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| A scene from Korean animated film, "Chun Tae-il: A Flame That Lives On" / Captured from Annecy International Animation Film Festival website |
Two Korean animated films, "Chun Tae-il: A Flame That Lives On" and "Persona," have won awards at this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
According to the winner's list Monday (KST), "Chun Tae-il," a biopic on the Korean workers' rights activist directed by Hong Jun-pyo, received the Contrechamp Jury Distinction prize at the 46th edition of the festival that kicked off June 13 and ran through Saturday.
The 109-minute feature was competing with nine other animations in the Contrechamp section, which was inaugurated in 2018 to showcase unique full-length films.
In the 2020 edition, Korean director Ahn Jae-huun's animated film "The Shaman Sorceress" won the same prize.
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| A scene from Korean animated film, "Persona" / Captured from Annecy International Animation Film Festival website |
In the Graduation Short section, "Persona," directed by Moon Su-jin, won the top prize of Cristal for a Graduation Film.
The six-minute short was the first Korean animated film to be invited to the competition section for short films at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Launched in 1960, the Annecy festival is one of the highest-profile animation events in the world.
Korea's "My Beautiful Girl, Mari" and "Oseam" were named the best feature films in 2002 and 2004, respectively. (Yonhap)
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