아침에 일어나 이-메일을 열어보니, 탈북난민들의 수난과 사랑을 그린 영화 [크로싱]이 헐리우드 영화제에서 최우수 작품상(Best Feature Film)을 받았다는 기사가 들어왔습니다. 힘든 역경에서 [크로싱]을 만들고 보급하기 위하여 수고하신 많은 분들에게 축하 드립니다.

제작자 패트릭에게 답신을 보냈습니다. [크로싱]은 지나간 옛날 얘기가 아닙니다. 탈북난민들의 수난은 갈수록 더 참담합니다. 앞으로도 계속 건투하시길 바랍니다.

[크로싱] 파이팅!

2009/10/30

남신우 드림

For Immediate Release

HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES WINNERS

HOLLYWOOD, CA, October 27, 2009 -- The 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival's "Hollywood Awards(r)" ceremony was held last night before a standing-room-only audience of over 1,100 Hollywood Film Festival(r) attendees at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

The festival and awards, presented by Starz, announced this year's winner of the "Hollywood Movie Award" -- J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" -- which was chosen by the public voting online at the Yahoo! Movies website. The voting site received 20 million unique visitors and over 160,000 votes were cast. The nominees for the "Hollywood Movie Award" were: "500 Days of Summer," "District 9," "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," "The Hangover," "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Star Trek," "Tranformers: Revenge of the Fallen," and "UP."

The festival also announced this year's winner of the "Hollywood World Award" -- "The White Ribbon" (Germany/Austria) directed by Michael Haneke. The winner was selected by a panel of judges. The nominees for the "Hollywood World Award" were: "Bright Star" (UK/Australia) directed by Jane Campion, "I Am Love" (Italy) directed by Luca Guadagnino, "Lourdes" (France/Austria) directed by Jessica Hausner, "A Prophet" (France) directed by Jacques Audiard, and "The White Ribbon" (Germany/Austria) directed by Michael Haneke.

The winners of the festival's film competition were announced Sunday night at the "Hollywood Discovery Awards(r) Presentation Ceremony at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. This year's winners are: "CROSSING" by Kim Tae-kyun -- Best Feature Film; "GARBAGE DREAMS" by Mai Iskander -- Best Documentary; "SCENESTERS" by Todd Berger -- Best Comedy; "STORIES FROM THE PERCH" by Andrew Zimbelman -- Best Animation, "LAMBS" by Stephen Huff -- Best Short Subject, "AS I LAY DYING - THE SOUND OF TRUTH" by Brian Thompson -- Best Music Video.