KAC Media (Korean American Christian Media) is hosting a special screening of "Crossing." This film depicts one family's tale of hardship and heartbreak in North Korea.

Not many people know what's going on in North Korea right now, but it is a place of great evil and great suffering. They have concentration camps where they imprison families up to three generations. It is the only regime that tortures children. North Korea is the most secluded nation in the world: no one can come in and out. And the people there have no political, religious or personal freedom AT ALL. Millions have died of starvation, millions more suffer from malnutrition, sickness and poverty. Those who try to escape do so in order to find food and medicine for loved ones. If they get caught, they are tortured and executed. Women and children who are caught get sold into sexual slavery. I am learning more and more about North Korea and it gets me sick...heartsick to do something!!

Please join us for the FREE screening of this film. It is subtitled in English. It is co-hosted by LiNK, an organization that runs an underground railroad system and shelters to help North Korean refugees escape to freedom. There will be a panel after the screening to offer more insight into the issue of North Korea, and answer any questions you may have.

Synopsis:
Yong-soo lives in a small coal-mine village in North Korea with his wife and young son. Although living in extreme poverty, the family is happy just to be with each other. Then one day, Yong-soo's pregnant wife becomes critically ill. Let alone medicine, Yong-soo can't even find food for her in North Korea. So he secretly crosses the borders of China hoping to find the medicine for his wife. After many life threatening moments in China, Yong-soo is forced into South Korea, becoming an unwanted refugee prohibited to return to his family. Meanwhile, his wife passes away leaving their young son alone in desperation. With no one to turn to, his young son sets out to find his father not knowing where or how to find him.

Cast:
Cha In-pyo
Sin Myeong-cheol
Joo Da-yeong
Seo Young-hwa
Jeong In-gi

You can check out the work that LiNK does here: www.linkglobal.org

Visit Website: KAC Media.org
For more information call: 213.365.7000

The screening is on Saturday, May 9th at 7 pm. It will be at Olympic Presbyterian Church: 1700 W. Olympic Blvd. LA, CA 90015 (that's in Koreatown, not far from Downtown LA or the Staples Center.)

Treeless Mountain is a simple story about a six-year-old girl, Jin, and her journey to early maturity. Jin's sensitivity and the complexity of the emotions stem from her desire to have her family life back. She must let go of everything she has known in order to persevere. In this sense Treeless Mountain is an intimate portrait of a young girl and a classic coming-of-age story.

Treeless Mountain was written and directed by So Yong Kim and was inspired by events from her early childhood in Pusan, Korea. "My mother divorced our father and left us with our grandparents on a rice farm. She immigrated to America in order to find a better life for herself and to build a future for her children. At the time of these events we were too young to understand and our mother did not tell us what was happening. I began writing the film to search for certain lost memories from this period of my life and also as a letter to my mother," said So Yong Kim.

As the story began to take shape, Jin, the main character, took on her own distinctive personality and blossomed. As the writing progressed, the story and the characters began to separate from actual events from my life. Jin's emotional and physical journey became the main force of the story. As in the case of the Aimie character in IN BETWEEN DAYS, I used my personal memories and experience as the starting point to develop Jin, and then allowed her to dictate her own journey.

Reviews
“Exquisite. A quiet, poignant drama of abandonment and resilience.”
– A.O. Scott, The New York Times

“Simply one of he best films about childhood ever made! Remarkable performances.”
– Melissa Anderson, Village Voice

“(A) neo-realist gem!” – Stephen Holden, The New York Times

“Lovely. An unsentimental and delicately observed portrayal of the quiet resilience of children… Tremendously affecting performances.”
– Gavin Smith, Film Comment Magazine

“There's enough heart here to sense that the world -
the one inside the movie theater - is expanding.”
– Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

“Features heart-tugging performances by real-life sisters, ages 7 and 5.”
– V.A. Musetto, New York Post

“Superbly realized… the film ends on a beautifully retrained note of resilience.”
– Anthony Kaufman, indieWIRE

“Lovely.” – Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

“Life-affirming… beautifully natural performances.” – Robert Koehler, Variety

“Superbly realized…beautifully restrained.” – Anthony Kaufman, indieWIRE

OPENS APRIL 22 – NEW YORK - FILM FORUM
MAY 8 – LOS ANGELES – MUSIC BOX and MPARK THEATRE

NATIONAL EXPANSION TO FOLLOW

*CENTERPIECE FILM FOR LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FEST – MAY 2 - DGA

Written & Directed by: So Yong Kim
Produced by: Bradley Rust Gray, Ben Howe, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, So Yong Kim
Running Time: 89 minutes
Rating: Not Rated by the MPAA
World Premiere: Toronto International Film Festival, 2008
Official Selection: New Directors/New Films, New York 2009

Nicole Bilderback gives a award winning performance as "Julie Kim" in the film The New Twenty. Nicole plays a disaffected young investment banker, for which she won the Best Actress award at last summer’s Outfest in Los Angeles. Nicole was born in Korea and was adopted at ten months old to the Bilderback family.

Nicole has starred in national commercials and popular television shows including ER, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson's Creek, Boston Legal, House, Without a Trace, Heroes, and Cold Case She has had recurring roles on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Dark Angel. Her Feature film credits include Clueless, Can't Harly wait, along for the ride, and Legally Blonde 2.

Film Summary
THE NEW TWENTY, writer-director Chris Mason Johnson’s award-winning first feature charts the lives of five New Yorkers, a mix of gay and straight best friends about to turn thirty. With emotionally vivid performances and nuanced characters, THE NEW TWENTY paints the portrait of a generation living the highs and lows of a Wall Street world destined to disappear overnight.

The year is 2006 and prosperity seems unending: two of the five are investment bankers, another works in advertising, another does freelance database design, and only one of the five might be called a slacker. But they all suffer from, as loner Felix puts it, “a touch of existential malaise courtesy of late capitalism. You know, the usual.” So if money isn’t the root of their discontent, what is? Whatever they’re searching for - love, meaning in work - they won’t find it in each other. On TV, friendship lasts forever. In real life, not so much.

Visit Website: The New Twenty

Bae Seul-ki will make her International Film debut playing the lead character as a sexy assassin in the film "Finale". Bae started in the entertainment industry with her singing career in the fall of 2005 as part of the project group "The Reds," with Oh Seung Eun and Ju So Young. In 2006, the group split up and Bae went her own way and became a popular and successful solo artist. Bae has also acted in many Korea drama and shows, as well as hosting a music program on KM TV called POP, which introduces popular foreign music to Korean fans.

Synopsis:
World Cup, Summer 2002. Make-Or-Break. Korea against Italy and two nations crossing fingers. But not only on the Soccer turf a final battle is carried out. The Italian mafia against the Korean Mafia. A game with fixed rules and an ending that is always fatal. And right in the middle of it are Si-Yeon and Finn. Inevitable connected by their fate. Actually, I already won. Thinks Finn - just a simple money transfer, but then everything goes wrong. The sone of the Korean mafia leader is dead. And Finn is blamed for his death. They want him to pay with his life. But Si-Yeon plays her own game. Korean and Italy are stormin off and Si-Yeon and Finn have these 90 minutes left to get their revenge and 90 minutes for Finn to find a way to survive. Two opponents are forced to play in order to win.

Visit Website: Finale