Lee Dongwoo
Filmmaker LEE Dongwoo (1991, South Korea) made his first documentary in 2016: No Money, No Future. It received the Grand Prize at Seoul Independent Film Festival and an award for Best New Director from Busan Film Critics Association. Self-portrait 2020 – a documentary on a homeless man who was invited to Venice 20 years earlier with his own short film, Self-portrait 2000 – is his second feature-length film. This film won the BIFF Mecenat Award – Special Mention at the Busan International Film Festival and was selected for the Harbour section at IFFR in 2021.
Filmography
No Money, No Future (2016, doc), Self-portrait 2020 (2020, doc), SAGAL: Snake and Scorpion (2022, doc)
Lee Dongwoo op IFFR
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SAGAL: Snake and Scorpion
Lee Dongwoo | 157' | South Korea | International premiere
A transparent, thought-provoking collaboration between a volatile, struggling loan shark and a self-questioning documentarian. -
Self-portrait 2020
Lee Dongwoo | 168' | South Korea | European premiere
A devastating portrait of a homeless man who was once a promising filmmaker. A tale of lost dreams in society’s margins.