‘Queen of Cannes’ Jeon Do-yeon performs at the Berlin International Film Festival

While Hong Sang-soo - Kim Min-hee, Jeon Do-yeon - Kim Sia, Yoo Tae-oh, Joo-young Lee, etc. departed for Germany for the Berlin International Film Festival, Geum Eui-hwan

The 73rd Berlin Film Festival will be held at the Berlinale Palast in Berlin, Germany from the 16th to the 26th.

Director Hong Sang-soo's new film 'In Water' was invited to the Encounters category. 'In the Water' is director Hong's 29th feature film and has been invited to the Berlin Film Festival for four consecutive years, following 'The Woman Who Ran' (2020), 'Introduction' (2021), and 'The Novelist's Film' (2022).

'Inside the Water' stars Shin Seok-ho, Ha Seong-guk, and Kim Seung-yoon, and director Hong's lover Kim Min-hee serves as the production manager. 'In the Water', which aired in Jeju last April, tells the story of a man who dreamed of becoming an actor and takes on the challenge of directing a movie to test his creativity. The story is about a man who heads to Jeju Island with two people, meets a woman who is picking up trash on the beach, and creates a story through that meeting.

Director Hong has a deep connection with the Berlin International Film Festival, having entered the festival's competition section six times since 'Day and Night' (2008). Among them, four films, including ‘On the Beach at Night Alone’ (Silver Bear Award for Best Actress), ‘The Woman Who Ran’ (Silver Bear Award for Best Director), ‘Introduction’ (Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay), and ‘Novelist’s Film’ (Silver Bear Award for Jury Award) won trophies. I also held him in my arms.

The Netflix movie 'Gil Bok-soon' was also officially invited to the Berlinale Special section. The Berlinale Special is a section that mainly invites hot films that show new trends in the world film industry. Jeon Do-yeon was invited for the third time, following 'Scandal - Joseon Men and Women's Rivalries', which was invited to the Panorama section in 2004, and 'A Wonderful Day', which was invited to the Forum section in 2009.

'Gil Bok-soon' is the story of Gil Bok-soon (played by Jeon Do-yeon), a legendary killer in the contract killing industry, who is caught up in an inevitable confrontation that will either kill him or kill him, just before renewing his contract with the company. Jeon Do-yeon plays Gil Bok-soon. Gil Bok-soon is a killer working for MK ENT, the best contract killing company in the industry, and a single mother raising her teenage daughter Gil Jae-young (played by Kim Sia).

Jeon Do-yeon departed for Berlin via Incheon International Airport on the 16th. Attention is focused on how Jeon Do-yeon, who became the first Korean actress to win the Best Actress Award at the Cannes International Film Festival for the movie 'Secret Sunshine', will be received at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Teo Yoo also entered the competition section of the Berlin International Film Festival through 'Past lives'. 'Past Life', starring Greta Lee and Teo Yoo, is the story of Nora and Hae-seong, who have been closely related since childhood. 20 years after Nora immigrated to Canada at the age of 10 and separated, the two adults spend a week in New York. It contains the story of a fateful reunion. Teo Yoo left the country on the 15th.

Lee Joo-young's starring film 'GREEN NIGHT' also entered the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival. 'Green Knight' is about Jin Xia (played by Fan Bingbing), a Chinese immigrant who works at a security checkpoint, who one day meets a young and lively green-haired woman (played by Joo-young Lee), and the two lonely women who have never relied on anyone but themselves. It tells the story of going into the Korean underworld against the. Jooyoung Lee will leave for Berlin on the 21st.

The Berlin International Film Festival, considered one of the world's three largest film festivals along with the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals, will be held from February 16th to 26th. This year, actress Kristen Stewart served as the head of the judging panel for the competition, drawing attention.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr