in water (2023, Korea) by HONG Sangsoo received nominations from many film festivals, including: 2023 Berlin International Film Festival, 2023 Gijón International Film Festival, 2023 Thessaloniki Film Festival, 2023 New York Film Festival and 2023 Busan International Film Festival.HONG received the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival for “Hahaha”. In 2013, he won the Silver Leopard Award for Best Director for “Our Sunhi”, and in 2015, the Golden Leopard for “Right Now, Wrong Then”, both at the Locarno Film Festival. Most recently, his 2020 film “The Woman Who Ran” won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, “Introduction” (2021) won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay, and “The Novelist's Film” (2022) won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.in water is part of KFFC’s “East Meets West” film category, curated by Benjamin Pelletier, Programming Manager at Cinéma Moderne and Mi-Jeong Lee, Founder and Director of Arts East-West/Korean Film Festival Canada.

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