Night Flight (2014 film)

Night Flight
Directed by Leesong Hee-il
Produced by Kim Il-kwon
Written by Leesong Hee-il
Starring Kwak Si-yang
Lee Jae-joon
Cinematography Yun Ji-woon
Edited by Leesong Hee-il
Production
company
Cinema DAL
Distributed by Finecut
Release dates
  • February 7, 2014 (2014-02-07) (Berlin)
  • August 28, 2014 (2014-08-28) (South Korea)
Running time
 133 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office US$66,602

Night Flight (Hangul: 야간비행; RR: Yaganbihaeng) is a 2014 South Korean drama film written, directed and edited by Leesong Hee-il.[1][2] It made its world premiere in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival on February 7, 2014, and was released in theaters in South Korea on August 28, 2014.[3][4][5]

Plot

Three teenage boys Yong-ju, Gi-woong and Gi-taek, were once best friends in middle school, but they become estranged from each other once they enter high school. While Yong-ju and Gi-taek still remain close, Gi-woong becomes a jjang (Korean slang term meaning "best"), one of the strongest fighters in the school, and begins to hang out with Seong-jin's gang (Seong-jin's parents are powerful figures, making him a bigwig among his schoolmates). Yong-ju becomes concerned when he finds out that Seong-jin's gang is mercilessly bullying Gi-taek, an eccentric manhwa fan. Under intense pressure to get into a prestigious university because of his financially struggling single mother, Yong-ju develops an unlikely relationship with Gi-woong, who tries to break away from Seong-jin. But when Gi-taek learns that Yong-ju is gay, he betrays his friend and joins Seong-jin's gang in ostracizing him, telling them that Yong-ju has loved Gi-woong for years.

Cast

Production

Leesong Hee-il is Korea's top queer cinema director, and this was his fourth feature. He said he found the motif of the film from a CCTV video clip, which showed a high school student crying in an elevator just before he killed himself. After seeing that, Leesong decided to make a film exploring teenage sexual minorities and the dehumanization they face in order to survive the bullying and violence they experience at school.[6][7]

Film festivals

Besides the Berlinale, Night Flight also screened at the 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival, the 7th CinemAsia Film Festival in Amsterdam, the 29th Torino GLBT Film Festival, the 15th Jeonju International Film Festival, the 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival, the 47th Sitges Film Festival, the 34th Hawaii International Film Festival, and the 25th Stockholm International Film Festival.[8][9][10][11]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2014 7th CinemAsia Film Festival[12] Jury Award Night Flight Won
2015 2nd Wildflower Film Awards[13] Best Director (Narrative Film) Leesong Hee-il Nominated
Best Actor Kwak Si-yang Nominated
Lee Jae-joon Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Song, Soon-jin (28 January 2014). "LEESONG Hee-il, Director of NIGHT FLIGHT: "This is a Film about Loneliness"". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Leesong, Hee-il (28 February 2014). "BERLIN REPORT from LEESONG Hee-il, Director of NIGHT FLIGHT". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ya Gan Bi Haeng - Night Flight". Berlinale. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Conran, Pierce (20 January 2014). "NIGHT FLIGHT Takes Off in Berlin". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Song, Soon-jin (14 February 2014). "NIGHT FLIGHT and SNOWPIERCER Hold Screenings at Berlin". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Conran, Pierce (3 September 2014). "Night Flight". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Jang, Byung-won (28 January 2014). "In Focus: Night Flight - An Author Spreads His Wings of Ambition". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Conran, Pierce (28 February 2014). "10 MINUTES and NIGHT FLIGHT to Screen in Hong Kong". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Frater, Patrick (23 March 2014). "Night Flight Takes Off in Hong Kong". Variety. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Night Flight Does the Rounds at Int'l Film Festivals". The Chosun Ilbo. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  11. ↑ Conran, Pierce (4 June 2014). "Edinburgh Takes 4 from Korea". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "CinemAsia Jury Award voor Night Flight (Korea 2013)". De Aziatische Tijger (in Dutch). 9 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  13. ↑ Ma, Kevin (1 April 2015). "Girl at My Door leads Wildflower nominations". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

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