Hwang Hye-in's Short Film 'Hole' Wins 2nd Prize at Cannes Film Festival Cinefondation
"A well-directed and restrained, persuasive thriller"
Director Hwang Hye-in's short film 'Hole' won the 2nd prize at the Cin?fondation Awards ceremony at the Cannes International Film Festival on the 25th (local time). Cin?fondation is a program that showcases works by film school students from around the world. Outstanding works are carefully selected and awarded 1st to 3rd prizes. This is the second time a Korean film has won the 2nd prize, following Director Yoon Dae-won's 'Maemi' in 2021. No Korean film has yet received the 1st prize.
'Hole' is a 24-minute graduation work directed by Director Hwang at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA). The story depicts a social worker visiting the home of siblings who are invited by the children to enter a large manhole in the room. Dimitra Karya, Artistic Director of Cin?fondation, praised it as "a very well-directed and restrained yet convincing thriller," adding that it "evokes the strange and terrifying atmosphere of horror novelist H.P. Lovecraft (1890?1937)."
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Director Hwang received a prize money of 11,250 euros (approximately 16 million won). She also gained an opportunity to present 'Hole' in Paris next month.
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