"A Brand New Life" invited to Berlin film fest

Korean films "A Brand New Life" has been invited to the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, according to the festival committee on Friday.

"Life" has been invited to show in the 14-plus Generation Section, a category for movies about children over the age of 14, at the event to be held from February 11 next year.

The Berlin Film Festival is considered one of the three biggest film fests in the world alongside Cannes and Venice Film Festival. It is known to sell an average of 270,000 tickets and attract about 450,000 people every year.

"Life", starring actors Sol Kyung-gu, Ko Ah-sung and newcomer Kim Sae-ron, is about a young girl who is abandoned by her father at an orphanage. Korean-born French filmmaker Ounie Lecomte wrote and directed the movie inspired by her own childhood, with noted Korean director Lee Chang-dong as producer. The film was invited to several international film festivals this year including Cannes, Tokyo International Film Festival and Cinekid Festival in Amsterdam.

Korean film "Actresses", which stars six of Korea's top actresses including Choi Ji-woo and Ko Hyun-joung, has been set to compete in the Panorama section which introduces films with new artistic style and commercial potential.

Reporter : Ko Kyoung-seok kave@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr