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Award Ceremony Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard 2010 presented 19 films directed by 21 directors hailing from 19 different countries. 4 of the works were first films.

Presided over by Claire DENIS (Director, France), the Jury was comprised of: Helena LINDBLAD (Critic - Dagens Nyheter, Sweden), Patrick FERLA (Journalist - Radio télévision suisse, Switzerland), KIM Dongho (Pusan Film Festival, South Korea), Serge TOUBIANA (General Director of the Cinémathèque Française, France).

O ESTRANHO CASO DE ANGELICA (The Strange Case of Angelica) by Manoel De OLIVEIRA, which opened Un Certain Regard on Thursday, the 13th, cast a bright light over the entire Selection.

PRIZE OF UN CERTAIN REGARD - FONDATION GROUPAMA GAN POUR LE CINEMA

HAHAHA by HONG Sangsoo

JURY PRIZE

OCTUBRE (October) by Daniel VEGA & Diego VEGA

THE PRIZE FOR BEST PERFORMANCE GOES TO THE THREE ACTRESSES OF LOS LABIOS (The lips), by Ivan FUND & Santiago LOZA : Adela SANCHEZ, Eva BIANCO, Victoria RAPOSO

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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 22: (L-R) Victoria Raposo, Eva Bianco, Santiago Loza, Ivan Fund, Daniel Vega, Diego Vega, Serge Toubiana, Jury President Claire Denis, Patrick Ferla, Yeh Ji-Won, Yoo Joon-Sang, jury member Kim Dong-Ho and 'Ha Ha Ha' Director Hong Sang-Soo attend the Un Certain Regard Palm d'Or ceremony at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2010 in Cannes, France.

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I'm so truly happy with this ... I'm Peruvian and I was cheering for "Octubre"... is so nice to see winning both productions!

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Hong Sangsoo Tops Un Certain Regard

By Eugene Hernandez, indieWIRE

Hong Sangsoo accepting the award for best film in the Un Certain Regard section tonight in France. Photo by Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE

The new film by Hong Sangsoo, “Ha Ha Ha”, won the top prize for a film in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section tonight in France.

The film debuted last night as the Cannes festival headed into its final weekend.

Saying that the jury had too many good films to choose from, jury president Claire Denis announced the winners tonight on stage at the Debussy theater in Cannes. She presented the jury prize, or second place, to Daniel and Diego Vega’s “Octubre” alongside jurors Helena Lindblad (critic from Sweden) Patrick Ferla (journalist from Switzerland), Dongho Kim (Pusan Film Festival, South Korea), Serge Toubiana (Cinematheque Francaise).

The jury also presented a special award to the three actresses—Adela Sanzhez, Eva Bianco, and Victoria Raposo—from Ivan Fund and Santiago Losa’s “Los Labios” (The Lips).

In the words of an official description of “Ha Ha Ha”: “Moonkyeong (Kim Sang-kyeong) decides to move to Canada and meets Joongsik (Yoo Joon-sang). The two find out that they were on a trip together and share their memories. Moonkyeong wants to be a movie director and meets a tour guide Seongok (Moon So-ri) who wants to live a new life in Korea.”

The Cannes Film Festival will conclude tomorrow night with the presentation of the main jury awards, including the Palme d’Or and awards for best director, screenplay, actor and actress, tomorrow night in France.

'Hahaha' wins Un Certain Regard

Comedy from South Korea gets last laugh at Cannes

By John Hopewell, Elsa Keslassy, Variety

Posted: Sat., May 22, 2010, 1:00pm PT

CANNES-- Beating out strong contenders, South Korean comedy "Hahaha," from writer-director Hong Sang-soo, took the top Un Certain Regard Prize Saturday at the 63rd Cannes Festival.

The latest tale of immature men, booze, women and film folk from Hong ("Like You Know It All," "Woman on the Beach"), "Hahaha" turns on a film director and critic who recount anecdotes about their separate visits to the seaside town of Tong-yeong.

The Un Certain Regard Jury Prize went to "Octubre" (October) from Peru's Daniel and Diego Vega. "October" records how a commitment-wary pawnbroker's life is turned upside-down - and all for the better - when he is forced to look after a baby.

Doggedly drab in setting and deadpan in humor - recalling Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll's "Whisky" - "October" built genuine buzz at Cannes, playing to an expectant crowd Saturday at its final screening.

Headed by Gallic helmer-scribe Claire Denis, the Un Certain Regard jury awarded acting kudos to Adela Sanchez, Eva Blanco and Victoria Raposo, the three actresses of another directorial two-hander, Ivan Fund and Santiago Loza's Argentine feature "Los labios" (The Lips).

2010's Un Certain Regard winners underscore just how challenged art pic production has become for some directors in many parts of the world: "Hahaha" was made on $100,000, "Lips" was so micro-budgeted it didn't have a formal production house.

Though "Hahaha" won top honors, Un Certain Regard plaudits this year could have gone to many Un Certain Regard entries: Around half its 19 titles played to at least generally upbeat critical reactions.

"Being sure that you can put prestigious filmmakers in Un Certain Regard whom you are hesitating about putting in Competition makes selection easier," Cannes general delegate Thierry Fremaux told Daily Variety Saturday.

Korean film scoops Cannes 'Un Certain Regard' prize

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Sat May 22, 2:09 pm ET

CANNES, France (AFP) – "Ha Ha Ha," a film by South Korean director Hong Sang-soo, on Saturday won the top prize at the Cannes film festival sidebar competition, Un Certain Regard.

The film, which tells the story of a drunken trip down memory lane as a film-maker prepares to leave Korea to live in Canada, is one of three Korean films in the official selection at Cannes this year.

Un Certain Regard gave its jury prize to "Octubre," a first feature by Peruvian brothers Daniel and Diego Vega. The movie tells the story of a Lima loan shark who suddenly finds himself saddled with a baby.

The best acting prize went to the three actresses who play women who travel to a remote town to do welfare work among the local poor in the Argentinian film "Los Labios," by Ivan Fund and Santiago Loza.

The Palme d'Or, the top prize in the main competition at Cannes, was due to be handed out on Sunday to one of the 19 films in the race.

Korean director Lee Chang-Dong's "Poetry" and his compatriot Im Sang-soo's "The Housemaid" are both in the running for the Palme.

'Hahaha' takes Un Certain Regard prize

'October' and 'The Lips' also receive kudos at Cannes

By Rebecca Leffler, Hollywood Reporter

May 22, 2010, 02:36 PM ET

CANNES -- South Korean director Hong Sangsoo's "Hahaha" laughed its way through the Festival de Cannes' Un Certain Regard awards on Saturday, taking the top prize from the Fondation Groupama Gan.

"Hahaha" follows two men who meet by chance in Canada and share travel stories then realize they've met the same people along the way.

A jury presided by Claire Denis saw 19 films from 21 directors hailing from 19 different countries in the Un Certain Regard category.

The Jury Prize went to Peruvian brothers Daniel and Diego Vega for their film "October." The prize for the best performance in the sidebar went to the actresses of Ivan Fund and Santiago Loza's "The Lips," Adela Sanchez, Eva Bianco and Victoria Raposo.

Cannes 2010: More surprise than laughter as 'Ha Ha Ha' takes a prize in Cannes

By Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times

May 22, 2010 | 5:46 pm

We were traveling earlier in the evening and couldn't post this news right away, but a bit of a surprise in Cannes as "Ha Ha Ha," Hong Sangsoo's Korean-themed contemplation of destiny and purpose, scored the top prize in the festival's Un Certain Regard section on Saturday night.

The film centers on two native Koreans who meet each other in present-day Canada only to discover they had once been on a trip to Korea together. The film won after premiering at the festival on Friday, after many of the other Un Certain Regard titles had been unveiled -- and despite comparatively few observers touting its odds for a big trophy. (The Ryan Gosling-Michelle Williams marital drama "Blue Valentine" and the Romanian gem "Tuesday after Christmas" were our own favorites in the section, but then, the jury doesn't usuallly consult with U.S. film reporters.)

Daniel and Diego Vega's "Octubre" won the runner-up jury prize in the section, while the actresses from Ivan Fund's and Santiago Losas' "Los Labios" were bestowed a special acting award.

The announcement sets the stage for Sunday night's Palme d'Or announcement, in what experts say is one of the most wide-open races for the Cannes top prize in years. Korean existential drama "Poetry," Thai genre-buster "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall Past Lives" British character drama "Another Year" and Mexican-Spanish melodrama "Biutiful" are all considered top contenders.

Director Hong Wins Sidebar Prize at Cannes

KBS World

2010-05-23 11:29:13

Director Hong Sang-soo has won the top prize at the Cannes International Film Festival's sidebar competition, Un Certain Regard, for his film "Ha Ha Ha."

If the film is distributed in France, he will receive a subsidy of 30 thousand euros.

Hong in his acceptance speech thanked his cast and staff for trusting him and following his direction under a difficult production environment and passed the honor to them.

"Ha Ha Ha" is a drunken trip down memory lane as a filmmaker prepares to leave Korea to immigrate to Canada. The movie is considered to be the most appealing of Hong's films to a general audience.

The film is also one of three Korean entries in the official selection at Cannes this year.

Hong Sang-soo's 'Hahaha' Wins Cannes Award

Chosun Ilbo

englishnews@chosun.com / May 24, 2010 11:07 KST

Director Hong Sang-soo's film "Hahaha" won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard category at the Cannes International Film Festival on Saturday (local time). It is Hong's first award at Cannes after being invited to the festival six times, and the first Korean film to be awarded in the category.

Nineteen films were screened in the category, including works by big name directors such as Manoel de Oliveira, Jean-Luc Godard and Jia Zhangke. French director Claire Denis, who presided over the jury, said it was very difficult to choose the winner from among so many great films.

In the award ceremony, Hong said, "I'll take this award as encouragement to continue making good films. I'd like to thank all the actors who worked with me."

Starting with "The Power of Kangwon Province" in 1998, Hong has had six films invited to Cannes, in the Competition, Un Certain Regard and Directors' Fortnight categories.

Lee’s ‘Poetry’ wins Cannes screenplay prize

by Song Woong-ki, Korea Herald

2010-05-24 16:17

Asian entries at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival took home some of the top honors on Sunday at what many consider the most prestigious international film competition in the world.

Korean writer-director Lee Chang-dong was awarded with screenplay honors for “Poetry,” his lyrical ode to self-discovery, while Thai entry “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives” was given the Palme d’Or -- the festival’s top prize.

Lee’s compatriot Hong Sang-soo’s soju-fueled film “Ha Ha Ha” about two friends taking a trip down memory lane about their trips to Tongyong, South Gyeongsang Province, earned the top prize at the festival’s sidebar competition, Un Certain Regard. [...]

Poetry and HaHaHa Win at Cannes

by David Oxenbridge (KOFIC)

Out of the five Korean films showing at the 2010 Festival de Cannes 2 have picked up major awards. The Best Screenplay Award went to the LEE Chang-dong’s highly acclaimed Poetry and the Un Certain Regard Section top prize went to HONG Sangsoo’s Ha Ha Ha.

LEE Chang-dong a veteran of Cannes was picked as a favourite to win at Cannes. His film Secret Sunshine (2007) garnered JEON Do-yeon the best actress award at Cannes that year and the director then went on to sit on the international competition jury at Cannes in 2009. This year Poetry rekindled the cinematic career of actor YOON Jung-hee a film veteran of 40 years. The actress who has not appeared in a film for 16 years received rave reviews from critics all over the world. The film itself which received a standing ovation from audiences has already been sold to Spain, Yugoslavia, Andorra and Taiwan.

Ha Ha Ha on the other hand is director HONG Sangsoo’s first award at Cannes after numerous visits. Hong’s first film to be invited to Cannes was in 1998 with The Power of Kangwon Province and then with Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000). Both Woman is the Future of Man (2004) and Tale of Cinema (2005) competed for the Palme d ‘Or prize. Like You Know it All (2009) appeared in the Director’s Fortnight section last year. The Un Certain Regard section was introduced in 1978 to present a variety of films with different visions and styles from all parts of the world.

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Hong Sang-soo scores first win at Cannes with "Hahaha"

2010.05.24

Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo has scored his first win at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival with his film "Hahaha."

Hong's latest pic was handed the grand prize for the "Un Certain Regard" category at the award ceremony, held May 22 (France time) at Debussy theater in Cannes, France.

The director, who won his first trophy at Cannes on his sixth visit to the film fest, shared his excitement with actors Yu Jun-sang and Ye Ji-won, the main cast of his award-winning pic.

"I will regard this as an encouragement to make my next film well," the 50-year-old director said while meeting with Korean reporters after he won the award. "I hope this will help everyone who has helped me make this film...... I am grateful that I could pay them back with at least this."

The actors and crew in "Hahaha" had reportedly worked on the film free of charge.

When told that he had defeated notable filmmakers from the East and the West such as Jean-Luc Godard, Manoel De Oliveira and Jia Zhangke, he jokingly remarked, "I don't know -- I haven't seen their films. How would I know what the judges were thinking."

"Hahaha" is about an aspiring filmmaker and a film critic who meet in the seaside city of Tong-young and share their life stories and experiences.

Hong was first invited to Cannes in 1998 for the film "The Power of Kangwon Province" and again two years later for "Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors" in the "Un Certain Regard" category.

His pics "Woman Is the Future of Man" (2004) and "Tale of Cinema" (2005) ran for the top Palme d'Or prize of the main competition and last year, he was invited to show his film "Like You Know It All" during the Director's Fortnight section.

With six trips to prestigious film fest, Hong holds the title for making most appearances at Cannes and has become the first Korean filmmaker to win an award in the "Un Certain Regard" category, which introduces films with various visions and styles from around the world.

This year, the judges panel for the category was presided over by French filmmaker Claire Denis and included Kim Dong-ho, executive chairman of Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) committee.

The Jury award for the section went to "Octubre," directed by Daniel Vega and Diego Vera," while the acting title was claimed by three actresses who starred in "The Lips" -- Adela Sanchez, Eva Bianco and Victoria Raposo.

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Related post: 10Asia's interview with Hong Sang-Soo @ post #7

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Director Hong Sang-soo and Yoo Joon-sang arrive at Incheon International Airport in South Korea on May 25, 2010. Their film "Hahaha" won the grand prize in the "Un Certain Regard" category of the Cannes Film Festival this year. [10Asia]

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Hong Sang-soo finally lets his characters have a laugh

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By Cho Jae-eun [jainnie@joongang.co.kr], JoongAng Daily

June 04, 2010

Kim Sang-kyung and Yu Jan-sang laugh it up in Hong Sang-soo’s new film. [JoongAng Ilbo]

After more than 10 feature films, it seems director Hong Sang-soo has finally learned to laugh out loud, instead of the occasional, sarcastic snicker. In his latest effort, “Ha Ha Ha,” Hong, always the elegant satirist, seems to have lightened up a bit, or at the very least, made an effort to do so.

The backdrop for “Ha Ha Ha” doesn’t differ greatly from his previous films. Hong’s signatures - the cowardly intellectuals, travel to a regional area in Korea, chance encounters with flighty women and existential questions about romantic love over soju or makgeolli (Korean rice wine) - are all there.

This time, however, the venomous sting in the characters’ jokes seems to have disappeared and they no longer seem as angry. Even the visuals have become sunnier, as the camera frequently lingers on a bright, emerald-colored sea and lustrous shots of the rural city of Tongyeong with a kind of warmth that was quite hard to find in other films by the director.

The film unfolds over a drinking session between Mun-gyeong (played by Kim Sang-kyung), a film director, and Jung-sik (played by Yu Jun-sang), a film critic, as they talk about their summer trips and realize that they were both in Tongyeong. Over a few bowls of makgeolli, they share anecdotes of their encounters with women and Mun-gyeong’s mother, who runs a restaurant there.

During their talk, the audience finds out that while the people they met in Tongyeong are interrelated, the two men never bumped into each other. Their intertwining stories bring out an interesting premise for the movie in dealing with the relationship between memory and perception, which is further driven by the contrast between the black-and-white shots of the drinking session and the color shots of the story that unfolds in Tongyeong.

The women in the film, Yun-ju (played by Yeh Ji-won) and Sung-ok (played by Moon So-ri) are one of the best parts of the film. Unlike many female characters from the director’s previous films, these two women were people I would love to go to lunch with. Throughout their misadventures with the men, they never succumb to being unrealistic, glossy versions of women. Both are laid-back while sometimes being neurotic, honest and funny, forgiving and self-deprecating.

A line during the first part of the film sets the tone for the movie, in which Mun-gyeong says, “Be aware of the dark and sad. The greatest evil lies inside them.” Yes, Mun-gyeong loses Sung-ok to her ex-boyfriend and Jung-sik takes anti-depressants as if he were taking vitamins. They, like all of us, get tangled up in things they don’t want to be faced with, but this time, Hong shows us that they can at least laugh about it sometimes.

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Cannes productive for Korea's Finecut

Deals made for 'Bedevilled,' 'Poetry' and others

By Park Soo-mee, Hollywood Reporter

June 4, 2010, 10:38 AM ET

SEOUL – Works of arthouse Korean directors by a Seoul-based sales company Finecut were picked up during Cannes.

“Poetry,” the Cannes Best Screenplay Award winner by director Lee Chang-dong, was picked up by companies in various regions including Taiwan’s Khan Entertainment, Golem for Spain and Kino Lorber for U.S. The film was previously sold to Diaphana for France, and is currently under negotiation with U.K., Japan, and other territories.

“Bedevilled,” a feature debut at Critic’s Week by Jang Cheol-soo, was also sold to Bir Film for Turkey, Optimum Releasing for U.K., Maywain Films for ex-USSR, and Catchplay for Taiwan.

On the more commercial side, “71-Into the Fire” added Maywin Films for ex-USSR and Festive Films for Singapore to its list of distributors following its previous deals with Showbox (U.K.) and Ascot Elite (Germany and Switzerland). The film will be released later this month in Korea with about 500 screens by Lotte Entertainment.

Finecut also closed a package deal of four Korean films with Bir Film including “Crossing” and “Daytime Drinking.” Japan’s SPO signed a deal for “Twilight Gangster,” “Daytime Drinking” and “My Dear Enemy,” while Taiwan’s Catchplay bought “Iris: The Movie” and Hong Sangsoo’s “Hahaha.”

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January 6, 2011

Korean Movies: “HaHaHa” Chosen as One of Most Notable Asian Films of 2010

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In The Wall Street Journal’s Scene Asia, Dean Napolitano wrote about the Asian movie industry in 2010 and listed his 10 picks as the most important and notable Asian feature films of the year.

Korea is represented by director Hong Sang-soo’s “HaHaHa”, which is described in Scene Asia as a “wry comedy about two friends – a film director and a movie critic – who reminisce about their intertwining lives and relationships”.

Last May, “HaHaHa” was the recipient of the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize in Un Certain Regard and was also presented to acclaim in the World Cinema section at the AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles in November. In the latter event’s program, Landon Zakheim wrote: “Delicately sculpting a potent swirl of chance encounters, nostalgia, heartbreak and grace with composed irreverence, Hong (Sang-soo) delivers his most sincere work yet.”

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February 2, 2011

What's New: 2010 and 2011

From Darcy Paquet at koreanfilm.org

Last fall my family and I spent three months in the US, to let our kids spend some meaningful time in an English-speaking environment. It's the longest I've been away from Seoul since I first moved there in 1997, and it felt strange to be missing so many new releases. I'm now almost caught up. Although there are a few more films that I hoped to watch before compiling my 2010 top ten list (Rolling Home with a Bull and Enlightenment Film, among others), I think it's time to cut bait:

1. Poetry, dir. Lee Chang-dong

2. Oki's Movie, dir. Hong Sang-soo

3. Bedeviled, dir. Jang Cheol-soo

4. The Unjust, dir. Ryoo Seung-wan

5. Eighteen, dir. Jang Geon-jae

6. HaHaHa, dir. Hong Sang-soo

7. I Saw the Devil, dir. Kim Jee-woon

8. Passerby #3, dir. Shin Su-won

9. The Yellow Sea, dir. Na Hong-jin

10. Secret Reunion, dir. Jang Hun

I saw Poetry twice during its release, and was just captivated by it. It's a rich film that devotes deep, serious attention to how it presents its characters and the situations they face. The story itself is moving, but I also found Lee's devotion to the "ethics" of his film to be moving. I think few directors put so much thought into their works.

There were two films from Hong Sang-soo this year, and I think it says something about your personality as a critic whether you prefer HaHaHa or Oki's Movie. I'm planning to teach HaHaHa in my Korean cinema class this spring, and I'm guessing that the film will grow on me with multiple viewings, but in Oki's Movie I really felt that Hong was asking more questions and pushing into new territory. People who know me well will say that my fondness for Jeong Yu-mi tipped the scales, but I think that's only part of it.

Bedeviled was in some ways the most exciting film of the year for me, because it's a first time director and it caught me by surprise. One of my favorite bloody gory movies ever. The Unjust was also a very pleasant surprise, in that director Ryoo showed that he can take a screenplay written by someone else and really put life into it (most directors can't).

Among smaller-scale independent works, the one that really stuck with me (unexpectedly) was Eighteen, a story about teenagers that won the top prize at the 2009 Vancouver Film Festival. Both in terms of narrative and imagery, director Jang Geon-jae is able to leave a big impression with very little. Passerby #3 has a fascinating character at its center (a married woman with a teenage son, trying to make her debut as a film director), and it gives you a funny and heartbreaking perspective on how the film industry really works.

Finally, three big-budget films: I Saw the Devil, The Yellow Sea, and Secret Reunion. The first one I'll continue to try defending against its detractors, though in the end it may simply boil down to whether you go with it, or you don't. I agree that it probably didn't need to go quite as far as it did, but I still find it very impressive. The Yellow Sea I'm slotting in at #9, but apparently the director is preparing an international version that will be considerably tighter (the excessive running time was one of its bigger problems). It may be that a significantly more impressive film emerges later this year. And finally, Secret Reunion really impressed me on first viewing with its mix of bouncy dialogue and suspense, though I realized on second viewing (in Udine) that much of its humor is lost in translation.

Just to clarify, this top 10 list is for films that got their official release last year. There were a couple that I saw at festivals last year (particularly The Journals of Musan) that I expect to place high on the 2011 list.

A quick note on the coming year... there won't be many films by big established festival directors in 2011, except for another work (of course! -- I love his frenetic pace of recent years) by Hong Sang-soo. Expect some really high-profile films from Korean directors in 2012 instead. As for this site, I'm happy to report that I have found a group of very helpful volunteers in Seoul who will meet with me regularly and help to restore some parts of the site that have fallen by the wayside. With some luck, Koreanfilm.org will be in much better shape at the end of the year, compared to the beginning.

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March 10, 2011

Six Korean films invited to Deauville Asian Film Festival in France

Reporter: Lucia Hong luciahong @ Editor: Jessica Kim jesskim @ <Ⓒ 10Asia All rights reserved>

Official website of the 13th annual Deauville Asian Film Festival

Six Korean films have been invited to the 13th annual Deauville Asian Film Festival this month.

The official website of the Deauville Asian Film Festival announced today that Korean film "The Journals of Musan," helmed by director Park Jung-bum, will be in competition against nine other movies while five other Korean films will be screened as the fest.

The first Deauville Asian Film Festival took place in March 1999 as a showcase for the diversity and variety of cinematic production throughout Asia. The idea of the festival first came about after Professor Alain Patel thought of embracing Asian cinema.

The Deauville Asian Film Festival kicked off on March 9 this year and will run till the end of the weekend.

A total of six Korean pictures will be presented in the following categories:

◆ Competition

- "The Journals of Musan," starring Park Jung-bum / directed by Park Jung-bum

◆ Action Asia

- "Blades of Blood," starring Cha Seung-won, Hwang Jung-min / directed by Lee Joon-ik

◆ Panorama

- "HaHaHa," starring Kim Sang-kyung, Yu Jun-sang, Moon So-ri / directed by Hong Sang-soo

- "I Saw the Devil," starring Lee Byung-hun, Choi Min-sik / directed by Kim Jee-woon

- "Night Fishing," starring Oh Gwang-rok / directed by Park Chan-wook, Park Chang-kyong

- "Oki's Movie," starring Lee Sun-kyun, Jung Yu-mi / directed by Hong Sang-soo

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March 11, 2011

A Tribute to Directors Hong Sang Soo & Kim Jee Woon at the Deauville Asian Film Festival

By: hotshotlover30 soompi.com

There will be a special tribute to directors Hong Sang Soo and Kim Jee Woon at 13th Deauville Asian Film Festival held in Deauville, France. A “Tribute to HONG Sangsoo” and “A Glance at the Works of KIM JEEWOON” will be shown at the festival for five days (March 9th-13th).

The festival plans to screen all of Director Hong Sang Soo's films from “The Day a Pig Fell into the Well” (1996) to his latest “Oki’s Movie” (2010). “Okie’s Movie” stars “Coffee Prince’s” (2007) Lee Seon Kyun and was invited to screen at last year’s Venice Film Festival. “Hahaha” (2009) was a film that had a super-star cast with Kim Sang Kyung, “Oasis’s” (2002) Moon So Ri, and “the Housemaid’s” (2010) Yoon Yeo Jung. “Woman on the Beach” (2006), which stars Ko Hyun Jung before her roles in “Queen Seonduk” (2009) and “Daemul” (2010), and “Like You Know it All” (2008) will also be shown. Actors Kim Sang Kyung along with Um Ji Won who currently appears in “Sign” starred in “Geuk Jang Jeon” (2005). Additionally, “Fires of Ambition” star Song Hyun Ah’s “Woman is the Future of Man” (2004) will also be screened. Hong’s “Hahaha,” which won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for the Un Certain Regard section, is awaiting its March 16th French theatrical release.

Director Kim Jee Woon’s films are also full of A-listers. Kim’s hardcore action thriller “I Saw the Devil” (2010) stars Lee Byeong Hun who is gaining worldwide recognition. Lee also appeared in Kim’s “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” (2008) with Jung Woo Sung of “Athena: Goddess of War” (2011) and actor Song Kang Ho. “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” is an action cowboy movie set in Manju China and has never before been screened in France. It awaits an official July theatrical release.

Written in Korean by song@soompi; translated by hotshotlover30@soompi