The 14th Lyon Asian Film Festival ended its 5-day run November 9, closing with the French premiere of Korean film
"The Chaser" by
Na Hong-jin. Korean films won the majority of the 20 awards handed out at the closing ceremony.
Kim Dong-hyun's "
Hello, Stranger" won third place in the Grand Prize category, and second place in both the Youth Prize and the New Asian Cinema Prize category. "Tropical" by
Lee Sang-woo won third place also in the latter category.
In the Best Feature Animation section, "
If You Were Me - Anima Vision 2" took third place prize. Prizes for short films went to animated short Stop by PARK Jae-wook, winning first prize, and "Sweat", a short by
"The Chaser" director
Na Hong-jin, which took second prize.
The festival also screened a retrospective on Korean actor
Choi Min-sik, showcasing five features from throughout the respected thespians film career. "Our Twisted Hero" (1992), "
Failan" (2001), "Chihwaseon" ("
Strokes of fire", 2002),
"Old Boy" (2003) and "
Crying Fist" (2005) were all screened.
Nigel D'Sa (KOFIC)
