The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival’s (Festival Director: SHIN Chul, hereafter BIFAN) 12th Network of Asian Fantastic Films(NAFF) has confirmed the lecturers for NAFF's 2019 Fantastic Film School - the world's first educational program of fantastic films.
NAFF Fantastic Film School is a solid educational program where participants will learn about the rapidly changing film production environment through lectures from five global film industry experts and team pitching sessions. The lecturers for this year include
Mike MACARI ; Producer of <The Ring>, <The Invisible>,
Annick MAHNERT ; Producer, Acquisitions consultant and festival programmer of Screen Division and programmer of Fantastic Fest,
Kailey MARSH ; Creator of BloodList,
Barry SABATH ; Senior lecturer at AFI,
Joe YANICK ; Co-founder of Yellow Veil Pictures,
Landon ZAKHEIM ; Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival.
In addition,
Chirs LEE who has produced films such as <Valkyrie> (2009) and <Superman Returns> (2006) is invited as the dean of this year’s Fantastic Film School and will be supporting the team workshops for participants.
Alexander O PHILIPPE who opened up new horizons for Cinephile documentaries will be having a master class with his new movie <Memory: The origins of Alien>.
The Fantastic Film School will be held for 7 days from June 28 to July 4 at Bucheon Art Bunker B39; Over the 7 days, the participants will take part in a class on scenario, a master class, and workshops. They will also participate in lectures that cover a wide range of topics such as production of genre film, packaging, and sales & distribution. Through the various lectures and programs, the aim is to help creating an effective global network that will allow the participants - who are composed of promising filmmakers - to go out into the global film market.
The 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival will be open for 11 days from June 27 (Thu.) to July 7 (Sun.), with B.I.G being in session for 5 days from June 30 (Sun.) to July 7 (Sun.) in Bucheon.
2019 Fantastic Film School Lecturers (In alphabetical order)
| Name |
Company |
Career |
| Chris LEE |
- Producer
- Founder of the University of Hawaii’s Academy for Creative Media |
-Producer, WHITE FROG (2012)
-Head of Production at Columbia/Tristar Exec Producer, <VALKYRIE>(2009), <SUPERMAN RETURNS> (2006), <S.W.A.T.> (2003), <FINAL FANTASY> (2001) |
| Mike MACARI |
- Producer
- Partners at Koji Productions. |
- Producer of <Compulsion>(2016),
<The invisible> (2007), <The Ring2>(2005), <The Ring> (2002), etc. |
| Annick MAHNERT |
- Acquisitions consultant and festival programmer of Screen Division
- Programmer of Fantastic Fest
- Producer |
- Producer of <78/52>(2017), <Dearest Sister>(2016),
<Huachicolero> (2019) |
| Kailey MARSH |
- Producer
- Creator of BloodList |
- Manager, producer of Brillstein Entertainment Partners
- <Leatherface>(2017), <The Beautiful Ones>(2017),<Paranormal Activity>(2007) |
| Alexandre O PHILIPPE |
- Creative Director of Cinema Vertige and Exhibit A Pictures |
- Director of <78/52>(2017), <The People vs. George Lucas>(2010), <The Life and Times of Paul the Psychic Octopus>(2012)
|
| Barry SABATH |
- Senior Lecturer, Thesis-Development Mentor at American Film Institute |
- Executive at 21st Century Fox
- Script Editor and Executive VP at Columbia Pictures
- Professor at Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| Joe YANICK |
Co-owner of Yellow Veil Pictures |
- Co-founder of Yellow Veil Pictures
- Festival Coordinator of Visit Films
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| Landon ZAKHEIM |
- Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival.
- Co-director, co-founder of the Overlook Film Festival |
- Director of Programming at Aspen Film
- <Another Bullet Dodged>(2011), <Delmer builds a Machine>(2010)
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2019 Fantastic Film School Participants
(In Alphabetical order by nationality)
| Name |
Nationality |
| Gilson JUNIOR |
Brazil |
| Maaria SAYED |
India |
| Charles KURNIAWAN |
Indonesia |
| JUNG Suyee |
Korea |
| KIM Damin |
Korea |
| PARK Geun young |
Korea |
| SON Heui song |
Korea |
| Iskander AZIZUDDIN |
Malaysia |
| Alizeb RAEES |
Pakistan |
| Jacen TAN |
Singapore |
| CHIOU Zi-ning |
Taiwan |
| YANG Yi-Chien |
Taiwan |
| Natthaphon AMORNTUT |
Thailand |
| Sonny CALVENTO |
The Philippines |
| Kenneth DAGATAN |
The Philippines |
| Stelle LAGUDA |
The Philippines |
| Ana patricia LAPUS |
The Philippines |
| Simon MCENTEGGART |
United Kingdom |
| Katherine CHOU |
United States |
| Shanhuan MANTON |
United States |
| Nguyen XUAN TRANG |
Vietnam |