Taiwan takes top prize at South Korean film festival

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Lee Kang-sheng shared first prize and US$10,000 with a director from Iran at the year's Pusan International Film Festival. It was the local director's first film

First-time director Lee Kang-sheng (李康生) won the Eighth Pusan International Film Festival's (PIFF) prestigious New Current Award Friday for his film The Missing (不見). Lee shared the award and prize money with Alireza Amini from Iran, who directed the film Tiny Snow Flakes. The US$10,000 award is given to first or second-time directors and is the only competition section of the festival.

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