Director Ryoo Seung-wan Enters Global Spotlight
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The 2005 Cannes International Film Festival has come to an end with impressive results for Korea. The movie "Crying Fist" by director Ryoo Seung-wan received the Fipresci Award in the Directors' Fortnight and the Critics' Week sections. The winner of this award is selected by film critics and journalists from the International Federation of Film Critics Award (Fipresci) who act as jurors at various international film festivals. Korea is a member of Fipresci, which previously evaluated works at the Pusan International Film Festival.
This Fipresci Award is meaningful in that it has brought worldwide recognition to a movie that received poor critical reviews at home in constrast to its high popularity with viewers. "Crying Fist" was credited as one of the best works presented at Cannes by 10 film critics from 10 countries including Germany and Italy. The movie competed with a total of 28 rivals, including 21 movies in the Directors' Fortnight section and seven in the Critics' Week section.
With this award, director Ryoo Seung-wan, who rarely received positive reviews from local critics, drew the attention of world-renowned film critics at the world's largest and most prestigious film festival. His talent was recognized by the 10 jurors, with his movie leaving behind many formidable rivals.
In the festival's competition section, the winner was "Hidden" by director Michael Haneke, a likely candidate for the Palme d'Or Award, and in the Un Certain Regards, the award went to "Sangre" by Mexican director Amat Escalante.
In 2002, the movie "Oasis" by director Lee Chang-dong had won the Best Director Award at the Venice International Film Festival.
This Fipresci Award is meaningful in that it has brought worldwide recognition to a movie that received poor critical reviews at home in constrast to its high popularity with viewers. "Crying Fist" was credited as one of the best works presented at Cannes by 10 film critics from 10 countries including Germany and Italy. The movie competed with a total of 28 rivals, including 21 movies in the Directors' Fortnight section and seven in the Critics' Week section.
With this award, director Ryoo Seung-wan, who rarely received positive reviews from local critics, drew the attention of world-renowned film critics at the world's largest and most prestigious film festival. His talent was recognized by the 10 jurors, with his movie leaving behind many formidable rivals.
In the festival's competition section, the winner was "Hidden" by director Michael Haneke, a likely candidate for the Palme d'Or Award, and in the Un Certain Regards, the award went to "Sangre" by Mexican director Amat Escalante.
In 2002, the movie "Oasis" by director Lee Chang-dong had won the Best Director Award at the Venice International Film Festival.
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