[HanCinema's News] "Parasite" Wins Top Award at the Sydney Film Festival
By William Schwartz | Published on
Following his Palme d'Or win director Bong Joon-ho has had another successful outing at the Sydney Film Festival. "Parasite" won the top prize there, earning him a cash prize of around forty thousand dollars.
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The decision was announced at the festival's closing ceremony on June 16th. In his awards speech, Bong Joon-ho praised the festival and particularly the audience. The president of the Sydney Film Festival's jury described "Parasite" as having an outrageous disregard for genre conventions, calling it tender and brutal, beautiful and harsh, funny and tragic, and a masterwork in its exploration of class.
Written by William Schwartz
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"Parasite" is directed by Bong Joon-ho, and features Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Wooshik, Park So-dam, Lee Jung-eun. Release date in Korea: 2019/05/30.
William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea from 2011 to 2021. He is currently located in the Portland metropolitan area. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.