Five S. Korean movies to hit screens at Berlinale

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Five South Korean movies including "My Dear Enemy,"
starring award-winning actress Jeon Do-youn, have been invited to the Forum
section of this year's Berlin International Film Festival, the event's organizers
said Friday.
The Forum is the festival's non-competition section which screens works of
emerging filmmakers around the world noted for their potentials.
The five South Korean movies include "Treeless Mountain," "Members of the
Funeral," "The Day After" and "Land of Scarecrows."
"My Dear Enemy," directed by Lee Yoon-ki, caught moviegoers' attention with Jeon,
winner of the best actress award at Cannes film festival in 2007, playing the
starring role of a woman who spends a bittersweet day with her playboy of an
ex-boyfriend.
"Treeless Mountain," directed by Kim So-young, is a story of two orphaned
sisters, who at a very early age are confronted with a world that does not
welcome them. The movie has also been invited to the Santa Barbara International
Film Festival.
"Korean cinema, which many skeptics have already seen as entering a crisis, has
pulled out all the stops in these films," festival organizers said in a press
release. "Korea, the United States, Romania, and the Netherlands contribute films
that delight in telling stories from close to home in emotional and social
terms."
The 59th festival, also known as Berlinale, will run from Feb. 5 through 15 with
more than 400 films up for competition.
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