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He was 98. She was 89. They were married for 76 years, had 12 children, six of whom died during their childhood.   That is the story of Jo Byeong-man and Kang Gye Yeol, as told in director Jin Mo-young's My Love, Don't Cross That River, South Korea's all-time highest grossing independent film and documentary feature at the local box office.    Over the years, out of South Korea have come many exceptional films that focus on old people, such as The Way Home, Too Young To Die, Old Partner, and Late Blossom. These films have been embraced by the Korean people, making many of them not just critical hits but also commercial successes. My Love, Don't Cross That River is the latest addition to that...

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He was 98. She was 89. They were married for 76 years, had 12 children, six of whom died during their childhood.   That is the story of Jo Byeong-man and Kang Gye Yeol, as told in director Jin Mo-young's My Love, Don't Cross That River, South Korea's all-time highest grossing independent film and documentary feature at the local box office.    Over the years, out of South Korea have come many exceptional films that focus on old people, such as The Way Home, Too Young To Die, Old Partner, and Late Blossom. These films have been embraced by the Korean people, making many of them not just critical hits but also commercial successes. My Love, Don't Cross That River is the latest addition to that...

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Glenn here with our weekly look at documentaries from theatres, festivals, and on demand. We're a bit late this week due to internet problems, but we're here now looking at the fan favourite hit, My Love, Don't Cross That River.

The opening shot of Jin Mo-young’s My Love, Don’t Cross That River is one of breathtaking beauty. An elderly woman sits at a grave, the ground and trees covered in snow, her crying a distinctive cut of a knife through the serene nature. If this were a fiction film, people would crow about how artfully it is composed and how even without knowledge of its subject or circumstances it is able to immediately create wells of emotion in the audience. By the time Jin’s film returns to this tableau some 80 minutes later, it does so with the complete story behind it and if the reserved simplicity of it had somehow alluded the viewer in its opening moments then surely the impact will well and truly be made now.

My Love is a film about a marriage. Jo Byeong-man is 98 and Kang Gye-Yeol is 89, and the pair who met when she was just 14 have been married for 76 years. Without that opening shot foreshadowing events to come, one might struggle through the opening half of Jin’s movie which captures the pair in almost unbearably cute form as they play child-like games while doing yard work, wear matching colourful silk outfits on day trips, pick flowers, and take care of their dogs (one of which is named Freebie because, well, he was free). But when Jo becomes increasingly sick, the film takes on a deeper resonance as Kang must confront the inevitability that she will be alone for the first time in nearly eight decades.

South Korean documentary picked up for the Us.

Film Movement has acquired all North American rights to Korean director Jin Mo-young’s documentary My Love, Don’t Cross the River.

The New York-based film distributor plans to release the film next year.

Telling the story of two people who have lived together for 76 years and are facing the last moments of their marriage, the film broke box office records in South Korea, grossing $34m in its home market in 2014.

The film, Jin Mo-young’s debut as a director, premiered at the Dmz Documentary Film Festival, where it won the audience award. It also won awards at the Moscow and Los Angeles festivals.

South Korean documentary My Love, Don’t Cross the River, has been picked up for the Us by Film Movement.

Film Movement has acquired all North American rights to Korean director Jin Mo-young’s documentary My Love, Don’t Cross the River. The New York-based film distributor plans to release the film next year.

Telling the story of two people who have lived together for 76 years and are facing the last moments of their marriage, the film broke box office records in South Korea, grossing $34m in its home market in 2014.

The film, Jin Mo-young’s debut as a director, premiered at the Dmz Documentary Film Festival, where it won the audience award. It also won awards at the Moscow and Los Angeles festivals.

The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air (Bofa) Film Festival will feature 15 feature films including two drive-in screenings, 20 documentaries and 35 shorts as well as four one-day action master classes and two half-day actions sessions.

Held. in Launceston, the sixth annual festival will run from Wednesday November 4 to Sunday November 8.

.Part of what makes Bofa so special is that we always try to make it more than just a chance to see compelling cinema,. says festival director Owen Tilbury. .Bofa is about getting inspired and seeing the world differently. So whatever your Bofa is . whether it.s features, docos, food-films, family films, offbeat films, eco films or movies that convey profound ideas. there is a chance to engage and discover this year.. Before the official opening night. will be a .Creating Community Change. action session on November 4, which will showcase the best practice in community change processes. There will also be a screening of Frackman,...

Now in its 14th year, the New York Asian Film Festival brings to viewers an eclectic selection of eastern films from various countries that New Yorkers may not otherwise have the chance to catch. The festival runs from June 26-July 11 and features 54 films. This year, Hong Kong filmmaker Ringo Lam is receiving a lifetime achievement award, and is best-known film, "City on Fire," which famously influenced Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs," will run during a special commemorative screening. While there are myriad good movies playing during the festival, we've picked five that are especially worth your time. For more information, go here.  "My Love, Don't Cross That River" (South Korea) Directed by Jin Mo-young By turns joyous and devastating, life-affirming and heartrending, Jim Mo-young's immaculately shot and paced documentary chronicles the final 15 months of the marriage between an 89-year-old woman, Kang Kye-yeol, and a 98-year-old man, Jo...

Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man, Simon Stone.s The Daughter, Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin and Jen Peedom.s feature doc Sherpa will have their world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival.

The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.

Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.

Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.

As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...