A complete retrospective of critically acclaimed Korean director Lee Chang-dong will be featured at the 48th Thessaloniki International Film Festival which runs Nov. 16 – 25 in Greece. Along with the director's latest film, "Secret Sunshine", which won Jeon Do-yeon a Best Actress award at this year's Cannes Film Festival, LEE's three previous films will also be screened.
The focus on LEE comes 10 year's after his debut feature Green Fish was selected to screen in competition at the 38th Thessaloniki, introducing him to local audiences as Korea's 'new hope'. Building on the critical success of "Green Fish", LEE wrote and directed a milestone in Korean cinema, "Peppermint Candy" (1999), a harrowing journey in reverse through 20 years of contemporary Korean history. His 2002 film "Oasis" won him the Best Director prize at Venice and brought actress Moon So-ri into the limelight with her Venice award for Best New Performance.
All four films in the LEE's growing oeuvre will be screened with the director scheduled to attend the special event. Greece has shown growing interest in Korean films, with the 1st prize at last year's Thessaloniki fest going to "Family Ties" ("The Birth of a Family") by director Kim Tae-yong.
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