Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

July 2 - 10, 2010

Why Do I Want to Be A Boxing Referee?
( Nanun Weh Gwontu Seempan E Doeryo Hanun Ga )

Colour, 35mm
Korea, 2000, 18 min
Section: New Korean Cinema

Director: Choe Ik Hwan
Screenplay: Choe Ik Hwan
Dir. of Photography: Kim Yong Heung
Music: Song Jae Won VDA
Designer: Lee Me Kyung, Cheon Jung Soon
Editor: Kim Sun Min
Producer: Kim Song Hyun
Sales: Indiestory Inc
Contact: Korean Film Commission (KOFIC)

Cast

Cho Joong Hui, Park Joo Hee, Park Won Sang, Park Dong Been, Kong Hyung Jin, Kim Soo Ro

Synopsis

Nine-year-old Jin Soo is none too thrilled with his mother’s husband, a dull bloke he’s not been able to stand since he was born – that can’t be his father! Jin wants to get into the ring as a referee and feels he’s inherited his hot blood from a boxer. That’s why he’s always watching his mother’s former beaus. But his mother has an even deeper secret.

About the director

Choe Ik Hwan (b. 1970) studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, at university in Seoul and at the Korean Film Academy. Prior to Why Do I Want to Be a Boxing Referee?, he made, among others, The Sound of Heaven and Earth (1994) and The Evidence That We’re Alive (1996), screened at the festival of short films in Seoul.