Hong Sang-soo and Kim Min-hee, only 9 months since birth..Invitation to the Berlin Film Festival of New Works [Official]

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Director Hong Sang-soo's 34th new feature film, "The Day She Returns," was officially invited to the Panorama section of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, which will be held on February 12.

On January 14 (local time), the executive committee of the Berlin International Film Festival announced an official invitation for Hong Sang-soo's new film, "The Day She Returns," according to reports from overseas distributor, Fine Cut.

This is the seventh consecutive year of invitations, following director Hong Sang-soo's previous works, "The Runaway Woman," "Introduction," "The Novelist's Film," "In the Water," "Traveler's Need," and "What Nature Says to You." Director Hong Sang-soo won the 67th Silver Bear Award for Best Actress for "Alone on the Beach at Night" at the Berlin International Film Festival, the 70th Silver Bear Award for "The Woman Who Fleeed," the 71st Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay for "Introduction," the 72nd Silver Bear Award for "The Novelist's Film," and the 74th Silver Bear Award for "The Traveler's Need."

In a letter of invitation, Berlin International Film Festival Executive Chairman Tricia Tutles wrote, "This film is a delicately and beautifully observed film with a strong sense of compassion and humor, especially its exploration of living in the public eye, controlling the 'preface' associated with perception of women and fame. It's elegantly made, and it offers a lot of cinematic pleasure. Song Sun-mi's performance is intense."

"The Day She Returns" is a work in which Song Sun-mi, Cho Yoon-hee, Park Mi-so, Ha Sung-guk, Shin Seok-ho, Kim Sun-jin, Oh Yoon-soo and Kang So-yi, who have appeared in many of Hong Sang-soo's previous works, participated together. Director Hong Sang-soo's lover, Kim Min-hee, also participated as a production manager this time.

The Panorama section, where "The Day She Returns" was invited, is one of the official sections of the Berlin International Film Festival, a program that illuminates contemporary social issues and new cinematic trends through works with intense narratives and original forms. It introduces works that combine artistic perfection and communication with the audience, and presents a wide range of voices in the international film industry.

The Berlin International Film Festival, which marks its 76th anniversary this year, will be held in Berlin, Germany from February 12 to 22, and "The Day She Returns" will be released in Korea in the first half of this year after being released as a world premiere through the Berlin International Film Festival.

Meanwhile, Hong Sang-soo met Kim Min-hee in the 2015 film Right Now, Wrong Then, and later admitted to the affair in March 2017, saying, "We are in love with each other," through a press preview of "Alone on the Beach at Night." It was reported that the two were born at an obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Gyeonggi-do in April last year.

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