Sang-soo Hong

Hong Sang-soo is one of the top writer-directors in South Korea. Beginning with The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (1996 – Forum section, Berlinale), his films have been presented at the world’s most prestigious festivals.

The Power of Kangwon Province (1998) and Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000) were presented in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, then in the Forum of Independents at Karlovy Vary. Night and Day competed for the main prize at Berlin and was then screened in Horizons at KVIFF 2008. His next picture, Ha Ha Ha (2010), was awarded by Un Certain Regard, and in that same year Hong Sang-soo closed out the Venice festival with Oki’s Movie. After competing at Cannes with In Another Country (2011), the director entered the fray at this year’s Berlinale with Nobody’s Daughter Haewon.

MFF Karlovy Vary