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"SILENCE" INTERRUPTED KIM KI-DUK'S SILENCE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY: KOREAN FILM DIRECTOR VISITS ARMENIA
18:01 14.07.2014
Alisa Gevorgyan
Public Radio of Armenia
He didn't go to school, because only 50% of children in South Korea
attended school, when he was a child. He used to repair cars until
the age of 30, and watched the first film when he was 32. The
film "Silence" changed his life and interrupted his silence in
cinematography.
The best known South Korean film director of all times Kim Ki-duk is
in Yerevan at the invitation of the Golden Apricot 11th International
Film Festival. Retrospective screening of his films will take place
within the framework of the festival. During the Sunday opening
ceremony Kim Ki-duk was granted the Parajanov Thaler Award.
Kim began his career as a screenwriter and won the first prize in a
scenario contest held by Korean Film Council in 1995. In the following
year, Kim made his debut as a director with a low budget movie titled
Crocodile (1996).
In 2004, he received Best Director awards at two different film
festivals, for two different films. At the Berlin International Film
Festival, he was awarded for Samaritan Girl (2004), and at the Venice
Film Festival he won for 3-Iron (also 2004). In 2011, his documentary
film Arirang received an award for best film in the Un Certain Regard
category from the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2012, his film Pieta received the Golden Lion award at the Venice
Film Festival, the first Korean film to receive a "best film" honor
at one of the top three international film festivals - Venice, Berlin
and Cannes.
The director is visiting Armenia for the first time. He searched the
web to learn about Armenia before the visit, and spent three hours
this morning walking in the streets of Yerevan.
Kim Ki-duk recognizes no rules and laws in art. the only thing
he trusts is his feeling of fiction and style. He experiences new
emotions in Armenia. He's surprised and grateful that his films are
known in a country he has just discovered.
The South Korean film director promised today to present his new film
in Yerevan and performed a Koran folk song to conclude the meeting
with Armenian art lovers.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/07/14/silence-interrupted-kim-ki-duks-silence-in-cinematography-korean-film-director-visits-armenia/
18:01 14.07.2014
Alisa Gevorgyan
Public Radio of Armenia
He didn't go to school, because only 50% of children in South Korea
attended school, when he was a child. He used to repair cars until
the age of 30, and watched the first film when he was 32. The
film "Silence" changed his life and interrupted his silence in
cinematography.
The best known South Korean film director of all times Kim Ki-duk is
in Yerevan at the invitation of the Golden Apricot 11th International
Film Festival. Retrospective screening of his films will take place
within the framework of the festival. During the Sunday opening
ceremony Kim Ki-duk was granted the Parajanov Thaler Award.
Kim began his career as a screenwriter and won the first prize in a
scenario contest held by Korean Film Council in 1995. In the following
year, Kim made his debut as a director with a low budget movie titled
Crocodile (1996).
In 2004, he received Best Director awards at two different film
festivals, for two different films. At the Berlin International Film
Festival, he was awarded for Samaritan Girl (2004), and at the Venice
Film Festival he won for 3-Iron (also 2004). In 2011, his documentary
film Arirang received an award for best film in the Un Certain Regard
category from the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2012, his film Pieta received the Golden Lion award at the Venice
Film Festival, the first Korean film to receive a "best film" honor
at one of the top three international film festivals - Venice, Berlin
and Cannes.
The director is visiting Armenia for the first time. He searched the
web to learn about Armenia before the visit, and spent three hours
this morning walking in the streets of Yerevan.
Kim Ki-duk recognizes no rules and laws in art. the only thing
he trusts is his feeling of fiction and style. He experiences new
emotions in Armenia. He's surprised and grateful that his films are
known in a country he has just discovered.
The South Korean film director promised today to present his new film
in Yerevan and performed a Koran folk song to conclude the meeting
with Armenian art lovers.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/07/14/silence-interrupted-kim-ki-duks-silence-in-cinematography-korean-film-director-visits-armenia/