This Jeonju International Film Festival's ambitious project began already with the inception of the festival with the purpose to delve into the possibilities within the digital format and to show the results at theatres and festivals worldwide. Started 2000, the project give 3 Asian directors every year the chance to explore this visual format and is now acknowledged as one of the foremost digital projects in the world. About Love is the very modern and subtle story of the delayed love of a lonely teacher for his old friend’s wife. No Day Off charts four years in the life of a young woman who leaves her husband and baby to work as a maid in Singapore. The narrative unfolds through her perspective and captures her trials and tribulations as she works for three different families. Twelve Twenty is a micro love story: a man and a woman on a plane spend 12 h and 20 min. living by each other’s side, just like a married couple.

Screenplay Irina Kostevich, Darezhan Omirbayev, Eric Khoo, Wong Kim Hoh,
Photography (colour) Boris Treshev, Eric Khoo, Wong Kim Hoh, Christopher Doyle, Rain (Kathy) Li
Editing Nariman Turebayev, Derek Ho, Rayner Lim, Patamandda Yukol
Music Koichi Shimizu, Kijjazz Monotone
Cast Ainur Turgambayeva, Kairat Machmetov, Kant Kuantay, Syamsiah, Ananda Everingham, Khjemapsorn Sirisukha
Production JEONJU INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Yoo Un-sung, Jo Ji-hoon
Year of production 2006
Running time 90’
Format Digibeta NTSC

Darezhan Omirvayev

Born 1958 in Kazakhstan, he studied at the Moscow Film School (VGIK). His debut feature film Kairat (1991) was awarded the Silver Leopard and the FIPRESCI Prize in Locarno. He is often referred to as the “Robert Bresson of Central Asia”.

Eric Khoo

Born 1965 in Singapore. His 3rd feature film Be with Me was invited to open the Director’s Fortnight of Cannes in 2005. Awards include the Best Director Award in Turin.

Pen-ek Ratanaruang

Born 1962 in Bangkok, he studied art history in New York. His first feature film Fun Bar Karaoke was awarded in Berlin in 1997. Last Life in the Universe and Invisible Waves were screened at festivals worldwide. He is regarded as one of the most remarkable new directors.