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Section 4 celebrates the IM Kwon-taek of today, an undoubted maestro of world renown – since
Chihwaseon made him Best Director at Cannes in 2002 – who continues to challenge the boundaries
of his film world. Models of houses in the record-scale open set for Chihwaseon are displayed with
paintings and costumes from the film. In addition, the production journal for Beyond the Years shows
the entire process of how the film came into being.
The desire to depict the unique beauty of Korean culture through cinema drove IM Kwon-taek to relentlessly challenge himself.
Chihwaseon (2002) is the fruit of such endeavors, and the Cannes International Film Festival honored IM's artistic spirit with
the Best Director Award. In 2005, the Berlin International Film Festival awarded him the Honorable Golden Bear in recognition
of his unwavering commitment to filmmaking. His recent film Hanji (2011) is a cinematic experiment that crosses the boundaries
between documentary and fiction. Thus IM’s life as a director is ongoing, as he pushes the boundaries of his film world to this day.