Yang Min-jong (right), director of the Korea Culture Center in Moscow, receives the top prize at the 6th International Disability Film Festival in Moscow, on behalf of director Yi Seung-jun for documentary “Planet of Snail” from Vladimir Menshov, the head of the jury of the film fest, on Monday. (Yonhap News)
Korean director Yi Seung-jun’s documentary “Planet of Snail” won the top prize at the 6th International Disability Film Festival in Moscow on Monday.
The everyday portrayal of a hearing and visually impaired poet and his wife also won the top prize last year at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the world’s largest documentary film festival.
Russian actor and filmmaker Vladimir Menshov, who serves as the head of the jury of the film fest, reportedly praised the film for its achievement.
Yang Min-jong, director of the Korea Culture Center in Moscow, received the honor on director Yi’s behalf during the ceremony on Monday, as the filmmaker could not attend.
By Claire Lee (
dyc@heraldcorp.com)
