Actor Han Sang-jin has swept international film festivals with the movie 'Dear My Friend.'
The short film 'Dear My Friend,' directed by Han Sang-jin, achieved the remarkable feat of winning the drama institutional sector at the Hollywood Gold Awards last month, the short film institutional sector at the Paris Film Awards and New York Movie Awards, and the best drama institutional sector at the Florence Film Awards.
In this way, Han Sang-jin has perfectly recognized his capabilities as a director by winning honors at multiple prestigious international film festivals. Through his agency Billions, he expressed his gratitude, stating, "I wanted to protect the hearts of children that can easily be forgotten in reality. I am grateful that this sincerity resonated overseas."
'Dear My Friend‚' directed by Han Sang-jin, is a project film supported through the '2024 Creative Talent Incubation Project,' organized by the Korea Creative Content Agency and operated by the Seoul Institute of the Arts Industry-Academic Cooperation Group and the Korean Broadcasting Production Association.
It is a profound work that conveys the message, "What may be a small thing for someone can measure life and death for another," through the friendship between a biracial girl 'Boba' from Vietnam and a Korean girl 'Soo-yeon,' while posing a philosophical question about what 'goodness' is.
Previously, Han Sang-jin received a special award at the '2024 Grimme Awards' last year for 'Dear My Friend.' The Grimme Awards was established by the Korean Broadcasting Production Association in 1993 to honor the contributions of cinematographers who show the most outstanding visual aesthetics and creativity within a year, reaffirming Han Sang-jin's remarkable versatility as a director beyond being a representative actor of South Korea.
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