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
The Journals of Musan
127'
Zuid-Korea
IFFR 2011
Alive
175'
Zuid-Korea
IFFR 2015
A Quiet Dream
98'
Zuid-Korea
IFFR 2017
Not in This World
Tiger-winnaar Park Jungbum laat zien hoe een rebels tienermeisje en een zonderling zich proberen staande te houden in een harde wereld.
167'
Zuid-Korea
IFFR 2020