Film Director Park Wins Award in Berlin

Director Park Chan-wook's "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK" has won the Alfred Bauer Prize for science fiction comedy at the Berlin International Film Festival.

The award is named after a famous German director of photography and is one of the festival's eight major awards given for opening up a new perspective in cinematic art.

Director Park's movie is a love story about two mental patients.

The festival's top prize went to Chinese director Wang Quan'an's "Tuya's Marriage".

U.S.-born Israeli Joseph Cedar won best director for "Beaufort".

The best actor award went to Julio Chavez of Argentina and best actress to Nina Hoss of Germany.

Reported by KBS WORLD Radio

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