Cyril Aris’s romcom grounded in Lebanon’s harsh reality ‘A Sad and Beautiful World’ won Amman’s Arab Narrative competition, while in the Arab Feature Documentary race Tawfiq Sabouni’s moving recreation of life in a Syrian prison ‘The Other Side of the Sun’ won three awards.
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As the Bucheon International Fantasy Film Festival turns 30, its new Korean Cinema programmer Kim Hyung-seok explains why “the divide between art films and genre films is ultimately artificial”.
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The critics’ report
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‘Fjord’, Cristian Mungiu’s layered family drama about the cultural clashes and prejudices of a Norwegian community connected with Park Chan-wook’s jury to win the Cannes Palme ‘Or.
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Korean director Yu Soyoung reflects on filmmaking after winning a special prize at JEONJU IFF with her feature debut, ‘Water Deer’.
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