The Heiresses, The Land Of Seonghye win top prizes at Jeonju

Ko Hee-young’s The Breathing Of Fire and Damien Manivel’s Diary Of A Dancer took top awards in Jeonju Project Market.Paraguayan director Marcelo Martinessi’s feature debut The Heiresses won the International Competition’s Grand Prize at this year’s Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff), while Jung Hyungsuk’s The Land Of Seonghye won the Korean Competition’s Grand Prize.The festival opened May 3 with Chong Wishing’s Japanese film Yakiniku Dragonand by its fifth day, Jiff reported the festival had hit a record for most sold-out screenings: 192 out of a total 280 screenings, 52 more than last year.The

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