Park Chan-wook was born in Seoul and studied philosophy at Sogang University. He worked as a film critic before becoming a film director. He is known for celebrated films like Joint Security Area (2000), Oldboy (2003) og The Handmaiden (2016). The director visited Films from the South in 2019 where he received The Silver Mirror Honorary Award. Decision to Leave is his most recent film.
Films
Battle Royale: Director's Cut
Japan 2000, Kinji Fukasaku, 1h 54m
DOOR
Japan 1988, Banmei Takahashi, 1h 35m
The Show Must Go On
South Korea 2007, Jae-Rim Han, 1h 52m
1982
2019, Oualid Mouaness, 1h 40m
24 Frames
2017, Abbas Kiarostami, 1h 54m
A Punk Daydream
2019, Jimmy Hendrickx, 1h 15m
News
Director’s Portraits
Get to know one of Mexico’s most distinctive filmmakers and one of the great humanists of Japanese cinema, and experience the diverse filmography of…
Director's Portrait: Naomi Kawase
Get to know one of the great humanists of Japanese cinema at this year’s festival.
Director's Portrait: Michel Franco
Discover one of Mexico’s most distinctive filmmakers at this year’s festival.
Director's Portrait: Khyentse Norbu
Spirituality and mysticism characterize Norbu’s films, which are given extra attention at this year’s festival.
Director’s Portrait: Bong Joon-Ho
We screen five films from the man behind one of the most talked about films of 2019, Parasite, the Korean master director Bong Joon-ho.
Digital Film Program: Recommendations from the Artistic Director
Lasse Skagen presents his recommendations from our digital film selection.