Director Sangsoo Hong, Minhee Kim./Photo = Ten Asia DB
Hong Sang-soo’s new film’Introduction’ was officially invited to the 71st Berlin International Film Festival Competition.
On the 11th (Korean time), the Berlin International Film Festival introduced 15 films from 16 countries invited to the competition section through the official website.
Among them, the 25th new work of director Hong Sang-soo was included. Director Hong Sang-soo’s new title is’Introduction’, a work in which a young man Young-ho follows his journey to visit his father, lover, and mother through three paragraphs. Actors Seok-ho Shin, Miso Park, and Minhee Kim appear.
The Berlin International Film Festival is called one of the world’s top three film festivals along with the Cannes International Film Festival and the Venice International Film Festival. This is the fifth time that Hong Sang-soo entered the competition section of the Berlin Film Festival.
Earlier, he visited the Berlin International Film Festival with’Night and Day’ (2008),’Haewon’ Among them, Hong won the Silver Bear Award for’The Woman Who Flees’ and Kim Min-hee received the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress for’Alone on the Beach at Night’.
Executive Chairman Carlo Umberto CHATRIAN said, “We are pleased to welcome one of the most original writers in the film industry again.”
“A young man here is trying to escape from the expectations and burdens of his parents.” The reason for the invitation was revealed.
The 71st Berlin International Film Festival will be held online with market-related events such as the European Film Market, the Berlin Collaborative Production Market, and the Berlin Cinema Fund as an Industry Event from March 1st to 5th due to Corona 19. .
‘Introduction’ is scheduled to meet with domestic audiences in the first half of this year after being released as a world premier through a film festival.
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