[Korean Film News] Park Chan-wook Wins Alfred Bauer Prize at Berlinale

South Korean film director Park Chan-wook won the Alfred Bauer Prize for his science fiction comedy "I'm A Cyborg, But That's Ok" [싸이보그지만 괜찮아] at the annual Berlin film festival on Saturday for opening up new perspectives in cinema art. "I would like to share this award with my wife. She is very unhappy with my career as a director. I am not home for weeks, busy all the time and even when I am home my head is full of other thoughts," Park said in his acceptance remarks. "She is now here sharing this honor with me -- I hope she will now forgive me. When I get home, I hope she will tell our friends, 'My husband is a director but that's OK.'" The award is another major prize for Park since 2004, when he was honored with the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his film "Old Boy." The award must have been especially dear to the director of the "Vengeance" trilogy, as "Cyborg" sold only 730,000 tickets in Korea before being pulled from theatres. Park's film was one of eight Korean entries at the festival.

[Source: Yonhap News]