Chincha Films...FUTURE SHORTS

My very talented, wonderful boyfriend made a film for Chincha this week, documenting the hugely popular Future Shorts Seoul festival, a pop-up film fest at Platoon Kunsthalle, Gangnam.

Future Shorts liked it so much that they put it on their YouTube channel! 

Here it is on Vimeo, just because it's a cooler looking platform.

Images: Screenshots from the film.

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An Americano outdoors. Trying to recreate some European vibez in my hood.

The quaint boat I had to get for my trip to Muuido, a sweet island off the west coast of Korea.

A shot of the audience absorbed in one of the films at a Future Shorts Film Festival some friends of mine put on in Gangnam, Seoul.

The river in Cheongju, the city my boyfriend lives in.

A shot of the river from another angle.

A faux vintage phone at Bar 14 in HBC, an expat village in Seoul.

A popping candy Korean ice cream and a glimpse of my friend Nick.

Suwon, the city I live in, from far away.  I chose a filter which makes it look like the Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz (still one of my favourite films).

A bright green bridge in Chuncheon, North of Seoul.  This is a beautiful area.

I found these birds outside a bike shop on a dusty day.  They didn't seem to have any purpose other than as a shelf for some cardboard boxes that had been laid on top of them.

Groovy sixties style tiles at Namtaeryeong Station, slightly outside of Seoul.  I love how this feels like a futuristic shot from an old film.

Can you see the rainbow effect in the sprinklers?

The cutest coffee cup you'll ever see.

Summer clothes are finally in the shops! I've gone a little crazy with my money lately.

Meat on the BBQ. Korea has an abundance of indoor BBQ restaurants where you cook your own meat. 

Muuido at dusk.

Graffiti in Hongdae, my favourite area of Seoul.

Roses in full bloom. Summer is definitely in full swing.

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is one of my favourite novels.  None of the four screen adaptations have done it justice, but with Baz Lurhmann (Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet) at the helm of the Christmas 2012 version, I'm waiting with baited breath.

I can't help but feel doubtful at the casting of Carey Mulligan as Daisy though.  Daisy Buchanan is meant to be flighty, irresponsible, selfish and devastatingly beautiful.  Mulligan tends to play staid, plain and down-to-earth characters, so I just can't envision her in this role.

Although it would be difficult to find someone with the quality of a starlet like Mia Farrow.

Images: Grazia Daily, Stellar Magazine

Tokyo Slo-Mode

Alex Lee's homage to his hometown manages to capture a contrapuntal, surprising and vivacious impression of Tokyo by slowing down images of a city which is generally thought of as the epitome of fast-paced.  The dream-like quality this effect achieves makes me feel like I've just rediscovered a place I've never been to.

Seeing as I'm on such a Tokyo vein at the moment the crazy-amazing effects used in this video are making me want to apparate over to the Japanese capital right now.

Korea, I think we need to talk.

Tokyo Rising

This very cool Palladium Boots documentary (trailer below) on the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake is revealing, enlightening and exciting all at once.  I'm in awe of the Japanese, from their consistently crazy pop culture to the fighting spirit they've shown after the huge tragedy of March 11th this year.

Part three is my favourite out of the entire video due to the intelligent predictions on how Japan will develop and flourish in the future, perhaps without so much of an influence from western pop culture.  It will be fascinating to see how that pans out and to see Japan appropriating their own historical culture in that creative and gloriously kitsch way they know best.

Also, how gorgeous are Trippple Nippples? I love those showgirl outfits, they remind me of the scene in Annie (which I was obsessed with as a kid: I always wanted to be adopted by a billionaire) when she goes to the cinema with Daddy Warbucks and his secretary.

I'll be cashing in my won for yen at some point next year, for sure.

Watch the entire feature at Palladium.

Image: Still from the film