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The Organizing Committee of SICAF announced that it will hold this year the 22nd SICAF 2018 at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) and Megabox Dongdaemun for four days from 23rd to 26th of next month after a press conference at the Gwanghwamun Press Center on the 31st.
President Kim Young-doo said at the press conference: "SICAF, which began in 1995 as a center for comics and animation, has become the fifth largest festival in the world. animation in Asia.
This year we have prepared a variety of exhibitions and film festivals for all, young and old, on the theme "Life".
Bang Jung-hyuk, Executive Chairman, said, "Many people love manga and animation. We would like to create a festival venue where animators can meet, communicate and communicate with each other."
The SICAF is largely divided into Manga and Anime exhibits that are held at the DDP Notice 1 Hall and at the Film Festival held at Megabox Dongdaemun.
The opening film of the festival was awarded with the Japanese animation "I want to eat your pancreas". It's a work that deals with the love story of a brilliant girl and a boy who lives a life limited in time.
Director of Cho In-bum said, "I am delighted to present this work as the opening film of the festival, and I think it works best with thematic life this year." "The madness has had huge repercussions."
This year's entries are 2,703 entries in 103 countries. Of these, 72 of the 27 countries pbaded the screening to move to the final phase.
Joe said, "The number of entries exceeded 2,500 last year, exceeding 2,700 this year." "The number of entries does not indicate the level of the film festival, but it may be a sign that the SICAF is developing." He said.
The exhibition consists of three sections: ▲ Seokrock, Replay ▲ Pounding, now → Metallurgy Metallurgy, and Preview.
In the "Saekrook, Replay" section, there will be the first solo exhibition of Shin Il Sook, winner of the SICAF Prize last year and a special exhibition of director Shin Dong-heon, director of Hong Gi- Dong, first theatrical performance in Korea. ] In the exhibition entitled "Show the excitement, now", there have been events such as "My Brotherhood: Encounters with the Webtoon Hero" and "The Agitats of the Adults" in "Metallurgy Metallurgy, Preview You can meet.
Following the press conference of the day, the organizers mandated KBS Sung Woo Namdo as ambbadador.
Namdo's Sung Woo was in charge of "Leo Red" of "Power Rangers Galaxy Force", "Silver Siu" of "Prism Stone" and "Black Cat" of Miraculous Lady Berg.
He said, "I went to SICAF in 2004, while I was an actor in the making, I went to SICAF every year after only a year of activity." He said, "I will not show you any shame as a public relations ambbadador.
(Seoul-Yonhap News) Kim Seung-wook
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