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South Korean film director Kim Ki-duk won the best director award for ¡°Samaria (Samaritan Girl)¡± at the 54th Berlin Film Festival. The awarding committee of the Berlin Film Festival announced Saturday that the committee is awarding Kim the Best Director Award (the Silver Bear award) for ¡°Samaria,¡± a film portraying forgiveness and reconciliation and sin and salvation as a father seeks revenge for his daughter's sexual exploitation.
It is the first time a South Korean director has received an award at the Berlin Film Festival.
In this year¡¯s Berlin Film Festival, about 400 films were featured in various categories, with 26 movies facing off in the competitive section, which grabs the most attention.
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Director Kim Ki-duk stands at the awarding ceremony hall, Berliner Palast, responding to South Korean reporters¡¯ photo requests after receiving the Best Director Award for his movie ¡°Samaria¡± at the 54th Berlin Film Festival.
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Director Kim was invited to the competitive section of the Berlin Film Festival in 2002 for his movie, ¡°Bad Guy,¡± as well.
Meanwhile, the top prize, the Gold Bear award, went to "Gegen die Wand" ("Head On") directed by Turkish-German director Fatih Akin, which tells the story of a young Turkish-German woman who marries a man she doesn't love to escape her conservative Islamic family.
(Song won-seop, five@sportschosun.com )
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