Jason Bechervaise (Founder and Editor) 
                                               제이슨 베이셔베이스

I have always been interested in different cultures and films, but it was three years ago, when I met my wife, Meeyeon, that I began to undercover what a phenomenal culture Korea has to offer. It wasn’t long before I came to discover the fascinating film industry that still bewilders me to this day. I find it almost inconceivable that fifty years after a crippling war and decades of dictatorship, South Korea has come out as one of the most exciting film industries in the world. As I am sure you can understand, this film industry has captivated me, even to the extent of launching a website.

I am currently based in London, England studying Film & Video at University of East London. I am in my second year and I am to say the least, thoroughly enjoying it. The course is both practical and theoretical, so I spend some time making films and the rest of the time is spent watching films and subsequently analysing them.

I am also learning Korean, which is unbelievably difficult. Although Hangul (the alphabet) is very logical, pronunciation and sentence structure is far different from English, so even learning basic Korean is a challenge. Nonetheless, I am determined to be able to speak it as near to fluent as possible, even if it means I have to spend my whole life learning it.

I am also part of the Korean film festivals, which take place in London. In the past I have mainly assisted with the P/R/Marketing as well as helping them out with some of the more pratical areas. For this year's festival, I have joined the team as Festival Co-ordinator.

Once I have graduated, I plan to move to Seoul and join Meeyeon with her family and hopefully become a PD (Producer) of some sort. Korea is a very competitive market, so we will see how far I get….

Below is a film I made in my first year with some friends, which indicates what a mad person I am.

This is Meeyeon, my wife and to the right, that is me, Jason, or Jase as I am often called.

                                       Meeyeon Ahn (Korean Editor)
                                                       안 미연

Meeyeon, my wife has graduated from University of Westmister in Journalism last year.

LIke myself, Meeyeon has a keen interest in Korean cinema - she even wrote her dissertation on the subject. She is fascinated by how Korean films have suddenly hit the British shores and is particulary interested in how British people interpret Korean films. She helps me to view Korean films from a Korean prosepective, which is sometimes quite difficult to say the least! She also assist's me with the Korean content. At present this is quite limited, but in time, we are hoping to include more Korean content.

Just to give you some history about Meeyeon. She moved to England in 2001 to study English for two years. She then began a foundation course in media at the University of Arts London (formally known as London School of Printing) before she commenced her degree at University of Westminster. She has also gained a teaching qualiifcation (TESOL accredited by Trinity College) to teach English anywhere in the world.

This is Meeyeon and I chilling out in Greenwich, London

                                        Aashish Gadhvi (Contributor)

Aashish Gadhvi is a recent graduate of Film and Television from Brunel University and a life long Asian cinephile. Having grown up on allsorts of Asian films, from Jackie Chan, to Godzilla, to Bollywood, Aashish later discovered Korean films and has become a Korean fanatic. Writing extensively about the films he is most passionate about, he has turned his hand to contributing reviews to this website. Aashish cites Memories of Murder as his favourite Korean movie. Aashish is also attached to The Cult Film Archive at Brunel University, which is a one of a kind rare video archive. You can e-mail Aashish by clicking here.

                                    Jake Davies (Forum Administrator)

Jake is the youngest member of the team, he is 18 years of age. I think we all envy him!  He currently resides in Swindon (where I am from), studying his A/AS levels. He enjoys watching a mixture of films and anime  - his favourite being Korean.

Jake may be young, but he really is a valuable assett to this site. He contacted me suggesting we should get a decent forum going and he has done just that. Hopefully lots of people will registar and we will get a nice big community here at koreanfilm.org.uk.