Director Heo Jin-ho Invited as Juror to Yubari Film Festival in Japan

Source | 2006/01/16 | 62 views | Permalink |

Related movies/dramas

April Snow (외출 - 2005)	Red Shoes (분홍신 - 2005)
Blood Rain (혈의 누 - 2004)	Crying Fist (주먹이 운다 - 2004)
A Tale of Two Sisters (장화, 홍련 - 2003)	One Fine Spring Day (봄날은 간다 - 2001)
Christmas in August (8월의 크리스마스 - 1998)

Film director Heo Jin-ho has been invited to the 17th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival as a juror in the competition division. The festival will be held in Hokkaido, Japan from Feb. 23 through 27.

Film critic Chung Ji-wook has also been invited as a juror in the off-theater competition division of the film festival.

According to Kim Ji-suk, a programmer of the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), director Huh will join other jurors such as Sadao Nakazima, Kimitoka Ryoichi, and Eiza Niskanen.

Huh has attracted widespread attention from Japanese film fans for his films "Christmas in August" (1998), "One Fine Spring Day" (2001), and "April Snow" (2005) starring Bae Yong-joon and Son Ye-jin.

Korean films such as "Blood Rain" (2005, directed by Kim Dae-seung) and "The End of Mustang Boy at a Three-Forked Road" (2005, directed by Nam Ki-woong) have been invited to the "Young Fantastic Films' Competition Division", the main competition division of the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.

"Crying Fist" (2005, directed by Ryoo Seung-wan) will be screened at the main competition division of invited films.

Meanwhile, Kim Ji-suk of the PIFF said that "Red Shoes" (2005, directed by Kim Yong-gyoon) has been invited to the international competition division of the 13th Fantastic Film Festival of Gerardmer in France to open on Jan. 25.

"A Tale of Two Sisters" (2003, directed by Kim Ji-woon) won the Grand Prize of the Jury as the best film of that international film festival in 2004.

Source : english.kbs.co.kr... ( English )

Back

You're reading the news with potential spoilers, make them spoiler free, dismiss

Back

Newer : Art Cinema to bring favorite films of famous directors, actors

Older : TV drama starring Choi Ji-woo records 20.6% viewership in Japan

Older news

TV drama starring Choi Ji-woo records 20.6% viewership in Japan
2006/01/16 (Source)
The pilot episode of the Korean-Japanese TV drama "Rondo", starring top hallyu actress Choi Ji-woo, recorded viewer ratings of 20.6 percent when it aired in Japan Jan. 15 on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), reported Choi's agency, Yedang Entertainment, on Jan. 16.

TBS officially announced the fig,...More
Hallyu Phenomenon Faces Backlash in East Asia
2006/01/16 (Source)
By Park Chung-a
Staff Reporter

The local soap opera "My Lovely Sam-soon" (My Name is Kim Sam-soon) is currently airing primetime in Taiwan. The hit drama is the latest in the booming Korean wave (hallyu), following the huge success of "Jewel in the Palace" (Dae Jang Geum) there last year.

How,...More
Based on a True Story?
2006/01/15 (Source)
Recent Films Use Fictional Elements to Help Recount Real Events

By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter

After "Memories of Murder", a thriller about a real-life serial-murder case in the 1980s, became the biggest hit of 2003, a slew of films that are all "based on a true story" have hit local theaters,...More

Back

More to explore

People

Korean movies & dramas

Hanbando (2006) 한반도 Movie	The Heaven is Only Open to the Single ! - Drama (2012) 설마 그럴리가 없어 Drama	First Love - 1996 (1996) 첫사랑 Drama	Don't Cry for Me Sudan (2010) 울지마, 톤즈 Movie

Subscribe to HanCinema Pure to remove ads (not for episodes) for US$2.99 per month (you can cancel anytime).
The first step is to sign up as a member, please click here : Sign up, then a subscribe button will show.

Drama of the week