Brother-directors Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong - or the ‘Parking Chance’ collaboration – posed with their Golden Bear Award of the International Short Film Jury for their film “Night Fishing” during the awards ceremony of the Berlin International Film Festival, February 19, 2011. In addition the Silver Bear in the Shorts section also went to a Korean film, “Broken Night” from emerging film director Yang Hyo-Joo.

 

“Night Fishing” is a fantasy film about a middle-age man (OH Gwang-rok), who accidentally pulls in a female shaman (LEE Jung-hyun) while fishing at night. The 30-minute piece was shot entirely with an iPhone4. “Night Fishing” is the Park brothers’ first co-production. While Chan-kyong developed the story and concept, Chan-wook focused on its cinematic adaptation. The other short film winner – “Broken Night” – is a portrait of the isolated lives of young people. The critics felt the greatest quality of the film was that it allowed the audience to indirectly and completely absorb the basic principles of Korean short film.

 

Director PARK Chan-kyong and the two main cast members LEE Jung-hyun, OH Gwang-rok had a Q&A session followed by the official screening. It is internationally sold by Finecut. 

 

A total of 10 Korean films were invited to the 61st Berlinale, which is the greatest number of Korean films ever shown at the festival with two short films winning First and Second prizes in the Shorts section.

 

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The Awards of the 61st Berlinale

Competition Awards

Golden Bear: Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin - A Separation), Asghar Farhadi, Iran
Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix: A Torinói Ló (The Turin Horse), Béla Tar, Hungary, France, Germany, Switzerland, and USA
Silver Bear Best Director: Ulrich Köhler for Schlafkrankheit (Sleeping Sickness), Germany, France and Netherlands
Silver Bear - Best Actress: Female ensemble in Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin - A Separation), Asghar Farhadi, Iran

Silver Bear - Best Actor: Male ensemble in Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin - A Separation), Asghar Farhadi, Iran
Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Achievement (tie):
Wojciech Starton for cinematography, El Premio (The Prize), Paula Markovitch, Mexico, France, Poland, and Germany
Barbara Enriquez for production design, El Premio (The Prize), Paula Markovitch, Mexico, France, Poland, and Germany
Silver Bear - Best Script: Joshua Marston and Andamion Murataj, The Forgiveness Of Blood, Joshua Marston, USA, Albania, Denmark and Italy
Alfred Bauer Prize: Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who), Andres Veiel, Germany

 

Short Films

Golden Bear: Paranmanjang (Night Fishing), PARKing CHANce (Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong), South Korea, 2011
Silver Bear Jury Prize: Pu-Seo-Jin Bam (Broken Night), Yan Hyo-joo, South Korea, 2010
EFA Short Film Nominee Berlin: Aterfödelsen (The Unliving), Hugo Lija, Sweden, 2010
DAAD Prize: La Ducha (The Shower), Maria José San Martín, Chile, 2010