Talk
Film Talk
with Byun Young-joo and Cho Young-jung
Talk with Byun Young-joo, the director of HELPLESS and the film scholar Cho Young-jung
In Korean with German translation
Byun Young-joo (*1966) studied law and film. She is a co-founder of the feminist film collective Bariteo and addresses women’s and human rights in her films. In 2012, Women in Film Korea named her the female filmmaker of the year. Helpless marks her directorial return after an eight-year hiatus.
Cho Young-Jung (*1967) holds a Ph.D. in film studies. She works as a programmer for the Busan International Film Festival with a focus on Asian cinema and classic film retrospectives. Since 2007, she has headed the Asian Film Academy, an educational program for young filmmakers.
