Three S. Korean films compete at Tokyo film fest

SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- Three South Korean films, including a Korea-French
collaborated work produced by Cannes award-winning Lee Chang-dong, will be
competing at this year's Tokyo International Film Festival, the event's Web site
said Saturday.
South Korean director Park Gun-yong's "Bronze Medalists," Hong Sang-soo's "Like
You Know it All," and "A Brand New Life," a debut feature by French-Korean
director Ounie Lecomte, are among the 18 entries from 14 countries to compete in
the Winds of Asia section. The winner of the section will receive a cash award of
US$10,000.
Opening with Jacques Perrin's "Oceans" and closing with Disney/Pixar animation
"Up," the 22nd Tokyo film fest will run for six days from Oct. 17, featuring some
270 films from Asia and around the world.
Established in 1985, the Tokyo fete is one of Asia's two competitive film
festivals accredited by the Paris-based International Federation of Film
Producers Associations which has 31 member associations from 25 leading
audiovisual production countries. A Korean organization has yet to be accepted as
a member.
The Korean Cinema Week, hosted by the Korean Embassy in Tokyo, will feature "Old
Partner," "GO GO 70s" and "Why Are You Here in Our House?"
Female director Bu Ji-young's "Sisters On the Road" will be screened during the
Tokyo International Women's Film Festival, coinciding with the main event, along
nine other female directors' works from the United States, France, Poland and
elsewhere.
South Korean actor Yoo Ji-tae, who has recently made a directing debut, has been
named a jury member for the Tokyo Grand Prix, the top prize, while South Korea's
Pusan International Film Festival programmer Kim Ji-suk will be participating as
a jury member of the Winds of Asia section.
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