Lover Kim Min-hee, who participated as a production director, did not attend.
Source: The Fact DB
[The Fact | [Reporter Jeong Byeong-geun] Director Hong Sang-soo won the Grand Jury Prize at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival for his new film 'A Traveller's Need'.
The 74th Berlin International Film Festival awards ceremony was held in Berlin, Germany on the 25th (KST). Director Hong Sang-soo won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize for his film ‘A Traveller’s Need’. The Silver Bear Jury Award is the second most prestigious award in the competition category of the Berlin International Film Festival after the Golden Bear.
Director Hong stepped up to the podium and said, "Thank you, jury. I don't know what they saw in my movie. I'm so curious," making the audience laugh.
Director Hong won the Silver Bear again after two years. He received this award in 2022 for ‘Novelist's Film’. Director Hong has competed seven times at the Berlin International Film Festival and set a record of winning the Silver Bear award five times.
Previously, among his works, 'On the beach at night alone', his lover, actress Kim Min-hee, won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress at the Federation 67th Berlin International Film Festival, and subsequently, 'The Woman Who Ran' won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress. The Silver Bear Award for Best Director at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival and the film Introduction won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. 'Film novelist' won the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. 71st Berlin International Film Festival and the Silver Bear Award for Jury Prize at the Festival 72nd Berlin International Film.
'A Traveler's Needs' depicts the story of Iris (Isabel Huppert), a woman from France, who teaches French to Song (Kim Seung-yoon) and Won-ju (Lee Hye-young) and lives in Korea in when drinking makgeolli. Minhee Kim joins as production director. Minhee Kim was not with us that day. The film is expected to be released in Korea in the first half of this year.
Meanwhile, at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, director Kim Hye-young's debut film, the coming-of-age drama 'It's okay!', won the Crystal Bear award from the committee. Children's judges vote.
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