SPOTVNEWS:Director Bong Joon-ho became chairman of the jury at Venice International Film Festival

▲ Director Bong Joon-ho. Provided by|Venice International Film Festival

[스포티비뉴스=김현록 기자]Cannes and Academy, and Venice. Director Bong Joon-ho, who captured the world with’parasites’, was appointed as the chairman of the jury of the Venice International Film Festival.

The Venice International Film Festival made an official statement on the 15th (local time) and announced that it has appointed director Bong Joon-ho as the chairman of the competition section of the 78th Venice International Film Festival, which will open in September. Director Bong Joon-ho is the first Korean to be the chairman of the Venice International Film Festival.

Alberto Barbera, the artistic director of the Venice International Film Festival, said, “Among the good news about the 78th Venice International Film Festival, the first is that director Bong Joon-ho was willing to serve as the jury chairman with a passionate response.” One of the original voices.”

“I am very grateful that he decided to serve as the jury chairman of our film festival and devote his passion as a meticulous, curious and unbiased cinephil.” I am glad and honored to be there.”

Director Bong Joon-ho said through the Venice International Film Festival, “It is an honor to be appointed as the judge of the Venice International Film Festival, which has a long tradition and history.” “As a jury chairman and a film fan, I admired and applauded all the excellent films selected by the Venice International Film Festival. I am ready to send. I am excited and happy.”

Director Bong Joon-ho, who won the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes International Film Festival for the film “Parasite,” won the Best Film, Director, Screenplay and Feature International Film Awards at the American Academy Awards last year. . He had never submitted a work at the Venice Film Festival before, but he also set a record for his first relationship as a judge.

▲ Director Bong Joon-ho. Provided by|Venice International Film Festival

This year’s Venice International Film Festival, with director Bong Joon-ho as the chairman of the competition section, will be held in Lido, Venice, Italy from September 1 to 11.

Sportavi News = Reporter Hyun-Rok Kim [email protected]

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