
Jang Kun-jae
Directing
Biography
Born in 1977. JANG studied cinematography at the Korean Academy of Film Arts and received an M.F.A. in Film & Image Production from Chung-Ang University. Jang’s debut feature film Eighteen(2009) won him the Dragons and Tigers Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2009 and the Nuovo Cinema Award at the Pesaro Film Festival 2010.
Known For

A giant Buddha statue is unearthed in a small rural town. The mayor believes that it will change the town into a major tourist attraction. However, a catastrophe starts to grow. A centuries-old curse is unleashed from the statue, and it starts to eat up people's souls and make them non-human. Jung Ki-hoon, as archaeologist tries to seek the truth behind the paranormal phenomenon.
Monstrous

The story of those who see and make films, and the cinema that brings them together.
Time of Cinema

Kye-na, an average woman in her late twenties, holds a steady job and a committed boyfriend, Ji-myoung. Yet instead of feeling content, she constantly faces uncertainty, confusion and anxiety. While struggling with personal relationships and life's woes, Kye-na finally embarks for New Zealand despite everyone’s dissuasion on leaving her home behind.
Because I Hate Korea

Reality and fantasy melds as a Korean documentary film director attempts to capture life in the small town of Gojo, Japan.
A Midsummer's Fantasia

Facing financial uncertainty and entering middle age, a married couple in their early thirties contemplate whether it's the right time to have their first baby.
Sleepless Night

Actors and film students Geum-joo and Dong-geun descend on Muju, the hometown of their classmate Min-ju. Their task is to create the "first memory" of the person the play--the memory that has been kept in the character's mind for the longest time, the memory that has become the character's unconscious.
The Initial Memories

Part I : A middle-aged woman gets off a bus at Muju Terminal. She passes through the town and walks into a forest. She starts to search for the vestiges of her life from beyond the grave. Part II : A young woman, Minjae, returns to her hometown of Muju and starts to work at the county office. Her mother is displeased that her daughter has returned to the hometown. One day, Minjae’s friend from college, Kyungyoon, who hadn’t been in touch for a while, comes to see her.
Vestige

Eighteen year-old Tae-hoon and Mi-jung have been going out for 100 days. During winter break they decide to take a trip to the beach to celebrate their anniversary. When they are back home after a few days, they have to confront a harsh situation – Mi-jung’s parents don’t allow them to see each other until they become college students. Tae-hoon struggles to keep their love and wanders around Mi-jung but she is eventually changed and avoids him as her parents wish. Winter turns to spring, and Tae-hoon and Mi-jung both turn nineteen.
Eighteen

Juhee, a professor of theater, is diagnosed with a possible malignant tumor at the hospital. She goes back to school and tries to settle her affairs but many people come to her lab out of the blue.
Juhee from 5 to 7

An omnibus film produced by Indie Forum. The directors made a short film of about five minutes under the theme of "self-reliance".
Now i'll be brave

A man travels home after receiving a call from his mother. As she copes with her past, he lends a listening ear to her woes, memories and song.
Mom’s Song

In a coastal Japanese town, high school senior Takeru conceals his feelings for his childhood friend, Min-Soo. Their rekindled friendship and Takeru's struggle with his sexuality set the stage for a heartfelt journey. As they confess their feelings, part ways, and eventually reunite, their love unfolds against the backdrop of their cherished hometown. Their enduring bond, built on shared memories, supports Takeru's journey towards self-acceptance. At last, Min-Soo’s return signals the triumph of love in a story of enduring affection, courage, and belonging.
Staring at Your Back

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옴니버스 프로젝트 "제국"

16mm / 12 min. / Color
I'm home from School!

Between winter and spring, on a night that could go either way, two directors take to the streets with cameras and memories still in motion. Confession and rejection, love and its wreckage as fiction and reality bleed into one another, what they're truly waiting for may not be snow at all.
Spring Snow

DV / 22 min. / Color
Triangle Stories

35mm / 19 min. / Color
Time in Heaven

DV / 22 min. / Color