▲This photo, provided by BIFF, shows movie "In the Mood for Love." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

 

▲This photo, provided by BIFF, shows movie "2046." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

 

▲This photo, provided by BIFF, shows movie "Happy Together." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

 

SEOUL, September 7 (Yonhap) -- Tony Leung Chiu Wai was selected as the winner of the Asian Filmmaker award, Busan International Film Festival announced on the press conference held virtually on Wednesday. This award is presented to an Asian film professional or organization that has made the most outstanding contribution to the development of the Asian film industry and culture. 
 
Heo Moon-young, Executive Chairman, said, " He is one of the greatest actors who has been loved and respected by movie fans in Korea and all over the world for more than 30 years since he got the Golden Lion award at the Venice International Film Festival for the movie "A City of Sadness."
 
Tony Leung Chiu Wai will be awarded when he attends the opening ceremony of the festival on October 5.
 
He has won the Golden Lion Award, the best award at the Venice International Film Festival, for two more films, Cyclo (1995) and Lust, Caution (2007), in addition to "A City of Sadness." He also won the Best Actor award trophy for the movie "In the Mood for Love" at the Cannes Film Festival.
 
At the 2022 Busan Film Festival, six representative films selected by Tony Leung Chiu Wai will be screened under the name "Tony Leung Chiu Wai In the Mood for Love." "2046," "The Eagle Shooting Heroes," "Infernal Affairs," "The Longest Nite," "Happy Together," and "In the Mood for Love." Three of the six films are directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Tony Leung Chiu Wai will also have a meeting time to communicate with the audience after the screening.

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)

 

 

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