Korea’s CJ ENM has signed a partnership settlement with the Academy Museum of Movement Footage, designed to increase the presence of not simply Korean, but additionally different Asian movies and expertise, in mainstream Hollywood.
The three-year partnership settlement will see CJ ENM supporting the Museum’s applications of assorted Asian filmmakers, beginning with Oscar-winning Parasite director Bong Joon Ho’s exhibition – ‘Director’s Inspiration: Bong Joon Ho’ – which opened on March 23.
Academy Museum Director and President Amy Homma and Chief Income Officer Jenny Galante had been each in Seoul final week to debate the partnership, marking the establishment’s first official to journey to South Korea. Throughout their go to, they went to see CJ ENM services, together with its Digital Manufacturing (VP) Stage at CJ ENM Studio Heart in Paju, and the four-sided SCREENX theater at CGV Yongsan I-Park Mall.
Homma and Galante additionally met with Korean filmmakers to debate methods to strengthen collaboration with the Korean movie trade.
Bong’s exhibition is displaying over 100 authentic objects together with storyboards, analysis supplies, movie posters, idea artwork, creature designs, props and on-set pictures. The exhibition area can even characteristic a artistic workspace full of varied objects that impressed Bong’s movies.
CJ ENM, which is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary this 12 months, stated in a press release: “Since 1995, now we have labored tirelessly for 30 years to advertise the worth and standing of Korean cinema. Via this partnership, we hope to contribute to the profitable world institution of Asian creators who possess each distinctive artistry and mass enchantment.”
Homma stated: “We’re so grateful to Academy Museum Trustee Miky Lee and CJ ENM for his or her assist of the Academy Museum and dedication to showcase Korean Cinema in our galleries and programming. Director’s Inspiration: Bong Joon Ho will give our guests perception and a deepened understanding of Bong’s artistic processes, and we’re excited to proceed to share in-depth explorations of Korean tales sooner or later by way of this partnership.”
CJ Chairwoman Miky Lee has been on the Academy Museum Board of Trustees since 2019, throughout which era she has championed higher range and inclusivity and helped to raise voices of filmmakers from a variety of backgrounds.
