Flower Island

Infobox Korean Film
name = Flower Island


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director = Song Il-gon [Infobox data from cite web |url=http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=05526|title=Flower Island(2001)|accessdate=2007-12-26|publisher= [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/index.asp KMDb Korean Movie Database] |language=English]
producer = Chang Yoon-hyun
writer = Song Il-gon
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starring = Seo Joo-hee
Im Yoo-jin
music = Roh Young-sim
Lee Jae-jun
Jeong Jae-il
cinematography = Kim Myung-jun
editing = Mun In-dae
distributor = C&Film Production
released = November 23, 2001
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country = South Korea
language = Korean
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"Flower Island" (꽃섬 - "Ggot seom") is an award-winning 2001 South Korean film directed by Song Il-gon. This was Song's first feature-length film after directing several award-winning short films.

ynopsis

The film is in three parts. The first introduces three women who are separately suffering from their own psychological injuries. In the second part, the three women encounter each other and other people as they are each on a journey to an island reputed to have healing powers. The last third of the film deals with the characters on a boat headed to the island. [Synopsis from cite web |url=http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=05526|title=Flower Island(2001)|accessdate=2007-12-26|publisher= [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/index.asp KMDb Korean Movie Database] |language=English]

Awards

* 2002 Fribourg International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize, "For its sensitive portrait of three human destinies, within an accomplished and mature cinematographic grammar." [Awards from cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302602/awards|title=Awards for Ggot seom (2001)|accessdate=2007-12-26|publisher= [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/index.asp KMDb Korean Movie Database] |language=English]
* 2002 Fribourg International Film Festival: Special Mention: Song Il-gon
* 2001 Pusan International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize New Currents, "For its remarkable direction in creating the interior universe of three women, and for its fine performances."
* 2001 Pusan International Film Festival: New Currents Award, Song Il-gon
* 2001 Pusan International Film Festival: PSB Audience Award, Song Il-gon
* 2001 Venice Film Festival 'CinemAvvenire' Award Best First Film, Song Il-gon

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*cite web |url=http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=05526|title=Flower Island(2001)|accessdate=2007-12-26|publisher= [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/index.asp KMDb Korean Movie Database] |language=English
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