Mariné
Director KIM Il-Rhan | Producer JO Sona | Korea | Korean, English | 90min | DCP | Color
▪ Project Description
Director | KIM Il-rhan |
Producer | JO Sona |
Production Company | PINKS |
Contact | sona0327@gmail.com |
▪ Production Schedule
Pre-Production | May 2024 |
Proposed Delivery | Late 2026 |
▪ Budget
Confirmed Financing | 39,000 USD |
Financing Sought | 461,000 USD |
Total Budget | 500,000 USD |
▪ Logline
Following Su-young, a transgender lesbian, in her unique research about Korean trans in the 90s, MARINÉ shows a new perspective on trans women's history, culture, prostitution, and love.
▪ Synopsis
Su-young, a non-surgery transgender lesbian researcher, meets older trans women in Itaewon, the US Army base area in Korea. Listening to their stories carefully, Su-young wonders how she can delve deeper into trans history despite the lack of historical records left. Su-young starts a journey to find who they were and tries to create a narrative character, Mariné. She also begins to play Mariné in her script, wishing she could understand better the trans women in the 90s.
▪ Biography
DIRECTOR : KIM Il-Rhan | Producer: JO Sona |
Il-Rhan KIM is an award-winning filmmaker and the founder of PINKS: Solidarity for Sexually Minor Cultures and Human Rights, a filmmakers’ association producing films about queers and survivors of national tragedies. She primarily directs and produces women-centric films. Her debut film, Mamasang: Remember Me This Way (2004), which portrayed the lives of sex workers in a South Korean military Camptown, won the Women’s News Award. Two Doors (2011) was selected to the top 100 Korean films by the Korean Film Archive. She also produced various films, including Miracle on Jongno Street (2010), the first documentary film about gay people coming out, which won the best documentary film award at the 2010 Busan Intl. Film Festival, and Nora Noh (2013) which premiered at 2011 Intl. Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Kim won the Woman in Film of the Year award in 2018 and also served as a juror at various film festivals in Korea. | Sona JO produces mainly feature documentaries about conflict, war, trauma, and women. Her recent credits include 206: UNEARTHED, winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 2021 Busan Intl. Film Festival; COMING TO YOU, winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 2021 Jeonju Intl. Film Festival; XIXI, which premiered at the 2024 Hot Docs Film Festival; and FREE CHOL SOO LEE, a U.S.-Korean co-production which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, was broadcast on PBS’ Independent Lens and won the 2024 Emmy for Outstanding Historical Documentary. She received the MPA Best Producer award at the 2024 Wildflower Film Awards, which recognizes the achievements of Korean independent films, becoming the first documentary producer to receive the honor. |