Korean Director Receives Best Youth Film Honor at Berlin Festival

Published on 2019/02/18 | Source

Director Kim Bora poses after winning the top prize in the Generation 14plus section at the 69th Berlin Film Festival on Saturday.

Director Kim Bora's "House of Hummingbird" won the top prize in the Generation 14plus sidebar for youth-oriented films at the 69th Berlin Film Festival, which ended on Sunday.

The film, Kim's debut feature, is a coming-of-age drama about an isolated, lonely 14-year-old girl living in Seoul in the mid-1990s.

The winner of the Generation 14plus section receives 7,500 euros from Germany's Federal Agency for Civic Education.

Kim said, "I never expected to win a prize. I just felt so honored to be invited to the Berlinale. The award is a bonus and I'm delighted by it. I want to share the beauty of this world I see through movies".