Many Foreign Directors to Attend Seoul Film Fest
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The 8th Seoul International Film Festival opening Sept. 6 will be attended by many world renowned directors.
Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase, who received the Grand Jury Prize at the 60th Cannes festival, will visit Korea for the first time. Her film 'The Forest Of Mogari' is the festival's opener. After the screening, she will talk about her film and career in an interview with Korean documentary director Kim So-yong.
Hong Kong director Alan Chan who worked as technical supervisor for the Hollywood blockbusters 'Titanic' and 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' will also visit Seoul with his 'Postcards from the Future', which is jointly opening the festival.
Other guests include Ines de Oliveira Cezar, who directed the closing film 'Foreigner', Pedro Aguilera from Spain, Iglika Triffonova from Bulgaria, the "father of Spanish short films" Javier Rebollo, rising Chinese director Yang Li and Scott Dacko from the US.
The Seoul Film Festival will continue through Sept. 12 at Lotte Cinema's Kunkuk University branch.
Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase, who received the Grand Jury Prize at the 60th Cannes festival, will visit Korea for the first time. Her film 'The Forest Of Mogari' is the festival's opener. After the screening, she will talk about her film and career in an interview with Korean documentary director Kim So-yong.
Hong Kong director Alan Chan who worked as technical supervisor for the Hollywood blockbusters 'Titanic' and 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' will also visit Seoul with his 'Postcards from the Future', which is jointly opening the festival.
Other guests include Ines de Oliveira Cezar, who directed the closing film 'Foreigner', Pedro Aguilera from Spain, Iglika Triffonova from Bulgaria, the "father of Spanish short films" Javier Rebollo, rising Chinese director Yang Li and Scott Dacko from the US.
The Seoul Film Festival will continue through Sept. 12 at Lotte Cinema's Kunkuk University branch.
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