Hey game aficionados! This one is for you.



Seoul Tech Society, Minch&Films and Korean Film Archive are glad to invite you to the screening of “State of play”, a documentary about Korean professional gamers. Director Steven Dhoedt will attend the screening and do a Q&A session afterwards.



e-스포츠와 게임팬 여러분들께 기쁜 소식을 전합니다!



민치앤필름과 서울 테크 소사이어티는 여러분을 장편 다큐멘터리 영화 "스테이트 오브 플레이"의 시사회로 초대합니다. "스테이트 오브 플레이"는 최초 벨기에-한국 공동제작 장편 다큐멘터리 영화로, 한국의 프로게이머들의 삶과 도전을 다루는 작품입니다. 영화 상영후에는 감독 스티븐 두트가 시사회에 함께하여 관객 여러분들과의 질의응답 시간을 가질 예정입니다.



STATE OF PLAY



"Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays."



— Friedrich Schiller



A feature documentary about the world of South-Korean professional gamers.



Every year thousands of South-Koreans flock to the game stadiums in Seoul to watch the Pro League, a live sports event where professional gamers compete to be the best at one single video game: Starcraft.



It’s a title many young South Koreans dream of. The game itself is more than a decade old, almost ancient in the fast developing world of video games, but in South Korea it has become a national past-time. Like most specator sports, this world of eSports rapidly evolved in a multi-million dollar business.



In this story, we follow 3 boys in different stages of their career as a Pro-Gamer in South Korea. For some it will be a struggle to stay on top of their game, for others it might be the turning point of their lives.



http://vimeo.com/64767249



EVENT AGENDA:



7:00 Doors open



7:30 Intro



7:40 Screening Starts



9:10 Film ends - QnA session



9:45 Officially end of the event



행사 개요:



7:00 입장 시작



7:30 소개말 및 환영인사



7:40 영화 시사



9:10 감독과의 대화(Q&A)



9:45 공식 행사 종료



DIRECTOR - Steven Dhoedt



Steven Dhoedt (°1980, Gent) studied film at the RITS Film Academy in Brussels and graduated as a Master in Audiovisual Arts.



After his studies he settled in Hong Kong for several years where he gained experience as a freelancer producer and director in the local video- and TV commercial industry.



In 2003 he founded the Belgian based production company VISUALANTICS. At the time a collective of filmmakers and new media artists, it developed over the years to an up and coming production house focusing on creative documentaries, fiction films and new media projects.



He made his documentary debut in 2009 with ‘INSIDE THE METAVERSE’, a journey through online virtual worlds. His most recent film is STATE OF PLAY, a creative documentary where he follows the career of several South-Korean professional gamers.



As a producer for Visualantics, he currently has several feature documentaries and short films in development and production.



Most of the time, Steven lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.



SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY – PRODUCER/DIRECTOR



2013 REACH FOR THE SKY / creative documentary / 85’ & 52’ / in HD Writer/Director (inproduction)



2013 EXPRMNTL / creative documentary / 75’ in HD Producer / Director of Photography



2012 STATE OF PLAY / creative documentary / 90’ & 52’ / in HD Writer/Director, Producer



2012 THE SOUND OF BELGIUM / creative documentary / 85’ / in HD Producer



2011 THE BRUSSELS BUSINESS / political documentary / 85’ & 56’ / in HD Belgian Co-producer



2010 INSIDE THE METAVERSE / creative documentary / 52’ / in HD Writer, Director, Producer



2010 THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF ROCKY / short fiction /13’/ S16 Producer



2009 NIGHTHAWKS / short fiction /13’50”/ 35mm Producer



2008 VERBRANDMAN / short fiction /14’/ RED ONE 2K Producer



2004 GROENENDAEL / short fiction /24’ / S16 Writer & Director



2004 MADISON FOX – ART TOI? / Music Video / 3’ / DVCAM Director



2003 THE RETURN OF THE 50FT WOMAN / Short fiction, 5min, Betacam SP Producer & Co-Writer



일시 - 2015년 2월 5일 목요일 저녁 7시



장소 - 한국영상자료원(상암DMC) 지하1층 시네마테크 2관



주최 - 민치앤필름, 서울테크소사이어티



진행 - 김태훈(David Kim)



감독 - 스티븐 두트(Steven Dhoedt-벨기에)



HOST - Korean Film Archive



Cinematheque 2 , www.koreafilm.org