Singing With Angry Bird (6+)
South Korea, 2016, colour, 87 min.
Director: Hyewon Jee
Director: Hyewon Jee
Five years ago, a passionate yet hot-tempered Korean opera singer Jae-Chang Kim, resembling the character of “Angry Birds”, started a children’s choir in a small Indian town. Moms and dads of his pupils considered the choir a waste of time. To convince the parents Kim decided to train them too for a joint concert with their children. The film follows a 15-month-long journey of Kim and his choir from the first parents’ meeting to the final concert.
Russian premier
Hyewon Jee
Hyewon Jee
is an International Emmy-nominated director who has been working in Korean TV industry for over 20 years. She started her career at a prominent documentary production company in 1995 and later briefly worked as a commissioning editor for TV Chosun network. In 2008, she left the network and established an independent production company to focus on making stories that are dear to her heart. "Singing with Angry Bird" is her first feature-length documentary.
FILMOGRAPHY
Singing With Angry Bird, 2016.
South Korea, 2016, colour, 87 min.
Director: Hyewon Jee
Director: Hyewon Jee
Five years ago, a passionate yet hot-tempered Korean opera singer Jae-Chang Kim, resembling the character of “Angry Birds”, started a children’s choir in a small Indian town. Moms and dads of his pupils considered the choir a waste of time. To convince the parents Kim decided to train them too for a joint concert with their children. The film follows a 15-month-long journey of Kim and his choir from the first parents’ meeting to the final concert.
Russian premier