Two S. Korean films win at U.S. film fest

SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean films by emerging directors grabbed
honors at the recent Syracuse International Film Festival, a directors'
organization in Seoul said Tuesday.
"Exhausted" by Kim Gok carried off some top awards, including those for best
actress, best directing and best feature fiction, with a special judges' citation
for best cinematography, organizers of the Seoul Independent Film Festival said
in a press release. The film, which also won the top prize at the Seoul fete last
year, was praised as a "perfect choice" by Katalin Vajda, one of the nine judges
at the Syracuse festival.
"Stop" by Park Jae-oh, which was placed third at the Cinefoundation section of
the Cannes Film Festival last year, was hailed as the best animation along with
five films from the United States and the Czech Republic.
The sixth Syracuse film fest, organized by the New York-based Syracuse
University, invited some 50 filmmakers from nearly 20 countries and closed May 3.
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