PARK CHAN-WOOK
TRIBUTE TO PARK CHAN-WOOK
Tribute in his presence on Friday, March 31 | 20H00 | Salle 1 Cap’Cinéma.
Masterclass on Saturday, April 1st | 14h30 | Salle 1 Cap’Cinéma.
To honor the presence of Park Chan-wook in Beaune, The International Thriller Film Festival will pay him a tribute and present seven major films of his career :
2000 JSA - JOINT SECURITY AREA (Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA)
2002 SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (Boksuneun naui geot)
2003 OLD BOY (Oldeuboi)
2005 LADY VENGEANCE (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Chinjeolhan geumjassi)
2009 THIRST, CECI EST MON SANG (Thirst – Bakjwi)
2013 STOKER
2016 MADEMOISELLE (The Handmaiden – Agassi)
Born August 23, 1963 in Seoul (South Korea), Park Chan-wook studied philosophy at Sogang University, where he founded a film club and developed a strong interest in film theory. After writing and directing two films, his third feature film JSA – Joint Security Area became a record-breaking national hit in 2000 and was invited to numerous film festivals such as Berlin and Deauville where it won the Grand Prize in 2001. The following year, Park Chan-wook began a trilogy about vengeance with Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Old Boy, his second instalment, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Festival de Cannes in 2004. The third instalment, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, won the Young Lion and the Best Innovative Award at the 2005 Venice Film Festival. His seventh feature film I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK was presented in Competition at the Berlin Film Festival and won the Alfred Bauer Prize. Park’s following film, Thirst, was granted the Jury Prize at the Festival de Cannes in 2009. In 2013, he succeeded in transforming the screenplay of Stoker into a masterpiece of directing, brilliantly interpreted by Nicole Kidman.
His latest film The Handmaiden was selected in Competition at the 2016 Festival de Cannes, and its French release in November 2016 made it the French box-office most popular of all Park Chan-wook’s films and became one of the biggest hits of Korean cinema in France ever.
Park also acts as a film producer, in particular for Bong Joon-ho’s two latest feature films Snowpiercer and Okja.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR
1992
THE MOON IS… THE SUN’S DREAM *
1997
TRIO (Saminjo) *
1999
LE JUGEMENT (Judgement – Simpan) – short *
2000
JSA – JOINT SECURITY AREA (Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA) – Best Film & Audience Award 2001 Deauville Asian Film Festival *
2002
SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (Boksuneun naui geot) *
2003
IF YOU WERE ME (Yeoseot gae ui siseon) – segment NEVER ENDING PEACE AND LOVE (N.E.P.A.L.)
2003
OLD BOY (Oldeuboi) – Grand Prix Festival de Cannes 2004 *
2004
3 EXTRÊMES (Three Extremes – Saam gaang yi) – segment CUT *
2005
LADY VENGEANCE (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance – Chinjeolhan geumjassi) *
2006
JE SUIS UN CYBORG (I’m a Cyborg, But That’s Ok – Ssa-i-bo-geu-ji-man-gwen-chan-a) */**
2009
THIRST, CECI EST MON SANG (Thirst – Bakjwi) – Prix du Jury Festival de Cannes 2009 */**
2011
60 SECONDS OF SOLITUDE IN YEAR ZERO – collectif
2011
NIGHT FISHING (Paranmanjang) – coréalisation, short – Golden Bear for Best Short Berlinale 2011 */**
2012
DAY TRIP – coréalisation, short
2013
BITTER, SWEET, SEOUL – coréalisation, doc
2013
STOKER
2014
A ROSE REBORN – short *
2016
MADEMOISELLE (The Handmaiden – Agassi) */**
PRODUCTEUR | PRODUCER
2008
CRUSH AND BLUSH (Misseu Hongdangmu) Lee Kyoung-mi *
2013
SNOWPIERCER, LE TRANSPERCENEIGE (Snowpiercer – Seolgungnyeolcha) Bong Joon-ho
2017
OKJA Bong Joon-ho
* also screenwriter
** also producer
