Daughter of the late Yoon Jeong-hee, who won the 'Achievement Award', "My mother lived a life like a movie, I'm sure she's happy now."

The late actress Yoon Jeong-hee was honored with the Achievement Award at the Busan International Film Festival.

The opening ceremony of the 28th Busan International Film Festival was held in the Busan Cinema Center area at 6 p.m. on the 4th.

The opening ceremony of the day was a violin performance by Baek Jin-hee, daughter of the late Yoon Jeong-hee. Jinhee announced the start of the film festival by presenting a beautiful melody that suited the deep autumn night.

Achievement awards followed. The recipient of the Achievement Award is the late Yoon Jeong-hee. Director Lee Chang-dong, who was present that day, said, "There are many good actors in good movies, but Jeong-hee Yoon was the brightest and most beautiful star among them. It was a grateful and happy time filming the movie 'Poetry' with Jeong-hee Yoon, who has been the star of my heart since I was a teenager. “He said.

He added, "I think it is meaningful that I have been able to give this honorable award to my daughter Baek Jin-hee. I cared for my mother with utmost care until she passed away, and I know better than anyone else that she went through heartache that she did not have to go through." attracted.

Jinhee, who went on stage to accept the award by proxy, said, "Thank you very much for the invitation," and recalled, "I vividly remember the happiness of attending the first film festival with my parents and celebrating the birth of the festival." He said, "Even in her daily life, my mother experienced an encounter between the fantasy world and reality. She was like Mija from Lee Chang-dong's movie 'Poetry.' She had to fight a serious illness for the past ten years, but her love for 'poetry' and movies kept her from far away. “I believe you made it happy,” he said.

Meanwhile, at this year's Busan International Film Festival, a total of 269 films, including 209 officially invited films from 69 countries and 60 community beef screenings, will meet the audience. The opening film was 'Because I Hate Korea' (Director Jang Geon-jae) starring Go Ah-seong, Kim Woo-gyeom and Joo Jong-hyuk, and the closing film was 'The Emperor of Movies' (Director Ning Hao) starring Yoo Deok-hwa.

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