BUSAN, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan International Film Festival will jointly open this year’s event with the Busan metropolitan government and the Korean film industry on Thursday in a show of unity after nearly four years of political feuding over artistic freedom. The three parties will be represented by Busan Mayor Oh Keo-don, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Telecommunications giant KT announced on September 12 that it has teamed up with virtual reality content producer Barunson to hold a VR screening room at this year’s Busan International Film Festival. Titled ‘VR Cinema in BIFF’, the screening room will show 23 short films. The daily schedule runs from [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer and actress Im Yoon-ah, better known as Yoona from Girls’ Generation, will replace actress Kim Ha-neul as a co-host of the opening ceremony for this year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), organizers said Tuesday. The BIFF organizers said that Kim recently gave notice that she cannot attend the [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The opening film of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has been leaked in advance, to the bewilderment of many. It is customary that the opening film for every renowned international film festival is kept under tight security until its formal screening in order to attract more attention and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — For many Korean film reporters, autumn brings with it the opening of an international film festival held annually in the southern port city of Busan. The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) provides a rare chance for them to see the latest movies from prominent Asian directors before they arrive [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – “I want to say to those that are trying to change our behavior and livelihood, to leave us the way we want to live,” said director Hussein Hassan during a press conference for his film The Dark Wind. The Dark Wind has been chosen as the closing film for [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan International Film Festival opened Thursday with the Korean film industry still divided over the event’s artistic freedom and political independence. The festival runs until next Saturday, and will feature 299 films from 69 countries, a scale almost as large as last year’s 304 films from 75 countries [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A number of world-class movie directors and actors will make appearances at Asia’s largest film festival to be held in South Korea’s largest port city in October, the event’s organizing committee said Monday. This year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), set to run from Oct. 6 to 15 in [...]
BUSAN, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan Metropolitan Government will partner with China’s Wanda Group to raise 100 billion won for use in future Korea-China film productions. The city revealed Friday that it had agreed on specific investment terms for the joint-production fund with Wanda Group representatives including chairman Wang Jianlin. Busan mayor Suh Byung-soo [...]
“I once felt much burden due to the title. I wanted to get rid of and overcome it, but couldn’t.” “I think I have to live with the title as long as I work as an actress because Cannes’ best actress was such a huge award.” “I used to be called ‘box-office princess of the [...]