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캐나다유학 오타와 몬트리올 한영통역 유학생

故 토니 레인즈
1948.09.20 ~ 2026.07.08

한국영화와 아시아영화의 가치를 누구보다 앞서 세계에 알려온 토니 레인즈가 오늘 별세했습니다. 삼가 고인의 명복을 빕니다.

Tony Rayns, who recognized the value of Korean and Asian cinema ahead of his time and helped bring it to the world, passed away today. May he rest in peace.

Spotlight on Korean Film News

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has announced six Korean films as candidates for South Korea's official entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the upcoming Academy Awards. A committee of experts will now select the single official entry to represent South Korea.

The six candidate films are:
Colony — dir. Yeon Sangho
Salmokji — dir. Lee Sangmin
Possible Love — dir. Lee Changdong
Hope — dir. Na Hong-jin
Project Y — dir. Lee Hwan
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema — dir. Kim Dongho

We warmly congratulate all six excellent films. We are especially pleased to shine a light on two films that are particularly close to our hearts and to the mission of MAiFF:

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema (dir. Kim Dong-ho) had its North American premiere in the KFFC section of our 13th MAiFF this year. The film takes the viewer on a journey of cinemas, following Director Kim as he visits theaters across Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and greater Asia. Along the way, he interviews a roster of renowned directors and actors about the struggles traditional cinemas face in the era of OTT services and home entertainment. We chose this film because it asks a fundamental question:
What is cinema to you?

The film traces the process of disappearance, transformation, and reappearance in our tech era, while transmitting how Korean and Asian film professionals honored Director Kim's lifelong devotion to cinema—including the birth of BIFF, Asia's leading film festival. As this rare documentary is his third film, Asian filmgoers can immediately feel how the entire Asian film industry and its professionals rallied together organically to support Director Kim in realizing this project as he approaches ninety years of age. While a prominent lineup of directors and actors appear enthusiastically for interviews, we also learn that crucial production and post-production support arrived late in the making process. It beautifully delivers to us an ethic of being in cinema, conveying a true care and abundant love within the film and its exploration of what cinema truly is.

Ultimately, the mesmerizing footage and conversations Director Kim captured—taking his steps slowly, one by one, to visit these theaters—was too precious in both voice and image to be contained within 105 minutes. The Korean Film Archive (KOFA) will be preserving his recordings as a treasured archive of Asian cinema in our time.

The second film is Possible Love (dir. Lee Chang-dong). MAiFF has consistently screened all of Lee Chang-dong's films in the past with a profound admiration for the body of his work. In 2023, we co-presented the retrospective "Fearful Symmetry: The Films of Lee Chang-dong" in partnership with The Cinematheque, Vancouver. His cinema is woven into the very identity of MAiFF.

We hope these films will shine on their way to the Academy in 2027! Once again, our heartfelt congratulations to all six films.



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Zoom sur l'actualité du cinéma coréen

Le Conseil du film coréen (KOFIC) a annoncé les six films coréens présélectionnés pour représenter la Corée du Sud dans la catégorie du Meilleur film international lors de la prochaine cérémonie des Oscars. Un comité d'experts va maintenant choisir l'unique film officiel qui portera les couleurs du pays.

Les six films candidats sont :

Colony — réal. Yeon Sangho
Salmokji — réal. Lee Sangmin
Possible Love — réal. Lee Changdong
Hope — réal. Na Hongjin
Project Y — réal. Lee Hwan
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema — réal. Kim Dongho

Nous félicitons chaleureusement ces six excellents films. Nous sommes particulièrement ravis de mettre en lumière deux œuvres qui nous tiennent profondément à cœur et qui font écho à la mission du MAiFF :

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema (réal. Kim Dong-ho) a été présenté en première nord-américaine cette année dans la section KFFC de notre 13e édition du MAiFF. Le film entraîne le public dans un voyage à travers les salles de cinéma, suivant le réalisateur Kim Dong-ho alors qu'il visite des cinémas en Corée, au Japon, à Taïwan et plus largement en Asie. En chemin, il s'entretient avec de nombreux réalisateurs et interprètes de renom au sujet des difficultés auxquelles font face les cinémas traditionnels à l'ère des plateformes de diffusion en continu (OTT) et du cinéma maison. Nous avons choisi ce film parce qu'il pose une question fondamentale : Qu'est-ce que le cinéma pour vous ?

Le film retrace les processus de disparition, de transformation et de réapparition à notre ère technologique, tout en transmettant la manière dont les professionnels du cinéma coréen et asiatique ont honoré le dévouement de toute une vie du réalisateur Kim envers le septième art — y compris la création du BIFF, le plus grand festival de cinéma en Asie. Ce documentaire rare étant son troisième film, les cinéphiles asiatiques ressentent immédiatement comment l'ensemble de l'industrie cinématographique et ses artisans se sont mobilisés de façon organique pour soutenir le réalisateur Kim dans la concrétisation de ce projet, alors qu'il approche des quatre-vingt-dix ans. Bien qu'une impressionnante constellation de cinéastes et d'interprètes témoignent avec enthousiasme lors des entretiens, on y apprend également qu'un soutien crucial à la production et à la postproduction est arrivé tardivement au cours du processus.

L'œuvre nous transmet magnifiquement une éthique du cinéma, témoignant d'une profonde bienveillance et d'un amour immense pour les films et pour la quête de ce qu'est véritablement le cinéma. En fin de compte, les images et les conversations envoûtantes captées par le réalisateur Kim — qui a avancé pas à pas, lentement, pour aller à la rencontre de ces salles — étaient bien trop précieuses, tant par la voix que par l'image, pour être contenues en seulement 105 minutes. Les Archives du film coréen (KOFA) préserveront ses enregistrements comme un trésor d'archives du cinéma asiatique de notre époque.

Le second film est Possible Love (réal. Lee Chang-dong). Le MAiFF a régulièrement projeté l'ensemble des films de Lee Chang-dong par le passé, nourri par une profonde admiration pour toute son œuvre. En 2023, nous avons co-présenté la rétrospective « Fearful Symmetry: The Films of Lee Chang-dong » en partenariat avec The Cinematheque à Vancouver. Son cinéma fait partie intégrante de l'identité même du MAiFF.

Nous espérons que ces films sauront briller en route vers les Oscars en 2027 ! Encore une fois, nos plus sincères félicitations aux six films nommés.

The Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop is pleased to announce that Fiona Tinwei Lam has been named the recipient of the 2026 ACWW Community Builders Award. This award recognizes individuals and organizations whose work demonstrates a deep commitment to racial equity, inclusion, and advocacy for Asian Canadian communities.

Fiona is honoured for her remarkable literary accomplishments, as well as her generosity, courage, and dedication to community-building. As a poet, editor, educator, and literary mentor, she has made an enduring contribution to Vancouver’s literary life and to the Asian Canadian community.

During the difficult years of the global pandemic, when anti-Asian racism intensified across Canada and beyond, Fiona was among the voices who spoke with compassion and moral courage. Through her writing and public advocacy, she helped name the harm while offering language that deepened understanding and empathy.

Fiona has also championed poetry as a living public art form. As Vancouver’s sixth Poet Laureate from 2022 to 2024, she expanded poetry’s reach through the imaginative and community-rooted City Poems Project, encouraging new poems and poetry projects that reflected the layered histories, ecologies, and communities of this city.

Previous winners of this award include Roy Mah, Wayson Choy, Paul Yee, Harvey Lowe, Roy Miki, Fred Wah, The Bulletin / National Association of Japanese Canadians, Joy Kogawa, Scott McIntyre, Gim Wong, Evelyn Lau, Tradewind Books, Brian Lam, Barbara Lee, Winnie L. Cheung, Larry Wong, and Bonnie Nish.

Congratulations again to Fiona Tinwei Lam on this well-deserved recognition!

http://www.asiancanadianwriters.ca/2026/06/fiona-tinwei-lam-receives-2026-acww.html

Call for Essays is expanding across Canada!

Tonight marks the official close of our first round focused on Montreal. We have been so inspired by the response—and by the direct demand from arts enthusiasts in other cities—that we are thrilled to expand our second call nationwide. Thank you all!
Eligibility: AAPLab, in partnership with the 13th Montréal Asian International Film Festival (MAiFF), invites writers, artists, and researchers from coast to coast to reflect on Asian film and media events attended anywhere in Canada between January 1 and September 30, 2026.

We are looking for critical, creative writing that actively decolonizes how we perceive, interact with, and experience Asian cultures:

- How do these arts events shift the dynamics and relationships between immigrants, locals, and different communities?

- How do they reshape the reception of Asians in Canada, and how does that ripple out into our everyday lives?

Ultimately, we want to explore how the Asian diaspora and pan-Asian arts disrupt old stereotypes, bringing rich, diverse perspectives that fundamentally change how we see, understand, and live alongside our diverse Canadian neighbours.

The next submission window opens tomorrow, July 1st (Canada Day) and runs through September. More details are coming soon.

Wishing you all a thoughtful and happy July 1st!