Park Jungbum
PARK Jungbum (1976, South Korea) graduated from Yonsei University with a major in physical education. He debuted with the short film Templementary (2000) before enrolling at Dongguk University’s Graduate School of Video. In 2008, he released the short film 125 Jeon Seung-chul. This film would form the basis for his feature debut The Journals of Musan (2010), which won a Tiger Award. His second feature Alive (2014) also screened at IFFR, and won the Young Critics Award at Locarno as well as the Jury Grand Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. In 2019, Height of the Wave won the Special Jury Prize at Locarno.
Filmography
Templementary (2001, short, co-dir), 125 Jeon Seung-Chul (2008, short), Musan il-gy/The Journals of Musan (2010), Sanda/Alive (2014), Pa-Go/Height of the Wave (2019), Yi-se-sang-e eop-neun/Not in this World (2019)
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Park Jungbum op IFFR
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Not in This World
Park Jungbum | 167' | South Korea | International premiere
Tiger winner Park Jungbum depicts a rebellious teen girl and an oddball trying to stay afloat in a harsh world. -
A Quiet Dream
Zhang Lu | 98' | South Korea | None
Three odd friends each – unsuccessfully – vie for the attentions of bar owner Yeri, who also cares for her paralysed father. This charming -
Alive
Park Jungbum | 175' | South Korea | None
Impressive and challenging story about poverty, inequality and human suffering in today’s South Korea by the maker of Tiger Award-winner Journal -
The Journals of Musan
Park Jungbum | 127' | South Korea | European premiere
The protagonist is one of the growing group of poor North Korean refugees who are trying to adapt in capitalist South Korea. The maker, former…