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HONG Sang-soo, NA Hong-jin, and HEO Jin-ho films at Taiwan fest

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival selected Hong Sang-soo's "Night and Day", Na Hong-jin's "The Chaser", and Heo Jin-ho's "Happiness", according to the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF).

"Night and Day" and Happiness will screen in the Gala presentation section, while "The Chaser" will feature in the Midnight people section.

This year's release "Night and Day" has already traveled to multiple international film festivals, quintessential of Hong Sang-soo films. The story about an artist who fled to Paris to avoid arrest over smoking marijuana, played at Jeonju International Film Festival, Buenos Aires Film Festival, and Berlin International Film Festival.

"Happiness" stars Lim Soo-jung and Hwang Jung-min as two seriously ill people who meet and fall in love in a hospital. Director HEO is best known for his widely praised "Christmas in August".

"The Chaser" is a low-budget thriller which became a sleeper hit, in the process, turning the character actors Kim Yun-seok and Ha Jung-woo into stars laden with awards. The dark thriller is NA's directorial feature film debut and like his leading men, he and his film are collecting awards.

PIFF's program coordinator PARK Sung-ho has been appointed as a member of the jury in charge of the NETPAC award. The Taiwan film festival opens its doors on 11 November.

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)

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