IM KWON TAEK COLLEGE OF FILM & PERFORMING ARTS

Akhirnya resmi juga Fakultas Film Dongseo University berubah nama menjadi Im Kwon Taek College of Film & Performing Arts. Im Kwon Taek adalah seorang sesepuh perfilman di Korea dan namanya sudah sangat di kenal di dunia film international, bahkan sutradara Korea sekaliber Bong Joon Ho (Memories of Murder, The Host) ataupun Park Chan Wook (Trilogy Vengeane, I'm Cyborg but that's Ok) sangat bisa dia sapa hanya dengan kalimat "Kamu Siapa?" dan kedua sutradara itu hanya menunduk sambil senyum-senyum. Mungkin karena perbedaan generasi yang sudah sangat jauh dan kebiasaan budaya Korea yang sangat menaruh rasa hormat kepada yang dituakan ditambah usia Im Kwon Taek yang sudah sangat tua. Tahun kemaren waktu di Asian Film Academy saya sempat diberi kesempatan untuk meremake salah satu scene di filmnya, kondisinya sudah sangat lemah, tangannya sudah terlihat tremor. Hanya satu kalimat yang dia ucapkan sebelum shooting "Saya percaya kamu bisa berbuat lebih baik daripada saya..". Tapi kharismanya benar-benar membuat passion saya menjadi lebih besar. Salut tahun ini masih bisa memproduksi filmnya yang ke-100 dan kemaren sangat susah untuk mendapatkan tiketnya di Pusan Film Festival.

Berikut Mini Biografi Im Kwon Taek dari imdb.com :
Born in Changsong, Cheollanam-do, 2 May 1936. He grew up in the southern city Kwangju, where he completed senior high school. His family suffered considerable hardships and losses in the Korean War, so he had to move to Pusan in search of work: he was a labourer before trying to start a business recycling US Army boots into shoes. He moved to Seoul in 1956, where a film director Chung Chang-Hwa offered him work as a production assistant in exchange for room and board. Five years later Chung recommended him as a director, and he completed his first feature in 1962. He was a prolific director of films in various popular genres until the late 1970s but felt a deepening urge to make more serious films that first found in outlet in his 1978 film, Jokbo (1979) (Genealogy). Since 1981's Mandala (1981), he has been considered Korea's leading director. He and his films have won every possible prize in Korea's three annual film awards ceremonies, and a growing number of international festival prizes too. His film Seopyeonje (1993) (is the most honoured Korean film ever made, with (to date) 27 domestic and three international prizes; it was also an enormous success in the Korean market.
Dan berikut testimonialnya saat peresmian Im Kwon Taek College of Film & Performing Arts :
Dongseo University has had the foresight to nurture the cinematic arts. The Asia Film Academy has been held under the joint auspices of Dongseo Unniversity, Pusan International Film Festival and Korean Academy of Film Arts. In Addition, recent invesments have now furnished the Dongseo Media Centre with state-of-the-art visual fasilities and equipment. More than even before. students now have a broader choices in developing both the theoretical and technical skills required to compete in the rapidly changing world of cinema. I will do my best in cultivating internationally renowed filmmakers, disseminating my knowledge and experience while sharing the arts of the cinematic craft with all inspiring filmmakers.

Im Kwon Taek College of Film & Peforming Arts is a college which Dongseo established with Director Im Kwon Taek, a Korean film master. The aim of the newly established college is to cultivate students to compete and shine in the world of film and performing arts. It consists of three departments: film, musical and acting.