2022
Hommage (Omaju)
A woman director, frustrated but struggling to survive in the film industry, meets 60’s filmmakers and gets courage to continue her filmmaking.
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Republic of Korea
Shin Su-Won
SHIN Su-won was born in 1967. Her first feature Passerby #3 (2010) won the Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film award at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival. Her short film Circle Line (2012) won the Canal+ Prize in 65th Cannes Critic’s Week. Pluto (2013), her second feature, won a special mention Crystal Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. Madonna (2015) was selected for Un Certain Regard of the 68th Cannes Film Festival and won the Halekulani Award of 35th Hawaii International Film Festival. 2017’s Glass Garden was the opening film of 22th Busan International film festival and won the best screenplay in 38th Fantasporto International Film Festival. Her sixth film Hommage (2021) was premiered at 34th Tokyo International Film Festival and has so far screened at Jeonju, Tribeca, Sydney Film Festival and many others.
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