If You Were Me: Anima Vision 2
A Special Preview!
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK; Chair: Ahn Kyong-hwan) held a special preview of If You Were Me: Anima Vision 2 at Cinus Myeongdong in Myeongdong, Seoul, on April 10 at 6:00 p.m. If You Were Me: Anima Vision 2 is a human rights animation fun and pleasant to watch and will be shown to the public on April 17. The preview attracted a large audience including politicians, government officials, artists, persons with disabilities, migrant women, those with LGBT sexual orientations, and representatives of a range of civic groups.
Audio description for persons with visual disabilities!
At the special preview, audio description service was provided to help persons with visual disabilities enjoy the movie. Persons with visual disabilities wore a special device to hear the audio description to get information about each scene. The transgender entertainer, Harisu, did the additional narration for the first episode entitled The Third Wish and themed on persons with visual disabilities; the current affairs cartoonist, Park Jae-dong, gave an audio description for the last episode entitled Lies and themed on LGBT. Professional voice actors provided the audio description service for the second through fifth episodes.
The preview was attended by Ms. Pela Olivenja Ambayek, who is a migrant from the Philippines and skillfully performed as a voice actress for the fourth episode, Shine, Shine, Shining, themed on multicultural families; Ms. Shin Hei-soo, a commissioner of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); Mr. Lee Suk-tae, Korea's Ambassador-at-large for Human Rights; Mr. Lee Sung-gang, the director of the movie Mari's Story; Mr. Jo Bum-Jin, the director of the movie Aachi and Ssipak; Messrs Son Mun-sang and Choi Gyu-seok, cartoonists; Mr. Jeong Tae-chun, a singer; Mr. Hong Seok-cheon, an actor; and many other celebrities.
If You Were Me: Anima Vision 2 (an NHRCK production) is a very special animation that deals with such serious subjects as human rights and discrimination with such friendly and light touches under the assumption, "If you were me." Many foreign film festivals have expressed their interest in the movie. It has already been invited to the 21st Singapore International Film Festival for its Asian Cinema competition, which started on April 4, and to the Annecy Festival international du film d'animation, one of the four major international animation festivals, slated for June.
