[News] Several Korean movies score wins at Spain film festival.

[News] Several Korean movies score wins at Spain film festival.
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Korean movies "The Murderer (The Yellow Sea)," "Night Fishing," "Invasion of Alien Bikini," "The Unjust" and "Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild" won awards at this year's Sitges Film Festival in Catalonia over the weekend.

On Monday, the official website of the fest revealed that famed Korean auteur Na Hong-jin of film "The Murderer (The Yellow Sea)" won the award for Best Director at the 44th annual Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia which took place from October 6 to 16.

Also, Korean pic "Night Fishing" by Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong took home the prize for best motion picture and director Oh Young-doo's erotic comedy "Invasion of Alien Bikini" scored the discovery motion picture diploma under the Noves Visions category.

Director Ryoo Seung-wan's action feature "The Unjust" won the best motion picture award under the Casa Asia section while Korean animation "Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild" received the best Sitges Family Film diploma.

Established in 1967, the Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia focuses on films of the fantasy and horror genre. It takes places every year in the Catalonian coastal town of Sitges near Barcelona.