‘Geographies of Solitude,’ ‘Jeong-Sun’ Win Top Prizes at Jeonju Film Festival
04.05.2022 - 18:45
/ variety.com
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAcclaimed Canadian nature documentary “Geographies of Solitude” was Wednesday named the best film in the international competition section at South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival. The parallel Korean competition was won by “Jeong-Sun,” directed by Jeong Ji-hye.The two previous editions of Jeonju were disrupted by COVID. But this year the festival, with 217 films from 52 countries, was held predominantly as an in-person event.
Some 112 titles are additionally available for online viewing. In 2020, the 21st edition took place entirely online and with a delay of a month. The 2021 affair was an online-offline hybrid.“Geographies,” which had its world premiere in Berlin in February, delves into the decades-long chronicling of flora and fauna on Sable Island by naturalist Zoe Lucas.
She is joined by experimental filmmaker Jacquelyn Mills to observe the sand dunes, freshwater ponds, wild horses and washed-up plastic waste. It won three prizes in Berlin including the CICAE prize and the Forum section’s Ecumenical prize. This month the film also appears at the Hot Docs Festival.
The prizes were awarded at a ceremony at the Jeonju Dome, although the festival continues until May 7.“Geographies of Solitude” (dir. Jacquelyn Mills)“Unrest” (dir. Cyril Schaublin)“Tokyo Kurds” (dir.
Hyuga Fumiari) “The Silence of the Mole” (dir. Anaïs Taracena)“Jeong-sun” (dir. Jeong Ji-hye)“Missing Yoon” (dir.
Kim Jinhwa) Oh Mine “Archaeology of Love” (dir. Lee Wanmin) Ok Ja-yeon“The Hill of Secrets” (dir. Lee Ji-eun)“Mother and Daughter” (dir.
Kim Jung-eun)“Mother and Daughter” (dir. Kim Jung-eun)“Archaeology of Love” (dir. Lee Wanmin)“In The Dry Stream” (dir.
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