Israel’s “Sandstorm” wins top prize at Korea’s Jeonju FestivalMay 6, 2016 - 15:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Israeli director Elite Zexer’s “Sandstorm” won the Grand Prize and $18,000 at the Jeonju International Film Festival, Korea’s second biggest film festival, Variety reports. “International competition has chosen ten films that attempted to show the bare-face of each nation. We wish to see more directors putting their efforts observing phases of society,” said Jean-Francois Rauger, juror and programming director of La Cinematheque Française. Ted Fendt’s 35mm film, “Short Stay” took the best picture prize and a cash reward of $10,000 in the same section. A special jury prize went to “The Wounded Angel” by Kazakhstan’s Emir Baigazin. Lee Hyun-ju’s “Our Love Story” and Ko Bong-soo’s “Delta Boys” shared the grand prize in the separate competition for Korean films. Earlier, Kim Yang-hee’s “The Poet’s Love” was awarded the top prize and audience award for feature film pitching at the festival’s project market, Jeonju Project Market. Shin A-ga’s “The Snob” won the TV5 Monde Award. Kim Hee-chul’s “The Painter’s View” won the grand prize for documentary pitching, while Cho Eun-sung’s “The Birth of Episonage” won TV5 Monde and audience award. The festival will run through May 7 and close with a digitally remastered director’s cut of hard-boiled action drama, “Die Bad,” top Korean film maker Ryoo Seung-wan’s debut feature from 2000. Photo: Locarno Film Festival Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |