides location scouting services to media companies from Asia while in Quebec, and from Quebec while in Asia.
References
- ^ http://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/affiche/eros_japonais.html
- ^ http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/thecinefiles/archive/2009/05/20/film-and-video-contest-friday-at-cin-233-math-232-que.aspx
- ^ http://jasonkarman.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/other-festivals/festival-news/breathless-continues-winning-streak-with-jury-prize-at-fantasia/5004183.article