Two Korean films win at U.S. film fest

Two Korean films by emerging directors grabbed honors at the recent Syracuse International Film Festival, a directors` organization in Seoul said Tuesday, according to Yonhap News.



"Exhausted" by Kim Gok carried off some top awards, including those for best actress, best directing and best feature fiction, with a special judges` citation for best cinematography, organizers of the Seoul Independent Film Festival said in a press release. The film, which also won the top prize at the Seoul fete last year, was praised as a "perfect choice" by Katalin Vajda, one of the nine judges at the Syracuse festival.



"Stop" by Park Jae-oh, which was placed third at the Cinefoundation section of the Cannes Film Festival last year, was hailed as the best animation along with five films from the United States and the Czech Republic.



The sixth Syracuse film fest, organized by the New York-based Syracuse University, invited some 50 filmmakers from nearly 20 countries and closed May 3.