The Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) of the Korean Film Council (Chairman: KIM Se Hun) will hold a variety of events that examine new possibilities of the Korean 3D movies and the next-generation visual industry during the period of the 19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival with the opening ceremony being held on July 16, 2015. The KAFA will look back at the achievements made in 3D film production project during the past 3 years, which has been implemented since 2012. Also, there is time set aside to review various issues related to new film formats, contributing to the Korean film industry for the future.
This event carefully selected new films and major works from the 8th and 9th ‘KAFA+Next D’ project, which is KAFA’s educational program for 3D film production. Under the title of ‘3D & BEYOND’, we provided various events as follows: the ‘Forum’ where we invited experts from various fields to look at technical and industrial issues related to new films and video formats, including 3D movies, ScreenX, VR, etc.; the ‘Mega Talk’ where the production staff of a full-length omnibus film from the 8th ‘KAFA+Next D’ project, One Night Dream, is being disclosed for the first time at this year’s BiFan to share their experiences and aesthetic concerns from making 3D films; and the ‘Mega Party’ where the participants of the ‘KAFA+Next D’ project with a total of 25 films made during the past 3 years will gather together.
