"You Won't Be Alone" Wins Bucheon Award at BiFan Festival

The Goran Stolevski-directed horror drama "You Won't Be Alone" was named Best Picture at the Bucheon International Fantasy Film Festival, Korea's premier genre film event, on Thursday.

The Australia-UK-Serbia co-production is set in Macedonia and stars Noomi Rapace in a 19th-century tale about a young girl turned into a witch. It premiered at Sundance in January and recently performed in Sydney. At the Palm Springs Film Festival, Stolevski won the "Directors to Watch" award.

His upcoming feature, 'Of An Age', about a whirlwind gay romance, has already been completed and will be the opening film at the Melbourne Film Festival next month.

The BiFan jury praised "You Won't Be Alone". "It is a phenomenal attempt to interpret the fundamentals of humanity through genre cinema using alienated and isolated human creatures borrowed from folk tales, added with mystery. This masterpiece is distinguished by a excellent direction and a clever approach evoking empathy from the abyss of human psychology,” the jurors said.

"Body Parts", a five-unit anthology film, won the Korean Fantastic Features section. His five horror stories are meant to stand on their own as shorts while connecting to each other and can be watched as a feature film.

The festival continues until Sunday and will end with Jung Bum-shik's "new Normal"

Bucheon Choice Award Winners: Features

Best of Bucheon (KRW 20 Million Cash Prize) "You Won't Be Alone" dir. Goran Stolevsky

Best Director's Choice (KRW 5 million)Christian Tafdrup for 'Speak No Evil'Special Mention: Michelle Garza Cervera for 'Huesera'

Jury's Choice (5 million KRW) "Vesper", directors. Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper.

Audience award "Sissy", dirs. Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes.

Méliès Prize of the International Federation of Festivals for the best Asian film "Midnight Maiden War", dir. Ninomiya Ken

NETPAC Prize "Office Royale" real. Seki Kazuaki

Korean Fantastic: Features

Korean fantasy film (20 million KRW) "Body Parts", dir. Choe Wonkyung, Jeon Byeong Deok, Lee Gwang Jin, G'sam Kim Jang Mi, Seo Wally.

Best Korean Fantasy Director (KRW 5 million) Park Syeyoung for “The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra”

Korean Fantasy Actors (2 co-winners)1) Jung Ryeo-won in “The Woman in the White Car”2) Seo Hyeon-woo in “Thunderbird”Special Mention: Oh Dong-min in “Next Door”< /p>

Nonghyup Distribution Award (2 co-winners, each receiving KRW 10 million)1) "The Fifth Thoracic Vertebrae", dir. Park Syeyoung2) Dir "Next Door". Yeom Ji-ho

Korean Fantastic Audience Award "The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra", dir. Park Syeyoung

Watcha's Pick for Features (2 joint winners, each receiving KRW 5 million)1) "The Woman in the White Car", dir. Christine Ko2) "Thunderbird", dir. Lee Jaewon

Odd Family Award "Pororo Movie - Dragon Castle Adventure", by Kang Seunghun and Yun Jea Wan

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