Top Korean Directors Attend Florence Korea Film Festival
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by David Oxenbridge (KOFIC)
Italy was once again awash with Korean colours at the 9th Florence Korean Film Festival.
This year the festival was able to secure a veritable whose who of Korean directors including Bong Joon-ho ("The Host" 2006), Lee Chang-dong ("Secret Sunshine" 2007), Im Sang-soo ("The President's Last Bang" 2005) and Lee Kyoo-man ("Wide Awake" 2007). In addition, as well as 10,000 audience members, a number of other guests were in attendance including Italian directors Roger Diodati, and Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso and YOO Dong-suk, director of the Korean Film Festival in France (Festival Franco Corren du Film).
The festival contained a number of sections including a retrospective of Bong Joon-ho, a special presentation of the Cannes premiering "The Housemaid - 2010" (Im Sang-soo 2010) as well as Lee Chang-dong's Cannes winning "Poetry" (2010). Other sections included the K-Thriller Showcase and short film section 'Shorts Shorts'. In the festivals Film Competition section 'Korean Horizons', the jury awarded its top prize to feature debut director Kim Seong-ho's film "She Came From" (2010). The film which has also played at last year's Jeonju International Film Festival plots the journey of a film director who, while staying in Busan, finds his own life becomes intertwined in a screen play he is writing.
The Florence Korean Film Festival begun March the 25th and wrapped up April 2. The festival is held with support from KOFIC.
Italy was once again awash with Korean colours at the 9th Florence Korean Film Festival.
This year the festival was able to secure a veritable whose who of Korean directors including Bong Joon-ho ("The Host" 2006), Lee Chang-dong ("Secret Sunshine" 2007), Im Sang-soo ("The President's Last Bang" 2005) and Lee Kyoo-man ("Wide Awake" 2007). In addition, as well as 10,000 audience members, a number of other guests were in attendance including Italian directors Roger Diodati, and Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso and YOO Dong-suk, director of the Korean Film Festival in France (Festival Franco Corren du Film).
The festival contained a number of sections including a retrospective of Bong Joon-ho, a special presentation of the Cannes premiering "The Housemaid - 2010" (Im Sang-soo 2010) as well as Lee Chang-dong's Cannes winning "Poetry" (2010). Other sections included the K-Thriller Showcase and short film section 'Shorts Shorts'. In the festivals Film Competition section 'Korean Horizons', the jury awarded its top prize to feature debut director Kim Seong-ho's film "She Came From" (2010). The film which has also played at last year's Jeonju International Film Festival plots the journey of a film director who, while staying in Busan, finds his own life becomes intertwined in a screen play he is writing.
The Florence Korean Film Festival begun March the 25th and wrapped up April 2. The festival is held with support from KOFIC.
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