The 48th San Francisco International Film Festival to invite 4 Korean cinemas.

The 48th San Francisco International Film Festival to be opened on April 21, invited a total of 4 Korean cinemas.

In its 'World Cinema' section, 'Low Life' by filmmaker Im Kwon-taek, 'Bin Jip - 3-Iron' by filmmaker Kim Ki-duk and so forth were invited and in its 'Midnight movies' section, omnibus cinema 'Three, Monster' in which Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook engaged, was invited.

On one hand, this Film Festival has selected black comedy 'The Ax' as its opening film.

In cinema 'Low Life', Tae-woong goes to a rival school to revenge his friend but only find himself being stabbed by Seung-moon on his way out. But ironically, Tae-woong ends up becoming adopted into Seung-moon's family after Seung-moon's father.

Park Il-won, took pity on him. In the meantime, Park Il-won, is running to win a seat as an independent lawmaker in the National Assembly. Cinema 'Low Life' has been invited to the official competition section of the 61th Venice International Film Festival too in 2004.

The San Francisco Film Society embraces the art, technology and innovation of the world's most imaginative storytellers who use the moving image to celebrate humanity while educating, entertaining and enriching the audiences of the world.

The San Francisco International Film Festival, committed to celebrating the art of the moving image, has presented the best in world cinema since 1957.

Now, the 15-day Festival presents nearly 200 films from over 50 countries and reaches an engaged audience of tens of thousands of film lovers, filmmakers, industry representatives and journalists with screenings in San Francisco, Berkeley and the Peninsula. The Festival highlights current trends in international film and video production with an emphasis on work that has not yet secured U.S. distribution

The Source : Koreacontent News Team

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