German premiere of Kim Ki-duk's latest film "Call of God" and a meeting with the crew of the movie "KimKi.DOC" 16 February 2025

During the Berlin Film Festival, film lovers will be in for a surprise: A. Smolyansky's series will show for the first time in Germany the last film of the famous Korean director Kim Ki-duk, "The Voice of God" (81 min. 2022), completed by his colleagues. For the first time in Germany, the last film of the famous Korean director Kim Ki-duk, "The Voice of God" (81 min., 2022), completed by his colleagues, will be shown in the Smoliansky series. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2022. You can also expect to meet Tatjana Muehlbaier and Arthur Weeber, producers of "KimKi.doc" (30 min, 2023), a filmabout Kim Ki Duk .Their movie will also be shown at this meeting.

CALL OF GOD / KÕNE TAEVAST

Estonia-Lithuania-Kyrgyzstan

2022, 82 min

In Russian with English subtitles.

Original Screenplay by Kim Ki-duk

Original material filmed and directed by Kim Ki-duk

Editing of the festival version by Audrius Juzenas

Music Sven Grunberg

Starring Janelle Sergazina, Abylai Maratov and others.

Producer Kim Ki-duk

Producer of the edited festival version Arthur Weeber

Co-producers Nargiza Mamatkulova, Tatiana Mülbaier, Darius Vaitiekunas.

... Love, like a premonition, has come upon a young girl. In her dreams she dreams of meeting her future lover. Starting as a happy accident, their passion grows into something else. In her reverie, the girl undergoes maturity tests. Will she be able to cheat fate in real life?

The shooting of the movie took place in Kyrgyzstan in the summer of 2019. The main roles in this passionate film were played by Janelle Sergazina from Kazakhstan, who conquered the audience of the Venice Film Festival with her charm, and Kyrgyz actor Abylai Maratov.

Kim Ki-duk worked on the movie during his stay in Estonia, but did not have time to finish the movie. A year after his sudden death, filmmakers from Estonia and Lithuania completed the film.

The original music for the movie was composed by maestro Sven Grunberg, with whom Kim Ki-duk intended to make his next movie.

The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September 2022.

KIMKI.DOC

Production: "Estofilm" ( Estonia )

2023, 30 min.

Written by Tatiana Mühlbaier

Producer Artur Weeber

In Russian with English subtitles

Pilot movie for the feature-length project "L'Enfant Terrible". This is a pilot film for the feature-length project "L'Enfant Terrible", which tells about the last years of the life of Korean director Kim Ki-duk, one of the most amazing directors of modern cinematography.

Kim spent the last year of his life in the Baltics, where he was planning the shooting of his next film Clouds, Rain, Snow, Fog, and working on the completion of Calling God, which he filmed in Kyrgyzstan in the summer of 2019.

Kim Ki-duk's sudden death in Latvia in December 2020 from the effects of a covid, was a blow to many.

In this movie, friends and colleagues talk about Kim Ki-duk and his paintings. The film features original archival footage.

Filming took place in Estonia, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, etc.