‘You Won’t Be Alone’ Wins Bucheon Prize at BiFan Festival
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Goran Stolevski-directed horror-drama “You Won’t Be Alone,” was Thursday named the best film at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Korea’s leading genre film event.The Australia-U.K.-Serbia co-production is set in Macedonia and stars Noomi Rapace in a 19th century tale about a young girl who is transformed into a witch.
It premiered at the Sundance festival in January and recently played in Sydney. At the Palm Springs festival, Stolevski won the ‘directors to watch’ prize.His next feature, “Of An Age,” about a whirlwind gay romance, is already completed and is set as the opening film of next month’s Melbourne Film Festival.The BiFan jury heaped praise on “You Won’t Be Alone.” “It is a phenomenal attempt to interpret the fundamentals of humanity through the means of genre cinema by using alienated and isolated human creatures borrowed from folk tales, added up with mystery.
This masterpiece stands out through excellent directing and a clever approach evoking empathy from the abyss of human psychology,” the jurors said. “Body Parts,” a five-unit anthology film won the Korean Fantastic Features section.
Its five horror stories are intended to stand alone as short films while also connecting with each other and can be watched as a feature movie.The festival continues through to Sunday and will close with Jung Bum-shik’s “new Normal.”Best of Bucheon (Cash prize of KRW20 million) “You Won’t Be Alone” dir.
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