Flower Island is an award-winning 2001

2001 in film

The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...

 South Korea

South Korea

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n film directed by Song Il-gon

Song Il-gon

Song Il-gon is a South Korean film director and screenwriter known for his international award-winning early short films, and later feature films such as Spider Forest and Feathers in the Wind...

. This was Song's first feature-length film after directing several award-winning short films.

Synopsis

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.

Awards

• 2002 Fribourg International Film Festival
  Fribourg International Film Festival
  The Fribourg International Film Festival is an annual film festival in Fribourg, Switzerland. It is focused on selected cultural films from Asia, Africa and Latin America....
  
  : FIPRESCI Prize, "For its sensitive portrait of three human destinies, within an accomplished and mature cinematographic grammar."
• 2002 Fribourg International Film Festival: Special Mention: Song Il-gon
  Song Il-gon
  Song Il-gon is a South Korean film director and screenwriter known for his international award-winning early short films, and later feature films such as Spider Forest and Feathers in the Wind...
  
  
• 2001 Pusan International Film Festival
  Pusan International Film Festival
  Busan International Film Festival , held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan , South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia...
  
  : 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
  Venice Film Festival
  The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
  
  'CinemAvvenire' Award Best First Film, Song Il-gon