South Korea Selected Buring as Submission for The Foreign Language Oscar Race
Yoo Ah-In may be the youngest super star of Korean filmdom. Burning which he took part had been selected by South Korea as its submission for the Foreign Language Oscar race this year. The movie was also shined on Toronto Fantastic Fest and the New York Film Festival. Lee Chang-dong, the director of the film, had three times been chosen as submission, the former were Oasis and Secret Sunshine.
Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, selected by Japan as its submission for the Foreign Language Oscar race this year. Shoplifters had been awarded the Palme d’Or for main feature the Cannes film festival. The story about somewhere in Tokyo, Osamu Shibata and his wife Nobuyo live in poverty. While Osamu receives occasional employment and Nobuyo has a low-paying job, the family relies in large part on the grandmother's pension. As he is shoplifting for groceries with his son, Shota, they discover Yuri, a homeless girl. Osamu takes her home, where the family observes evidence of abuse. Despite their strained finances, they informally adopt her.
China will decide in October, the former one was Wolf Warriors Ⅱ.
Chinese Taipei selected The Great Buddha+, directed by Hsin-yao Huang, as submission. The story about Pickle is a night security guard at a bronze statue factory. His colleague, Belly Bottom, works as a recycling collector during the day, and Pickle's biggest pleasure in life is flicking.
