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| Pioneering filmmaker Kim Ki-duk, who brought South Korean cinema to the world, dies from Covid-19 in Latvia at age 59 | |
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| Renowned South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk - the winner of awards at the Berlin, Cannes and Venice film festivals, in breakthroughs for Korean cinema- has died at 59 from Covid-19 complications developed while visiting Latvia. | |
| Kim’s family confirmed to South Korean media that he director's death occurred on Friday. | |
| The celebrated art-house figure had reportedly arrived in Latvia to buy a house in the Baltic country, but later failed to show up for a scheduled meeting, Latvian news website Delfi said. | |
| Russian documentary film director Vitaly Mansky told Delfi that Kim had died as a result of Covid-19 complications at 1:20am local time. | |
| Kim was the only South Korean director to win awards at all three major European film festivals: Cannes, Venice, and Berlin. | Kim was the only South Korean director to win awards at all three major European film festivals: Cannes, Venice, and Berlin. |
| His film ‘Pieta’, a drama about a debt collector, earned him a Golden Lion in Venice in 2012. | His film ‘Pieta’, a drama about a debt collector, earned him a Golden Lion in Venice in 2012. |
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