Yoon Ga-eun

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Yoon Ga-eun
Born (1982-02-15) February 15, 1982 (age 42)
Education Sogang University - History Department
Korea National University of Arts Graduate School of Film, TV & Multimedia
Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
윤가은
Hanja
Revised Romanization Yun Gaeun
McCune–Reischauer Yun Kaŭn

Yoon Ga-eun (born February 15, 1982) is a South Korean film director and script writer. Her films explore the stories of young children and youth.

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Career

Yoon Ga-eun graduated from the History Department of Sogang University and continued her graduate studies at the School of Film, TV & Multimedia at Korea National University of Arts.

Her first film as a director was a 19-minute short film, The Taste of Salvia, introduced in 2009. Shortly afterwards, she directed several films including Proof (2010), Guest (2011), Sprout (2013), Tabloid Truth (2014) and The World of Us (2015). [1]

Her first breakthrough film was Guest (2011), a movie perceptively capturing a phase of the growing pains that a pubescent high school girl experiences. This film won the grand prize from the 34th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2012. [2]

Sprout (2013) is an adventure story of a little girl who has been left alone for the first time. Yoon expressed the small change that a little girl faces through the steps of discoveries. After Yoon finished Sprout, she stated that she thought that people would strive all the time to achieve their goal, but there are things that they cannot achieve, no matter how hard they try. She dissolved the meaningful process into Sprout. [3]

Yoon is also known for finding new actresses. The Korean actress Jung Yeon-ju started her career with Guest (2011), also Kim Su-an was cast by Yoon. Kim was invited to the Festival de Cannes as the youngest actress ever. [4]

Filmography

Feature films

YearFilmCredited asNotes
Director Writer
2013 Tabloid Truth as Scripter
2016 The World of Us YesYes
2019 The House of Us  [ ko ]YesYes

Short films

YearFilmCredited as
Director Writer
2009The Taste of SalviaYesYes
2010ProofYesYes
2011 Guest (2011 film)  [ ko ]YesYes
2013 Bean Sprout  [ ko ]YesYes
2013 100x100  [ ko ]YesYes

Accolades

Source: [5]

YearAward ceremonyCategoryRecipientsResultRef.
2011The 13th Seoul International Youth Film FestivalSIYFF Vision AwardGuestWon
2011The 5th Great Short Film FestivalGreat Audience AwardWon
Great Director AwardWon
2012The 34th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festivalinternational competitionWon
2013Prague Short Film FestivalPanoramaWon
2013Flickerfest International Short Film FestivalCompetition SectionWon
2013 Busan International Film Festival Wide Angle: Korean Short Film Competition - Sonje Award SpecialSproutWon
2014 SEOUL International Women’s Film Festival (2014)Asian Short Film & Video CompetitionWon
2014Busan International Short Film FestivalWon
2014 Aspen Shortsfest International CompetitionWon
2014 Berlin International Film Festival Generation - Crystal Bear for the Best Short FilmWon
201634th Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival Golden Goat for Best Feature Film for Children The World of Us Won
2016 10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Youth Feature Film Won
2016 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New DirectorWon
2016 25th Buil Film Awards Best New DirectorWon
Best ScreenplayNominated
20162016 International Film Festival of India Country Focus - Republic Of KoreaCountry Focus
20168th KOFRA Film AwardsBest Independent FilmWon
201636th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best New DirectorWon
Top Films of the YearWon
201616th Korea Assembly Grand AwardsOutstanding FilmWon
20162016 Tokyo Filmex Audience AwardWon
Jury Special MentionWon
201617th Women in Film Korea FestivalBest DirectorWon
2016 Shanghai International Film Festival Panorama (Best Cinematography)Nominated [6]
201656th Zlín Film Festival International competition of feature films for children - The Golden SlipperWon [7]
2016 4th Wildflower Film Awards Grand PrizeWon [8]
Best Director – Narrative FilmsNominated
Best New Director – Narrative FilmsNominated
Best ScreenplayNominated
201616th National Assembly of Korea AwardsFilm (Arts) CategoryWon
2016 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards [9] [10] Best New DirectorNominated
Best ScreenplayWon
2019Hong Kong Asian Film FestivalBest New Director The House of Us Won

Jury member

Ambassadorship

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