Two RP Films Win in Pusan Int'l Film Festival
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Two Filipino films, winners in this yea's Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, topped the 13th Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea. which featured 315 films from 60 countries before wrapping up its nine-day run on Oct. 10 in the southeastern port city of Busan.
Milo Tolentino's "Andong" won Best Short Film in Pusan. It was earlier named Best Short Film at the Cinemalaya held in July this year.The Best Short Film or Sonje Award came with a $10,000 cash prize.
Chris Martinez's "100" in the meantime, won the audience prize, dubbed the KNN Award, which came with a $20,000 cash prize from the KNN Foundation. KNN is a major cable TV network in Korea. "100" also won the Audience Award at Cinemalaya.
"100", which competed in the New Currents section, got a favorable review from The Hollywood Reporter's Maggie Lee, who described it as "thoughtfully scripted and performed with a delicate balance of gravity and humor".
All the screenings were sold out in one minute. "100" and "Andong" are two of seven RP films screened in the Korean festival. The others are Jerrold Tarog and Ruel Dahis Antipuesto's "Confessional", Francis Xavier Pasion's "Jay", Joel Ruiz's "Baby Angelo", Dante Mendoza's "Serbis" and Adolf Alix Jr'.s "Adela". "100:" will be shown in local theaters starting Dec. 3.
Mr. Kim Dong-ho, who has been serving as the chief organizer of PIFF for the past 13 years, received the Nielsen Impact Award from the New York-based Nielsen Company.
As part of efforts to bolster Busan's role as a hub of films in connection with PIFF, the City of Pusan began the construction for a film center, "Dureraum", which means "together" in Korean, a project that is estimated to cost 162.4 billion won ($133 million).
The center, designed by Austrian architect Coop Himmel, will sport six theaters, a museum, exhibition halls and other auxiliary facilities in order to serve as a key venue to educate young filmmakers attending PIFF as well as the Asian Film Academy, which is part of the festival.
Milo Tolentino's "Andong" won Best Short Film in Pusan. It was earlier named Best Short Film at the Cinemalaya held in July this year.The Best Short Film or Sonje Award came with a $10,000 cash prize.
Chris Martinez's "100" in the meantime, won the audience prize, dubbed the KNN Award, which came with a $20,000 cash prize from the KNN Foundation. KNN is a major cable TV network in Korea. "100" also won the Audience Award at Cinemalaya.
"100", which competed in the New Currents section, got a favorable review from The Hollywood Reporter's Maggie Lee, who described it as "thoughtfully scripted and performed with a delicate balance of gravity and humor".
All the screenings were sold out in one minute. "100" and "Andong" are two of seven RP films screened in the Korean festival. The others are Jerrold Tarog and Ruel Dahis Antipuesto's "Confessional", Francis Xavier Pasion's "Jay", Joel Ruiz's "Baby Angelo", Dante Mendoza's "Serbis" and Adolf Alix Jr'.s "Adela". "100:" will be shown in local theaters starting Dec. 3.
Mr. Kim Dong-ho, who has been serving as the chief organizer of PIFF for the past 13 years, received the Nielsen Impact Award from the New York-based Nielsen Company.
As part of efforts to bolster Busan's role as a hub of films in connection with PIFF, the City of Pusan began the construction for a film center, "Dureraum", which means "together" in Korean, a project that is estimated to cost 162.4 billion won ($133 million).
The center, designed by Austrian architect Coop Himmel, will sport six theaters, a museum, exhibition halls and other auxiliary facilities in order to serve as a key venue to educate young filmmakers attending PIFF as well as the Asian Film Academy, which is part of the festival.
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