<b>Time Network News </b>In 2019, the centenary of Korean cinema, Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite" won the Palme d'Or, which is undoubtedly a generous gift to Korean films at the Cannes Film Festival. From the beginning of the millennium, from the beginning of learning from Hollywood genre films, to the conquest of world audiences today, how old can Korean films rank in Asia and even the world film industry? I will tell you with a copy of the Cannes Film Festival "medal table".
<b>【Card Counting Rules】</b>The Best Film Award, also known as the Palme d'Or, is the only highest honor at the Cannes Film Festival, so it is counted as a gold medal. The gold content of the Grand Jury Prize is second only to the Palme d'Or, so it is calculated as a silver medal. Although the best director and best actor have received high attention due to the star effect bonus, they belong to the individual award, so together with the screenwriting award, the bronze medal is counted, and although the jury award is only one word away from the jury award, it aims to encourage those films that are very avant-garde and have distinct personal characteristics, and the gold content is not as good as the jury award, so it is also counted as a bronze medal.
Other awards such as the Technology Award, the Anniversary Award, the Fabisi Award, etc. are very award-oriented and open for specific films, and the attention and gold content are relatively low in the main competition, so they are not included in the list.
<b>The 72-year history medal table of the Festival de Cannes</b>
(Note: Hong Kong and Taiwan films merged into Chinese films)
With the first Palme d'Or trophy just won, Korean films jumped from the initial 20th place directly to 14th. In Asia, it ranks third after Japan and China.
The United States, with the world's best film talent gathered by Hollywood, and has a strong economic foundation, has an absolute advantage in this medal table. It can be said that left-handed Hollywood dominates the global box office list, right-hand authors and art films dominate Cannes first, and American films are not convinced.
Although the American film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" returned home, it is still one of the focus of the film festival
France's hosts also have obvious advantages, of course, as the birthplace of film, France has its own confidence in film art and the United States. While Americans most often win the highest prizes, the French have played very well in individual awards, surpassing the United States in the total number of medals.
Film reform movements can often cultivate many artistic cadres, and they are good at winning awards, the top few medal lists, Italy has "neorealism", France has "new wave", Germany has "new German film movement" And the United Kingdom also has several film movements.
Chen Kaige's "Farewell to the King" won the first gold in Cannes for Chinese films
Unlike the top rankings at the Olympic Games, China's (Chinese-language film) ranking in the Cannes medal table is more awkward, which is more in line with the actual development of Chinese film art. What is even more embarrassing is that many of the awards were mostly won at the turn of the century, on the one hand, when the fifth and sixth generations of directors were active; on the other hand, Hong Kong and Taiwan directors such as Wong Kar-wai, Hou Xiaoxian, and Yang Dechang were at their peak; more importantly, at that time, the European film industry was interested in Chinese films.
Now that most of China's fifth-generation directors have run out of time to make art films and author films, and the speed of sixth-generation filming has also decreased significantly, China seems to have no hope of improving its ranking on the list in a short period of time.
<b>Cannes Film Festival Film Queen List</b>
In terms of performance awards, so far, the Cannes Film Festival has awarded 72 awards, but the number of film queens produced is not 72 +72, but about 200! That's the difference between Cannes and the Oscars. Each award in each edition of the Oscars is basically awarded to only one winner, and throughout Cannes, whether it is best picture, best actor, best director and other awards, there are often double yolk eggs or even multiple yolk eggs.
In the history of Cannes, there have been cases where six actresses from the same film have lifted the post-film trophy at the same time, once in Pedro Almodóvar's "The Return" in 2006 and once in the 1955 Soviet film "Big Family". This situation actually expresses Cannes' understanding of the performing arts: a character's performance is not independent and needs to interact with other characters, a good performance is sometimes mutually successful and mutually motivating, and performance is a complete set of arts in film.
British actress Emily Beechham has just won the Cannes film queen with "Little Joe"
South Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon won the film queen award with "Miyang", helping South Korea occupy the tenth place in the list. In addition, the Ranking of the United Kingdom has risen compared to the "National List", as Shakespeare's hometown of the United Kingdom has a good theatrical tradition, and the actor's solid performance skills can be reflected in the medal table.
Spanish actor Antonio Banderas won the Best Actor Award at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival for Pain and Glory
The list has to mention the Spanish actors, due to opportunities, Spain has not won the Palme d'Or with a wholly-owned film, but the romantic and unrestrained Spanish actors are still quite popular with the Cannes judges. The special six yolk eggs of 2006 lifted Spain many places on the list, but the brilliance of the Spanish actors is really impossible to ignore. At the just-concluded Cannes Film Festival, the film emperor was awarded to the Spanish actor Antonio Banderas.
<b>Review of the achievements of the three major European film festivals of Korean films:</b>
The summit of "Parasite" is the second time that Korean films have topped the three major European film festivals in seven years after Kim Ki-duk's "Holy Death" won the Venice Golden Lion Award in 2012.
So far, Korean films have won 9 awards at the Cannes Film Festival in France ("Parasite" won the Palme d'Or, 8 times), at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany 5 times ("The Holy Death" won the Golden Lion, 5 times), and at the oldest Venice Film Festival in Italy, it has won 5 awards (4 times), but so far there is no Golden Bear Award.
In 1956, Lee Byung-yi's "The Day of Marriage" was shortlisted for the 7th Berlin Film Festival, which was the first time that Korean films entered the international eye. At the 11th Berlin Film Festival in 1961, Kang Dae-jin's "Groom" won the Special Silver Bear Award, which was the first time that a Korean film won an award at an international film festival.
"The Day of Marriage" represents the first international conquest of Korean cinema
<b>Cannes:</b>
Cannes, France, is arguably the most frequently visited film festival for Korean actors and directors. In 2000, lin quanze's "The Legend of Chunxiang" was first shortlisted, and so far a total of 17 works have been shortlisted for the main competition unit and screening of the Cannes Film Festival, of which a total of nine works have won awards.
Director Lin Quanze's "Chun Heung Biography" represents Korean films and is shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival for the first time
It is worth mentioning that in the five main competition units in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2017, two Korean films competed for the Palme d'Or.
Director Bong Joon-ho's relationship with Cannes began in 2006, when "The Monster of the Han River" was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival Directors' Biweekly Section, followed by the short film collection "Tokyo? " and "Mother" have been shortlisted for a kind of attention unit, in 2017, his Netflix film "Jade" was shortlisted for the main competition unit, and "Parasite" was his second time in the main competition unit.
Bong Joon-ho's "Mother" was shortlisted for a kind of attention section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
<b>Chronology of conquests: 9 awards in 8 editions</b>
In 1984, "The Cruel History of Women" was shortlisted for a kind of attention unit;
In 2000, "The Legend of Chunxiang" was shortlisted for the main competition;
In 2002, "Drunken Painting Fairy" was shortlisted for the main competition and won the Best Director Award;
In 2004, "Old Boys" was shortlisted for the main competition and won the Grand Jury Prize / "Women are men's future" was shortlisted for the competition;
In 2005, "Before the Theater" was shortlisted for the main competition;
In 2007, "Miyang" was shortlisted for the main competition, and Quan Duyan was shortlisted for the main competition after the film/ "Breathing";
In 2009, "The Bat" was shortlisted for the main competition, and won the Jury Prize/"Mother" was shortlisted for a kind of attention unit;
2010 "Poetry" was shortlisted for the main competition, and won the best screenwriter / "The Next Girl" was shortlisted for the main competition / "Xia Xia Xia" was shortlisted for a kind of attention unit and won the grand prize;
In 2011, "Arirang" was shortlisted for a kind of attention unit and won the grand prize;
2012 "Taste of Money" was shortlisted for the main competition / "In a foreign country" was shortlisted for the main competition
In 2016, "Miss" was shortlisted for the main competition, and art director Yoo Sung-hee won the Vulcan Award Technology Award/"Cry" screening;
2017 "Yuzi" was shortlisted for the main competition / "After" was shortlisted for the competition unit;
2018 "Burning" was shortlisted for the main competition;
2019 "Parasite" was shortlisted for the main competition unit and won the Palme d'Or.
<b>Venice:</b>
South Korea's most iconic actress of the 1980s and 1990s, Kang Shou-yeon, won the Best Actress Award in 1987 for Lim Kwon-taek's "Seed Girl", the first time a Korean actor has won an acting award at three major film festivals.
Stills from "The Seed Girl"
In 2002, Li Cangdong's "Oasis" was again shortlisted for the competition unit, Li Cangdong won the Special Director Award, and the actress Wen Suli won the Marcello Mastruani Award (Newcomer Actor Award).
Li Cangdong, Xue Jingqiu and Wen Suli in the Oasis period
After that, the Golden Lion Awards entered the performance time of director Kim Ki-duk, who first won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director in 2004 for "The Empty Room", and finally reached the top of the Golden Lion in 2012 with "Holy Death", which was also the first Gold Trophy won by a Korean film at the three major film festivals.
Kim Ki-duk holds the Golden Lion trophy in his hand
The rise to the top of "Holy Death" also helped Kim Ki-duk become the first Korean director in South Korea and the only Korean director to win awards at three major film festivals.
<b>Chronology of conquests: 5 awards in 4 editions</b>
In 1987, "Seed Girl" was shortlisted for the main competition, and Jiang Shouyan won the film queen;
2001 "Unknown Recipient" was shortlisted for the main competition;
In 2002, "Oasis" was shortlisted for the main competition, Li Cangdong won the Special Director Award, and Wen Suli won the Newcomer Actor Award;
In 2003, "Family Of Thieves" was shortlisted for the main competition;
In 2004, "Empty Room" was shortlisted for the main competition and won the Best Director Award;
In 2005, "Kind Gold" was shortlisted for the main competition;
In 2012, "Holy Death" was shortlisted for the main competition and won the Golden Lion Award.
<b>Berlin:</b>
At the 8th Berlin Film Festival in 1958, Lee Byung-yi directed the black-and-white film "The Day of Marriage" on behalf of The Korean film to be shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival for the first time, which was also the first time that Korean films appeared on the international stage. Three years later, in 1961, Kang Dae-jin won a special Silver Bear award for "Groom," the first award in the history of three major film festivals for a Korean film.
Kim Ki-duk won the Silver Lion for Best Director for "The Samaritan Girl."
In 1958, "The Day of Marriage" was shortlisted for screening;
In 1960, "Until the End of Life" was shortlisted for the main competition
In 1961, "Groom" was shortlisted for the main competition and won the Special Silver Bear Award;
In 1963, "The Gate of the Spirited Woman" was shortlisted for the main competition
In 1972, "Stone Flower Village" was shortlisted for the main competition;
1973 "Dignity of the Island" was shortlisted for the main competition;
In 1986, "Ji Niu Peng" was shortlisted for the main competition;
In 1994, "Huayan Jing" was shortlisted for the main competition, and won the Alfred Bauer Award/"Taibai Mountains" was shortlisted for the main competition;
2000 "Common Security District JSA" was shortlisted for the main competition;
In 2002, "Bad Boys" was shortlisted for the main competition;
In 2004, "Samaritan Girl" was shortlisted for the main competition and won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director;
In 2006, "Robot Love" was shortlisted for the main competition and won the Alfred Bauer Award;
2008 "Night and Day" was shortlisted for the main competition;
In 2013, "Haiyuan who is not anyone's daughter" was shortlisted for the main competition.
<b>Director/Actor:</b>
Hong Changxiu has been shortlisted for 7 times, and has been shortlisted for the main competition list of Cannes four times, maintaining the most shortlisted times and the number of entries for a single film festival.
Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite" and Kim Ki-duk's "Holy Death" won the Palme d'Or and Golden Lion awards in 2019 and 2012 respectively, and there is currently no Golden Bear award in Korean films.
Park Chan-wook's director "Miss" debuted in Cannes
Li Cangdong's "Poetry" was shortlisted for the main competition unit in Cannes
Kim Ki-duk, Lim Kwon-taek and Park Chan-wook were all shortlisted, but only Kim Ki-duk has awards at all three film festivals, including Arirang, which won an award in the Cannes Category of Concerns in 2011.
Director Lim Kwon Taek won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 2005, and if you count the Best Actress Award won by Kang Shou-yeon in 1987 for "The Seed Girl", Lim Kwon Taek's films have also won at the three major film festivals.
Jeon Do-yeon was named Queen of Cannes for "MiYang"
Kim Min-hee holds the Silver Bear Trophy for Best Actress
In the actor awards, Kang Won-yeon won the Best Actress Award in 1987 for his film "Seed Girl" directed by Lim Kwon-taek, the first time a South Korean actor has won an award at three major film festivals. In the film, she plays a young girl who enters the family of an official eunuch to continue her heirs and fight against the cruel fate.
Since then, Moon So-ri won the Best Newcomer Actor Award in 2002 for her role in Lee Cang-dong's "Oasis" for severe cerebral palsy; in 2017, Kim Min-hee won the Best Actress Award at the Berlin Film Festival for "Alone on the Seashore at Night" directed by Hong Chang-so.
<b>A list of the three major film festivals of Korean directors</b>
【Supplement to the award information of the non-main competition unit】
Lin Quanze won the Golden Bear Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2005;
Park Chan-wook's short film "Waves" (2011) won the Best Short Film at the Berlin Film Festival;
Kim Ki-duk's Arirang (2011) was shortlisted for a kind of attention unit in Cannes and won an award;
Hong Changxiu's "Direction of the North Village" (2011) and "Xia Xia Xia" (2010) were shortlisted for a kind of attention unit in Cannes, the latter of which won the award.