Choi Won-jung's 'Bird Rhapsody' selected for Cannes La Cinef

Student filmmaker Choi Won-jung's short "Bird Rhapsody" has been selected for La Cinef, the student film sidebar of the 79th Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday. Choi made the six-minute animation as a student at Seoul's Hongik University, which is among two schools receiving their first La Cinef invitation this year. The film was one of 19 titles chosen from 2,750 submissions sent in by film schools worldwide. Prizes will be handed out on May 21 at the Bunuel Theatre inside the P

By The Korea Herald