by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim
editor@charactermedia.com
Here’s one more reason to watch possibly the most popular South Korean documentary of 2015: My Love, Don’t Cross That River and its director, Jin Mo-young, recently won the Documentary Award at the 21st Annual Los Angeles Film Festival.
The #Documentary Award goes to Mo-Young Jin for MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER, making it’s N. American premiere at #LAFilmFest ❤️ — LA Film Festival (@LAFilmFestival) June 17, 2015
On Wednesday, the L.A. Film Fest announced the winners of this year’s festival at the Awards Cocktail Reception. Jury awards were given for U.S. Fiction, World Fiction, Documentary, Zeitgeist, LA Muse and Nightfall, as well as Best Short Fiction and Best Short Documentary. Audience awards went to Best Fiction Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature Film, Best Short Film and Best Web Series.
My Love, which follows an elderly South Korean couple known as the “100-year-old lovebirds,” made its North American premiere at the L.A. Film Fest this past weekend. The documentary captures the peaceful life of a 98-year-old husband and 89-year-old wife in their mountain village home in the Gangwon province until the husband passes away. Since its premiere in South Korea, the film has broken domestic box office records.
Other Asian American filmmakers to garner festival awards included Takeshi Fukunaga, who won the U.S. Fiction Award for Out of My Hand, and Viet Nguyen, who won the inaugural Nightfall Award for independent filmmakers for Crush the Skull.
Among short films, the Best Short Fiction honor when to Drama, directed by Tian Guan, and the Shorts Jury gave a special mention to actress Kaori Momoi for her role in Oh Lucy!, directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi.
You can check out the full press release for the L.A. Film Festival Jury Award winners here.
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