PRODUCT NEWS

Here we highlight some of the content that MIPCOM Country Of Honour Korea is presenting during MIPCOM Online+

AK ENTERTAINMENT

A HIGHLIGHT for Korea’s AK Entertainment during MIPCOM is new action film King Of Prison (1 x 108 mins). The movie, directed by Kang Tae-ho, tells the story of a dominant ‘prison king’ criminal who wields power over the other inmates. Circumstances become even more challenging when the prison king’s enemy enters the prison and tries to usurp him with his gang members. The film stars Sol-gu Lee, In-seong Kang and Sang-jae Yoo.

King Of Prison (AK Entertainment) MBC

KOREAN broadcaster MBC is showcasing a range of programming and formats during MIPCOM. Oh! My Partner is a music talent competition in which two legendary Korean musicians team up with ordinary members of the public to perform their biggest hits in perfect harmony. The musicians and their respective teams, who compete to outshine each other with their performance, must select ideal singing mates out of the participants whose names, occupation and even their vocal skills are kept a secret. Another music-based show is Yooplash, in which fantastic musicians get together to produce a new composition in a relay style, transforming an eight-bit drumbeat of a novice drummer into musical masterpieces. My Working Vlog is an entertaining observational reality show that puts the focus on 24 hours of human activity and interaction in

HAPPYUP STUDIO

PRE-SCHOOL CGI animation Comi & Bebe (52 x 6 mins) is a co-production for Korea’s HappyUp Studio with Lion Forge and EBS. The picture-book style stories feature the daily lives of young children with their friends and family in their village, in a technique that focuses on mixing music and narrative. The studio’s plans include a second and

third series, new media content and a theatrical version.

The Paik Father: Cooking Must Go On (MBC) Comi & Bebe (Happyup Studio)

workplaces. From digital nomads to freelancers, artists, civil servants and even foreign workers, the professional and social lives of workers come under the spotlight. The Paik Father: Cooking Must Go On is a new interactive cooking show, perfectly contact-free for the COVID-19 era. The show features unpredictable interactions between ‘Paik Father’ – a godfather of the culinary world — and a huge screen filled with cooking novices around the world. An extended version of the show introduces the entertaining behind stories of the culinary beginners. An interesting take on virtual reality is employed in Meeting You, a documentary that blends human stories with ground-breaking technology, exploring themes of human consciousness as long-lost and loved family members are brought back by VR, inspiring heartwarming memories.

Meeting You (MBC)

EBS

DURING MIPCOM this year EBS (Korea Educational Broadcasting System) is showcasing a new natural history documentary. History Of The Wild (2 x 50 mins). The high-definition two-parter profiles the tigers and leopards in the Korean Peninsula. Previously numerous, the ancestors called tigers and leopards “beom”, and they were considered objects of fear and worship. The first part of the documentary looks at various ancient stories of interaction between the animals and humans, and vividly explores the ecology of Korean tigers and Korean leopards living in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia, which is the only wild habitat for the Korean “beom” left in the world. After the Japanese occupation and the Korean War, these animals became extinct in the Korean Peninsula as the ecosystem of wildlife became severely distorted. The second part of the show looks at the reasons behind the changes in the ecosystem that resulted in the extinction of these tigers and leopards, and how the environment could benefit from their presence.

History Of The Wild (EBS)

DAEHAN MEDIAWORLD

THE HONEY Bee Crisis (1 x 52 mins) looks at these amazing creatures, the only insects that produce food eaten by humans. The species plays an even more significant role in producing the fruits and vegetables that humanity requires, and the decline in numbers impacts at the

The Honey Bee Crisis (Daehan Mediaworld)

Chef’s Salt (Daehan Mediaworld)

highest levels on our food chain, posing a grave threat to human survival. Many countries including the US, China and Australia are concerned about how honey bee losses could affect the security of food supply and farmers and beekeepers are doing their part by learning how to care for bees. The documentary explores how after the massive and sudden colony collapses that occurred a decade ago have abated, honey bees are still dying at troubling rates from viruses, disease, parasites, stress and lack of access to food sources. Another factual highlight from Daehan Mediaworld during MIPCOM is The Overland To North Korea (1 x 52 mins), which takes an in-depth look at North Korea’s infrastructure and explores aspects related to agriculture, the livestock industry, forestry, tourism, education and everyday life. Featured subjects include the speciality wheat-noodle based cuisine of the northern city of Wonsan, a boy’s activity camp and the first ski resort in North Korea. Thirdly, Chef ’s Salt (1 x 52 mins) is a 4K/UHD profiles the various ways salt is harvested in different countries including Spain, Philippines, Japan, Poland and Korea. There are three methods used to produce salt — solar, evaporation and rock mining, and this affects the colour, taste, texture and mineral content. A Spanish version of the programme is available.

The Overland To North Korea (Daehan Mediaworld)