Kim Jin-yeol

History

In 1998, Kim Jin-yeoul began producing documentary films with Handicapped Woman Kim Jin-ok′s Marriage Story (1999), which recorded the marriage of a disabled woman. Later, she won New Documentarist Award at the Seoul International Documentary Video & Film Festival with her private documentary Land to Make Rice (2000). She directed several documentaries including Forgotten Warriors (2004), the story of Park Soonja, a female North Korean partisan during the Korean War, Jin-Ok Sister Goes to School (2007), the sequel of Handicapped Woman Kim Jin-ok′s Marriage Story, and Cruel State (2015), which recorded the truth commission activities of the bereaved families of the Sewol Ferry Disaster.

Movies

Individual Circumstances
Individual Circumstances
Director
A story depicting a war-like reunion romance between Ha Yeon Woo, a movie director who was once a promising prospect in Chungmuro, and Seong Woo Jae, a writer who disappeared from his first love due to past wounds.
Kim Jong-boon of Wangshimni
Kim Jong-boon of Wangshimni
Director
The life of Kim Jong-boon, who has been a peddler in Wangshimni for 50 years, is admirable. At the age of 83, she no longer has to earn a living at her street stall, but she keeps working because she still has customers.
Cruel State
Cruel State
Director of Photography
In April 2014, the entire nation of South Korea watched on television live as The Sewol capsized off the coast of Jindo. The tragedy left life-long wounds in the hearts of people whose family and friends had been among the 304 passengers killed. The majority of the victims were high school students on a school trip. Their parents were not even given the luxury of grieving, as they had to camp out in front of the Parliament, City Hall and the Presidential House, asking for only one thing - to know the truth about why their children had been left to die. But after more than a year, that truth has yet to be brought to light. This film is a documentation of the year-long struggle and painful soul-searching of people destined to be labelled as 'bereaved families' for the rest of their lives, as they come face to face with the naked face of their cruel country.
Cruel State
Cruel State
Director
In April 2014, the entire nation of South Korea watched on television live as The Sewol capsized off the coast of Jindo. The tragedy left life-long wounds in the hearts of people whose family and friends had been among the 304 passengers killed. The majority of the victims were high school students on a school trip. Their parents were not even given the luxury of grieving, as they had to camp out in front of the Parliament, City Hall and the Presidential House, asking for only one thing - to know the truth about why their children had been left to die. But after more than a year, that truth has yet to be brought to light. This film is a documentation of the year-long struggle and painful soul-searching of people destined to be labelled as 'bereaved families' for the rest of their lives, as they come face to face with the naked face of their cruel country.
Forgotten Warriors
Forgotten Warriors
Director
A documentary about the unconverted long-term women prisoners who had been captured as communist guerillas in South Korea and despite decades of imprisonment and social ostracization continue to uphold their cause of reunification and national democracy. The film follows the women as they attend reunification rallies, meet with a new generation of activists, march in protest of the war in Iraq, visit the DPRK to take part in the Inter-Korean Women’s Reunification Rally, reminisce with their comrades, tend to their families, and bury their comrades.