About BODA MEDIA GROUP

BODA is one of the most active Korean production houses for international documentaries. We are entirely committed to make creative and cinematic documentaries with a strong social perspective and to collaborate with a wide range of local and international broadcasters, funding institutions, distributors and online platforms.
With a creative documentary, Here Comes Uncle Joe, BODA was founded in 2010. The company’s producer Sinae Ha and director Wooyoung Choi have made diverse documentaries with international co-productions and looked for compelling stories and much-loved films internationally. We keep developing and producing Korean and international films by filmmakers with an artistic vision.
P.S. We fall in love with strong storyline, unique style, universal topics and touching personal perspectives. Our interest is in Youth, Current affairs, human issues, ecology and geopolitics.”

BODA WORKS

2023

The Other Side of Me (in production)
Factual series | Documentary Celebrities | 15’ * 4 episodes | in 4K

Eat this, Not that (in production)
Factual series | Culinary | 15’ * 6 episodes | in HD

3677 Animal Rescue – Season 1 (in production)
Factual series | Animal & Social impact | 15’ * 12 episodes | in HD

Sandra, The Primate Citizen (in production)
Documentary | Social Issues & Science | 80’ | in 4K

2021

1989 Berlin, Seoul Now
Documentary | Immigration & History | 90’, 52′ | in 4K

 

REMEMBER ME (Chinese Co-production)
Documentary series | Endanger species | 26’ * 4 episodes | in 4K

2019

Jungle School
Documentary | Science | 52’ | in 4K

2018

I’M A LEGEND
Cross-media Documentary | Endanger species | 52’,  3’*4 episodes | in 4K

 

Beyond the Zoo
Documentary | Social Issues | 52’ | in 4K

 

Stammering Ballad (Chinese Co-production)
Documentary | Music & Human Interest | 110’ | in 4K

2017

God BLISS Our Home (Philippines Co-production)
Animadoc | Portrait & Social Issue | 76’ | in HD

2016

Project Red Pot
Documentary | Social Impact Series | 52′ * 2 episodes | in HD

Mansudae Masterclass
Documentary | Social Issue | 52’ | in HD

2015

Reach For The SKY (Belgium Co-production)
Documentary | Social Issue | 90′ & 52′ | in HD

ASHES TO ASHES
Documentary | Human Interest | 75’ | in HD

2014

MR.ELECTION
Documentary | Human Interest | 56’ & 45’ | in HD

2013

HERE COMES UNCLE JOE (American and Japanese Co-production)
Documentary | Human Interest | 70’ & 52’ | in HD

Meet our team

We are driven and ambitious professionals who can make a difference, either creatively or practically.
Sinae Ha
Sinae HaFounder & Producer

Since 2005, she had worked in a television production house as a director with a B.A specialized in journalism. In 2011, she was granted a M.S degree in Cross-media production at the Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST.
During the 2010’s Crossing Borders, she directed and produced her first international feature documentary, ‘Here Comes Uncle Joe’ with Wooyoung Choi.

Based on this experience, she has produced diverse documentaries with international filmmakers, ‘REACH FOR THE SKY (2015)’, ‘ASHES TO ASHES (2015)’, ‘MANSUDAE MASTERCLASS (2016)’, ‘GOD BLISS OUR HOME (2017)’, and ‘STAMMERING BALLAD (2017).’

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Wooyoung Choi
Wooyoung ChoiDirector / Producer


Wooyoung Choi directed his first international documentary, ‘Here Comes Uncle Joe’ with Sinae Ha in 2013. This documentary got several awards; Best Long Documentary at Qinghai Mountain Documentary Festival 2014, China, Best Documentary Feature & Best director of Non-fiction at TELAS- Sao Paulo TV Festival 2014, and Best Long Documentary in Gold Panda International Documentary Festival 2014.


In 2015, his second feature documentary, ‘Reach for the SKY’ was nominated at Busan International Film Festival, Dok Leipzig, Doc Point, Udine Far Eastern Film Festival, Mar del Plata Film Festival, and so on.


He has produced diverse documentaries, ‘Ashes To Ashes (2015)’, ‘God BLISS Our Home (2017)’, and ‘Stammering Ballad(2017)’

Siddiqi Haneul
Siddiqi Haneul Editor
Haneul began working for DUNYA TV in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2014. After relocating to Korea, she started working for BODA in 2016 as an assistant director, a position she held until 2018. She handed over editing, animation, and graphic design work for the kids YouTube channel and ads. When she returned to BODA in 2021, her main responsibility was to edit six episodes of the television series “Magnum Photos in Shinan,” which aired on Mokpo MBC. In parallel, she managed the graphics for a feature documentary, “1989 Berlin, Seoul Now”, and began to work as an editor for other feature documentaries. She is fluent in Adobe, Premiere, and Final Cut Pro and speaks Urdu, Korean, and English with ease.
Solbi Kang
Solbi Kang Director
From 2020 to 2022, Solbi handled media-related education programs at Buchoen Media Center, including photography, YouTube, documentaries, and more. She started creating her own feature documentary with a training program at Global Pitching Academy in 2022, and in 2023 she joined BODA for a role as the director of the factual series “3677 Animal Rescue” and more projects.
Pero
PeroProduction Cat

Nine-year-old Highland Fold cat Pero is there to participate in production and provide energy to all staff.