“Alive” wins top prize at Korea’s Wildflower Film Awards April 9, 2016 - 18:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Labor drama “Alive” was named Grand Prize winner at South Korea’s Wildflower Film Awards. Park Jung-bum directed and starred in the tale of a broke laborer’s struggle for survival, Variety reports. Last year’s Cannes entry, “Madonna” earned Shin Su-won the best director prize and Kwon So-hyun the best new actor prize. E Il-ha earned the best documentary director award for “A Crybaby Boxing Club,” a portrait of a Korean afterschool club in Japan. Jung Jae-young won best actor for “Right Now, Wrong Then” by veteran Hong Sang-soo. Singer-actress Lee Jung-hyun took the best actress award for director Ahn Gooc-jin’s cruel labor drama, “Alice in Earnestland.” The Wildflower Awards were launched in 2014 by former Variety correspondent Darcy Paquet, and film critic Oh Dong-jin, as a grassroots effort to recognize Korean independent and low-budget films.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24  U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |
