The 24th Santa Barbara International Film Festival kicks off this week with 3 Korean features invited to screen during 11-day run January 22 – February 1. In the International Features competition section, Kim So-yong's "Treeless Mountain" will have its U.S. premiere, vying for top honors along with 12 other features.
"Treeless Mountain" has already screened at numerous festivals, holding its world premiere in Toronto and going on to win the Best Film prize in Dubai and the Jury prize at Tokyo FILMeX. It tells the tale of two young sisters shuffled from home to home. Following Santa Barbara, it will screen at the 59th Berlinale.
"The Divine Weapon", loosely based on actually history is an epic tale of Korea's creation of Singijeon, a variation of the Chinese fire arrow. "Our Town" tells the story of a serial killer on the loose and a struggling horror writer who commits a copycat killing.
Berlinale Invites Seven Korean Films 2009/01/23 (Source) A total of seven Korean films are selected to screen at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival, running February 5 -15 in the German capital. Korean films will dominate this year's Forum section. The sidebar consists of five Korean titles: "Land of Scarecrows", "Members of the Funeral", "My De,...More
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