A total of 7 Korean moviesare being screened right now in the 8th Shanghai International Film Festival, which will be continued by June 19.
In its Asian New Talent Award, first off 'My Brother' directed by Ahn Kwon-tae, unfolds a synopsis in which The younger brother, Jong-hyeon is a good-looking, class-A fighter. The older brother, Seong-hyeon is tender and pure, a class-A student.
They've been fighting nearly for 17 years. Trouble began when their mother favored Seong-hyeon over his younger brother. Round two began when both brothers fell for the same girl, Mi-ryeong.
When the long-simmering emotions finally explode and a huge fight breaks out, Seong-hyeon tells his younger brother something he had never been able to say before: "Jong-hyeon, would you call me hyeong just once? I've never heard it before from you..".
"Hyeong" - the word that younger Korea brothers call their older brothers. And yet Jong-hyeon has never said it to his brother.
First run in 1993, the Shanghai International Film Festival, was accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Association (FIAPF), as one of non-specialized competitive international film festivals in the following year.
The past seven festivals have progressed successfully, with global veterans namely Oshima, Oliver Stone, Alan Parker, Olivier Assayas, Im Kwon-taek invited as international juries to judge films and present grand prizes - the most honored "Jin Jue" Award to the winners.
In order to encourage the emerge of new filmmakers and film productions in Asia, and to set up a platform toward the world for Asian films, a new section which is Asian New Talent Award Film Competition was set under the umbrella of "Jin Jue" International Film Forum in 2004, awarding new Asian filmmakers with fund.
The Shanghai International Film Festival is co-hosted by the State Administration of Radio, Film & TV and the Shanghai Municipal Government, and organized by the Special Events Office under Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group.
Shanghai is the first city in China to produce film, and has been the synonym to present Chinese films quite a long time. Its local and traditional culture in Shanghai has also contributed greatly to the booming of Chinese film industry. That is why the first and only international film festival in China is held in Shanghai.
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